THE CRYING STONE
On a hill far from the country in West Kalimantan, there lived a beautiful girl named Jelita and her poor widowed mother.
Unfortunately, her character wasn’t as beautiful as her appearanc.
Every day she would only preen herself in front of the mirror. She was lazy and never helped her mother. Moreover, she was really spoiled.
One day, Jelita asked her mother to buy her a new make-up.
“Mom, you have to buy me a new make up!”
(zuraida said it arrogantly)
“But Jelita... I don’t have any money anymore.”
(hana said it with gloomy tone)
“I don’t care! You have to keep buying it for me!”
(zuraida, she said it arrogantly)
The mother sighed she looks really sad because her daughter’s behavior and she could only fulfill her daughter’s request this time, until finally they started to go to the market.
Village boys who saw Jelita were mesmerized by her beauty. The girl looked so different from her mother, who walked behind her.
“Hi girl, you look so beautiful. Anyway who is the old woman behind you? Is she your mother?”
(maulana ibrahim he said it teasingly)
“Of course she’s not! She is my slave!”
(zuraida she said it arrogantly)
“ahaha, of course she’s your slave, how could the mother of a beautiful girl like you look so shabby like that?”
(maulana ibrahim, he said that while laughing)
“Okay then see you, I hope your trip goes smoothly-!”
(maulana ibrahim, he waved as Jelita walked away again)
The mother was hurt to hear her daughter’s answer, but this time she would just keep quiet and let it go. The mother just sighed in disappointment for her
daughter.
The two of them walked back down the hill, until exactly in the middle of the day they both finally arrived at the market. Many village boys glanced at Jelita, until another village boy approached her.
“Hey sweet girl, what will you buy here? By the way, is the old woman behind you your mother?”
(fikri he said it teasingly)
To which again and again Jelita will answered arrogantly
“I just want to buy a new make up.. and the old woman behind me is not my mother! She’s my slave!”
(zuraida she said it arrogantly with her smug face)
“oh, is that so? I think it’s your mother.. alright then, I hope you have a nice day, see you again later”
(fikri, he left after that)
Now, the mother was broken hearted to hear her daughter’s answer. Suddenly, the mother stopped and sat off the road, crying.
“Mom, why do you stop there? Come on, hurry up, you have to buy me new make up immediately!”
(zuraida she said it arrogantly)
The mother couldn’t refrain herself anymore. She asked God to punished her treacherous daughter and the mother’s prayed were granted.
“Oh, my god-! I can no longer stand with my daughter Jelita, she really treated me as her mother badly-!!”
(hana, sobbing)
“Punish her my God! Punish her so that she is aware of her behavior!! She really is a disobedient child who must be taught a lesson!”
(hana, still sobbing)
Shortly after, the atmosphere became gloomy, the sky suddenly became dark, thunder struck here and there. At the same time, the girl’s body slowly turned to stone.
“I’m sorry mom, I’m sorry mom, I... I’m sorry, I regret my behavior! Mom I’m sorry-!”
(zuraida she start begging)
The beautiful girl cried and begged for her mother’s forgiveness. But, it’s too late.
“I’m sorry Jelita, it’s too late even if you apologize..”
(hana, she said that desperately, she also cried)
The girl finally turned to a stone that kept dripping water from the eyes and her mother couldn’t do anything about it.
The stone was then known as The Crying Stone.
