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Zuppa – The Selfish Kangaroo	The Golden Cucumber
The Legend of Surabaya

The Golden Cucumber

 
A long time ago, a farmer and his wife lived in a jungle. They didn't have any children. Everyday they went to a sacred tree to bed for a child. When they were praying a giant passed, and heard their praying.


Giant: "you will have a baby girl, but you have to promise me, to give a child to me when she is seventen years old"

A farmer and his wife agreed because they wanted to have a child very much. The giant gave them the cucumber seed, then they went home.

Next day, they planted the seed in the yard. Day by day, the plant got bigger and bigger. A flower bloomed, and finally became a small gold cucumber. The cucumber grew rapidly, then became a big cucumber. The farmer picked it and brought it home when it was ripe. When they arrived at home, the farmet cut it slowly. Wow, they were surprised. The farmer shouted to his wife "Look, my dear wife, there is a baby in it".

Wife : "yeah, how cute the baby is. Thanks God, finally You give me a beautiful baby". 


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His wife        :“Yeah! How cute the baby is” They were very happy and they named her Timun Emas, means the golden cucumber.

Timun Emas blossomed into a real beautiful girl. When she was seventeen years old, the giant came and said to the farmer, “I am coming to take your daughter”.

The farmer   : “Ooo … do not worry. She is playing in the garden now. Let my wife get her”

Meanwhile his wife found Timun Emas and gave her four things in a cloth bag

Mother          : “My daughter, the giant has come to take you. Bring this bag with you for fighting him”.

Timun Emas :“What can I do, mother?”

Mother           :“Run as fast as you can”. “Throw one of three things whenever the giant comes  close

Then Timun Emas ran as fast as she could. The giant saw Timun Emas running towards the jungle. Then he ran after her. When he almost caught her, she took out the first thing from the bag, a handle of salt, and threw it towards the giant. Suddenly the ground between Timun Emas and the giant turned into a wide sea. T

he giant tried to catch Timun Emas by swimming. It was very hard of course. The giant almost caught Timun Emas again. Timun Emas threw a handful of chilies. In a flash, there grew a thorny dense bush around the giant. The giant screamed with a pain, but again, the giant got free and was almost able to catch Timun Emas. 

She took out the third thing from the bag, a handful of cucumber seeds. Suddenly, the ground turned into very wide field of cucumber vines. The giant felt thirsty and hungry, and then he ate lots of fresh cucumbers. The giant ate, ate and ate again and finally he feel asleep. 

When she saw this, Timun Emas ran as far as she could but the giant woke up and ran after her quickly. Knowing the giant was coming closer and closer, Timun Emas threw out the last thing, a handful of shrimp paste. The ground where the giant running suddenly turned into a sea of mud. He was trapped there. He screamed and sank into the sea of mud. Timun Emas quickly went home

“Mother, Father, I am still life” shouted Timun Emas.

Finally, the farmer and his wife were very happy. 

Zuppa - The Shelfish Kangaroo

Once upon a time, there is a little Kangaroo who live in the jungle, his name is Zuppa. Zuppa has a beautiful tail. The color of his tail is between gold and orange, and he also has a beautiful voice, but he doesn’t have a friend. No one animal wants to be Zuppa’s friend, because Zuppa is selfish, and always think that he is the best in every side. But one day, Zuppa’s face looks so sad, like he has a terrible day, all day long.

The old turtle ask Zuppa, “Hi, what’s wrong with your face? Is there something happen with you?”

Zuppa : “Yeah, honestly ….. I felt so lonely sir, when I look the other talk to each other, and laugh …. I really want to cry, coz I’ve never felt it. I don’t have a friend”.

Old Turtle   : Oh, I see, calm boy. I will try to solve your problem, but will you promise me one thing and not try to deny it?”

Zuppa : Yes, yes sir of course” (shimmering)

Old Turtle   : OK, first thing that you must remember is “DO NOT SELFISH”, try to share anything with everyone who lives around you, help them if they have a trouble.

Second, “DON’T EVER THING THAT YOU ARE THE BEST”, because every person has their own special ability and talent. God created us with a special thing, so we have to appreciate every people in the world coz we are the same. Live peace is more beautiful than war; you can start with a simple thing, such as smile.

Zuppa : Ok old turtle, I promise I’ll do that. Thank you so much.

And finally, Zuppa’s live going better, day by day.

That’s all about my story, if we want to have so many friends; we have to be kind hearted, well mannered and respect to others. Then, don’t be selfish and never hurts other people. 

By: Syifa (Grade V)
Congratulation to Syifa, She got first winner story teller at SMP RSBI 49

The Legend of Surabaya

A long time ago in East Java there were two strong animals, Sura and Baya. Sura was a shark and Baya was a crocodile. They lived in a sea. Actually, they were friends. But when they were hungry, they were very greedy. They did not want to share their food. They would fight for it and never stop fighting until one of them gave up.

It was a very hot day. Sura and Baya were looking for some food.

Suddenly, Baya saw a goat: “Yummy, this is my lunch,” said Baya.

Sura    : “No way! This is my lunch. You are greedy! I had not eaten for two days!”.

Then Sura and Baya fought again. After several hours, they were very tired.

Baya    : “I’m tired of fighting”

Sura    : “Me too.

Baya    : “What should we do to stop fighting? Do you have any idea?”

Sura    : “Yes, I do. Let’s share our territory. I live in the water, so I look for food in the sea. And you live on the land, right? So, you look for the food also on the land. Do you agree?”

Baya    : “Hmm... let me think about it. OK, I agree. From today, I will never go to the sea again. My place is on the land”.

Then they both lived in the different places. But one day, Sura went to the land and looked for some food. Baya was very angry when he knew that Sura broke the promise.

Baya    : “Hey, what are you doing here? This is my place. Your place is in the sea!”

Then Sura and Baya fought again. They both hit each other. Sura bit Baya’s tail. Baya did the same thing to Sura. The place where they were fighting was a mess. Blood was everywhere.

People named the place of the fight as Surabaya, it’s from Sura the shark and Baya the crocodile. People also put their fight as the symbol of Surabaya city.