One upon a time, lived a poor old widow in a small
village. She lived with her daughter. Her daughter was very beautiful but also
very lazy and arrogant. She never helped her mother and didn’t want to know
what problem her mother had. Everyday, she put make up and wears her best
clothes. She always wanted to look rich and beautiful.
One day, the mother and her daughter went to the
market to buy some food. At first, the daughter refused to accompany her
mother, but finally she agreed. “I’ll go with you, but you must walk behind
me,” said the daughter. She didn't want to walk side by side with her mother.
Although her mother was very sad, she agreed to walk behind her daughter.
On the way to the market, everybody admired the
girl's beauty. But they were also curious. Behind the beautiful girl, there was
an old woman with a simple dress. The girl and her mother looked very
different. “Hello, beautiful girl. Who is the old woman behind you? Is she your
mother?" they asked. “No, she is not my mother. She is my servant,” the
girl answered. Her mother was very sad to hear that, but she didn't say
anything. She could understand that her daughter was ashamed.
The girl and the mother met other people. Again they
asked who the woman behind the beautiful girl. And again the girl answered that
her mother is her servant. She always said that her mother is her servant every
time people asked.
At last, the mother cannot hold the pain anymore.
She prayed to God to punish her daughter. Suddenly, the girl's leg turns into
stone. Slowly, the process continues to the upper part of the girl's body. The
girl was in panic. "Mother, please forgive me! Mother!" she cried and
asked her mother to forgive her. But it's already too late. Her whole body
finally becomes a big stone. Until now, people can still see tears falling down
from the stone. People then call it batu menangis (it mean the crying
stone).***
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