Long time ago, lived an old women named Mbok Sirni.
She lived by herself because her husband had long passed away and she
had no children. Every day, she prayed so God would give her a child.
One night, when she was praying, a giant passed her house and heard her
pray. “I can give you a child on one condition,” the giant said to Mbok
Sirni, “You must give the child back to me when it is six years old.”
Mbok Sirni was so happy; she did not think about the risk of losing the
child later and agreed to take the giant’s offer. The giant then gave
her a bunch of cucumber seeds. “Plant it around your house.” The giant
then left without saying anything else. In the morning, Mbok Sirni
planted the seeds. The seeds grew within mere days, and blossomed
plentifully.Not longer after that, a big golden cucumber grew from
plants. Carefully, Mbok Sirni plucked the golden cucumber and carried it
home. With caution and care, she sliced the cucumber. She was very
surprised to see a beautiful baby girl inside the cucumber. She then
named the baby Timun Emas (it means Golden Cucumber).
Years passed by and Timun Emas
has grew to become a lovely and beautiful little girl. She was also
smart and kind. Mbok Sirni loved her very much. But she kept thinking
about the time the giant would take Timun Emas away from her. One night,
Mbok Sirni had a dream. In order to save Timun Emas from the giant, she
had to meet the holy man who lived in Mount Gundul. The next morning,
Mbok Sirni took leave of Timun Emas to go to Mount Gundul. The holy man
then gave her four little bags, each one containing cucumber seeds,
needles, salt, and shrimp paste. “Timun Emas can use these to protect
herself,” said the holy man to Mbok Sirni.
A few days later, the giant came
to see Mbok Sirni about her promise. “Mbok Sirni! Where is Timun Emas?”
shouted the giant. "My daughter, take these bag with you. It can save
you from the giant. Now, run through the back door," said Mbok Sirni.
But the giant saw Timun Emas running to the woods. The giant was angry.
Starved and enraged, he rushed toward Timun Emas. Mbok Sirni tried to
stop him, but the giant was unstoppable.
The giant was getting closer and
closer, so Timun Emas opened the first bag she got from Mbok Sirni.
Inside the bag were cucumber seeds. She threw the seeds, and instantly
they grew into large cucumber field. But the giant ate them all, giving
him more strength. As the giant was getting close, Timun Emas took the
second bag with needles inside and spilled the content behind her. The
needles turned into bamboo trees, sharp and thorny. The giant’s body was
scratched and bled. “Aaargh, I’ll get you, Timun Emas!” shouted the
giant as he tried to get himself out from the bamboo field. He made it
and still chasing Timun Emas.
Timun Emas then reached the
third bag and spilled the salt inside. The ground which the salt touched
turned into a deep sea. The giant almost drown and had to swim to cross
the sea. After some time, he managed to get out from the water. Timun
Emas saw the giant coming, so she reached for the last bag. She took the
shrimp paste and threw it. The shrimp paste became a big swamp of
boiling mud. The giant was trapped in the middle of the swamp. The mud
slowly but surely drowned him. Helpless, he roared out, “Help!
Heeeeelp…!” Then the giant drown and died. Timun Mas then immediately
went home. Since then, Timun Emas and Mbok Sirni live happily ever
after.***
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