Legend from West Java Indonesian
SITU BAGENDIT
Far away in isolated village there was a young rich woman.The
house she had been living in was very big.Her wealth was plentiful.The young
woman lived by herself.she didn’t have any friend at all.
“Wouw,
I am very rich ! Ha..ha..ha , I am the richest woman in this village !” said
the young woman while she was looking at her gold and jewelries.it was so pity,
that the young wowan was very miserly.Her plentiful wealth never been used to
help others.
“All
of the wealth is mine isn’t it ? So what should I give it all to other for ?”
The young woman thought.However, many of villagers were poor.They live in less
condition.Sometime some villagers were hunger, and didn’t get any food for
days.
Because
the young woman miserly, the villagers called her Bagenda Endit.Bagenda Endit meant the miserly rich
person.”Bagenda Endit, have mercy on me ! My child has not eaten for few days”,
said the old woman sadly.
“Hi,
you crazy old woman ! get away from me !” Yelled Bagenda Endit threw the old
woman away.Because the old woman didn’t want to go.Bagenda endit splashed her
with water.Splash ! And all over the old woman body and her baby became wet.
Bagenda
Endit was a feeling less woman.She didn’t even have the little bit mercy to the
old woman and her baby.She even got more angry.After that, she asked the old
woman to get out of her house yard.And then, she was dragging her out of the
yard.
Although
Bagenda Endit was very miserly, the village people kept coming in.The came for
the water wheel.”No, I won’t let you to
take away the water from my wheel ! The water in the wheel is mine !”Bagenda
Endit yelled angrily.
“Ha..ha..ha..you’re
all stupid ! You think you just can take the water from my wheel !”Bagenda
Endit said while she was watching the thirst villagers outside the
fence.Suddenly, a decrepit man was standing in Bagenda house yard.He was
walking tottery to the wheel while holding his stick.
When
the old woman was trying to take the water, Bagenda Endit saw it.Then, she hit
the old man with a founder.”Have mercy on me Bagenda Endit ! I want to take the
water just for a drink”, said the old man when he was trying to get up.
Bagenda
Endit kept beating the old man.And then, an astonishing thing
happened.Suddenly, the old man got up with healthy body.He walked closer to
Bagenda Endit.He pointed his stick at the cruel rich woman’s nose."
“Hi
Bagenda Endit,take the punishment from me !”said the old man loudly.Then he
pointed at the wheel with his stick.Wus..byuur, the wheel was sprinkling the
water swiftly.Not long enough, the water was flooding up.Bagenda Endit couldn’t
save herself.She drawn with all of her wealth.
The village was disappeared.The thing that left was a wide and
deep lake.The lake was named Situ Bagendit, Situ means a wide lake.It was named
Situ Bagendit, because the wide lake came from a wheel that belongs to Bagenda
Endit.
Tidak ada komentar:
Posting Komentar