April 20, 2009

Why Si Kabayan Never Became Rich

Filed under: Folk Tales — christon @ 12:15 pm

Si Kabayan and his wife went to Mountain Gede to spend some time as astetics, praying and fasting and meditating, so that their wish to become rich might be granted them. One day, in the midst of their meditations, a god appeared to them

“Kabayan,” said the god. “I granted you two wishes. But only two. You had better talk it over with your wife before you make them.”

Kabayan and his wife had a lengthy discussion about what they should wish for. It had simply impossible for them to agree. Kabayan wanted to wish for a great amount of money, but his wife thought they should wish for abundant supply of rice. Finally Kabayan become so annoyed with his wife that he said, “I wish the gods would turn you into a monkey !”

Immediately Kabayan’s wish was granted, and he saw his wife transformed into a monkey before his very eyes. This is he could not bear, and so he wished that his wife would become herself again. His wish was promptly granted.

But these two wishes Kabayan’s chance to ask for wealth was gone, and he and his wife remained poor as long as they lived

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10 Comments »

  1. Thank you,
    very interesting article

    Comment by ostrov — December 3, 2009 @ 7:02 am

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    Comment by asobinorashi — January 5, 2010 @ 2:11 am

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    Comment by Fred — January 20, 2010 @ 4:21 pm

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    Comment by andrzej — February 21, 2010 @ 4:59 pm

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    Comment by free — April 22, 2010 @ 3:57 pm

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    Comment by anggie Js Damanik — May 24, 2010 @ 11:30 am

  8. You’re welcome.

    Comment by christon — May 27, 2010 @ 11:40 pm

  9. Iya nih bantu banget buat tugas bahasa inggris. Makasih ya

    Comment by Helga — February 8, 2011 @ 4:33 am

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