Folklore
Story – Wulan
Once upon a time there was a legend
said that a beautiful princess from the sky comes down to the field at the
middle of the night to play and sing; the reason why she’s come down at the
middle of the night is to avoid from being seen by human. Her name is Wulan.
One fine day, as usual she sings her favourite song and dance herself without
realising two strangers at back was staring with full of interest and has their
own wish towards her. They are Mak Puteh and her husband Pak Tam. They admired
of Wulan’s beauty and decide to take her shawl so that she would not able to go
back to the sky and so they can keep her as their daughter in law.
This innocent Wulan has just realised
that her shawl was gone when suddenly Mak Puteh come and offer her to stay with
them. A desperate Wulan had agree and following the couple to their house.
There Mak Puteh introducing her son Jamal and at that time Wulan was fell in
love towards him. Wulan then asked for Mak Puteh’s family to not open the cover
of the pot for every time she cooks the rice. The family was confused and wondered
for the unusual wish but had just agreed.
A weeks later Pak Tam was got bitten
by snake at paddy-field and the wounds got worst a few hours later. Pak Tam was
lied down at the balcony when he talks to his son, Jamal to married Wulan as
his last wish so that he can leave them with happily. Jamal just nodded his
head and Pak Tam was already gone.
Wulan and Jamal was married with a
small occasion and a few years later they got two twin daughters. Melati and
Cempaka are their names. These twins are really close to their mother and
always help their mother doing housework even they are always got fight each
other. One evening, on way helping their mother, they found a beautiful shawl
of their mother. Wulan was on shock for a while and realised something but she
ignored all that as she already has a family and love them very much.
But then, curious Jamal about his wife
made rice cooked that always fill the pot even she just poured a little bit of
pack of rice to the pot had made him broke his promise long time ago. Wulan
watch herself when Jamal open the pot’s cover after her left it for a minute.
She was really sad. She took her shawl and run to field as suddenly Jamal and
his daughter saw his wife and mother fly to sky and never come back again.
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