Lutung Kasarung
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LUTUNG KASARUNG
A long time ago, there was a king named Prabu Tapa Agung. He had two daughters, Purbararang
and Purbasari. Prabu Tapa Agung planned to retire as a king. Then he appointed Purbasari, her
youngest daughter to replace him as the leader of the kingdom.
Hearing this, Purbararang was angry.
"You cannot ask her to be the queen, Father. I'm older than she is. It's supposed to be me,
not her!" said Purbararang. But the king still chose Purbasari to be the next queen.
“ What’s wrong with my skin? Why there are a lot of black dots all over my body?”
" Wow! What happened to you? Now you are not as beautiful as I am. You can not be the
queen. Instead, you have to leave this palace and stay in a jungle!”
Purbasari was very sad. Now she had to stay in the jungle.
Since that, everyday Purbasari spent her time played with Lutung Kasarung. One day, Lutung
Kasarung planned to help Purbasari by made a small lake and asked her to take a bath there.
Amazingly, her bad skin was cured. Now she got her beautiful skin back.
After that, she asked Lutung Kasarung to accompany her to go back to the palace.
Purbararang was angry. She knew she had to come up with another bad idea. Then she said,
“Oh no no no, a queen must have a handsome husband. Here is my fiance, Indrajaya.
Where is yours?" Said Purbararang.
Purbasari was sad. Because she did not have a fiance yet. Then, do you know what is the
next?
Lutung Kasarung came forward."Your fiance is a monkey, ha ha ha." It made
Purbararang was laughing so hard.
“Do not worry, My Princess. No matter where you go, you know you are not alone. I
have a good idea”.
Suddenly, Lutung Kasarung changed into a handsome man. He was even more handsome
than Indrajaya. Purbararang and Indrajaya were surprised. And finally, Purbasari became the
queen. However she forgave Purbararang and her fiance and let them stay in the palace.
“I am so sorry my sister. I have done a lot of bad things to you, but you still kind to me.”
“It’s ok my sister.”
From this story, we know that we may not be greedy to everyone and should be patient.
And even though people may be jealous and do evil things to us, it does not mean we should do
the same for them.