Famous Folktale

8/9/2019 Famous Folktale

1/8

Famous FolktaleAfrica : The man who never lied

Once upon a time there lived a wise man by the name of Mamad. He neverlied. All the people in the land, even the ones who lived twenty days away, knew

about him.The king heard about Mamad and ordered his subjects to bring him to thepalace. He looked at the wise man and asked

! Mamad, is it true, that you have never lied"!! #t$s true.!!And you will never lie in your life"!! #$m sure in that.!!Okay, tell the truth, but be careful% The lie is cunning and it gets on your

tongue easily.!&everal days passed and the king called Mamad once again. There was a big

crowd the king was about to go hunting. The king held his horse by the mane, hisleft foot was already on the stirrup. He ordered Mamad

!'o to my summer palace and tell the (ueen # will be with her for lunch. Tellher to prepare a big feast. )ou will have lunch with me then.!Mamad bowed down and went to the (ueen. Then the king laughed and said!*e won$t go hunting and now Mamad will lie to the (ueen. Tomorrow we will

laugh on his behalf.!+ut the wise Mamad went to the palace and said!Maybe you should prepare a big feast for lunch tomorrow, and maybe you

shouldn$t. Maybe the king will come by noon, and maybe he won$t.!!Tell me will he come, or won$t he"! asked the (ueen.!# don$t know weather he put his right foot on the stirrup, or he put his left

foot on the ground after # left.!-verybody waited for the king. He came the net day and said to the (ueen

!The wise Mamad, who never lies, lied to you yesterday.!+ut the (ueen told him about the words of Mamad. And the king reali/ed, that

the wise man never lies, and says only that, which he saw with his own eyes.

Korea: The Disobedient Frog

A young frog lived with his widowed mother in a large pond. A rascal and atrouble maker, he never listened to his mother and caused her much grief andembarrassment.

#f his mother said go play on the hillside, he went to the seashore. #f she saidgo to the upper neighborhood, he went to the lower. #f she said do this, he did that.*hatever she said, he did the opposite.

!*hat am l going to do with that boy"! she mumbled to herself. !*hy can$the be like the other boys" They always listen and do what they are told. And they$realways kind and respectfu#. # don$t know what wi#l become of him if he keepsbehaving like this. # have to do something to break him of his bad habits.! Mother0rog sighed deeply.

!Ha% Ha% Ha%! #aughed 1ittle 0rog. !Hush a#l that mumbling. )ou don$t have toworry about me. #$m doing 2ne just the way l am.!


2/8

!#s that so"! said Mother 0rog. !Then why can$t you croak properly" )ou don$teven sound like a frog. 1et me teach you.! *ith a smile, she pu3ed herself up andlet out a loud 4aegul% 4aegul% !5ow you try.!

'rinning broadly, 1ittle 0rog pu3ed himself up and let out a loud 4ulgae%4ulgae%

!*hy you impudent little rascal% )ou$re going to be the death of me%! cried

Mother 0rog. !)ou$ll #isten to me if you know what$s good for you. 5ow you...!!4ulgae% 4ulgae%! croaked 1ittle 0rog, hopping away.6ay after day Mother 0rog scolded her young son but he continued to do as

he wished and just the opposite of what she said. &he fretted and worried so muchabout him that she became ill. &till he continued to misbehave.

One day she called him to her bedside. !My son,! she said, !# don$t think # willlive much longer. *hen # die, please don$t bury me on the mountain, bury mebeside the stream.! &he said this because she knew he would do the opposite ofwhat she said.

A few days later Mother 0rog died. 1ittle 0rog cried and cried. !Oh my poormother% # worried her so much by misbehaving. *hy didn$t # listen to her"! hescolded himself. !5ow she$s gone. # killed her. # ki#led her.!

1ittle 0rog thought about his mother and all the trouble he had caused her.Then he told himself, !# always did the opposite of what Mother said because it wasfun. +ut this time l will do eactly what she told me to do.!

&o 1ittle 0rog buried his mother beside the stream, even tough he did notthink it was very wise.

A few weeks later there was a storm. #t rained so much the streamover7owed its banks. 1ittle 0rog could not sleep for worrying that his mother$s gravewould be washed away. At last he went to the grave to keep watch.

#n the pouring rain he sat, crying over and over, !4aegul% 4aegul% 8lease don$twash my mother away%! And that is what he did every time it rained.

And ever since then, green frogs have cried 4aegul% 4aegul% when it rains.

Malaysia: The Story of the Coconut Tree

This is the story of a beautiful moon princess, but it is also a story aboutbamboo, a plant which was once believed to be sacred.

There was once an old man. He was very, very old. &ome people said he wasa thousand years old% He was also very wise and he knew many things. Manypeople came to visit him in his cave near the sea. They always asked him to helpthem.

One day, a young man came to see this wise old man. !O wise father,! saidthe young man, !# want to be useful to people. # want to serve them all my life. Howcan # do this"!

!That$s very good,! said the old man. !Here is a magic bo. 6o not open ituntil you reach home. #f you open it now something will happen to you.

!Thank you, wise father,! said the young man. He took the bo and left. *henhe was out of the cave, he stopped. !# wonder what is in the bo"! he said tohimself. !#$m going to look.!

He opened the bo and at once he turned into a tall tree9a coconut tree.That was his punishment for disobeying the old man, but his still had his wishbecause the coconut tree is very useful to people.


3/8

Singaore: A!"#$S $AK#

1ong time ago, there is a handsome young man. His name is Awang &ukma.Awang &ukma wanders up to the middle of the jungle. He was ama/ed to see a widevariety of life in the forest. He built a tree house in a very large tree limb. He lived inthe forest in harmony and peace. After a long stay in the forests, Awang &ukma was

appointed ruler of that area and got the title !6atu!. Once a month, Awang &ukmaget around his territory, and he arrived in a clear lake. The lake is under a shadytree with many fruits. The birds and insects lives happily.

!Hmm, how beautiful this lake% This forest has etraordinary beauty! 6atuAwang &ukma wondered.

The net day, when 6atu Awang &ukma was blowing his 7ute, he heard thenoise of a low in the lake. On the sidelines of the 2ssured rock pile, 6atu Awang&ukma peering toward the lake. Awang &ukma astonishment when he saw :beautiful girls are playing water. !;ould they be the fairies"! thought Awang &ukma.&even beautiful girls was not aware if they are being watched and ignoring theirshawls used to 7y, scattered around the lake. One shawl is located near Awang&ukma. !*ow, this is a good opportunity to get a scarf in that tree,! muttered 6atu

Awang &ukma.Hearing the sound of the leaves, the girls were shocked and immediately

took the shawl each. *hen the seventh daughter wants to 7y, it turns out there is aprincess who could not 2nd his clothes. &he has been abandoned by the sithsisters. At that time, 6atu Awang &ukma immediately come out of hiding. !6o notworry princess, # will help as long as the princess refused to live with me,! pleaded6atu Awang &ukma. )oungest daughter still in doubt receive a helping hand 6atuAwang &ukma. +ut since no one else there is no other way but to accept aid

)oungest 6aughter Awang &ukma.6atu Awang &ukma admire beauty )oungest 6aughter. &imilarly, the

youngest daughter. &he was happy to be around a handsome and gallant. 0inallythey decided to become husband and wife. A year later a baby girl was born

beautiful and named 4umalasari. 0amily life is very happy 6atu Awang &ukma.However, one day a black cock up to the barn and scratch on the surface of

the rice granary. )oungest daughter tried to shoo the chicken. &uddenly his eyes2ed on a bamboo tube that lay in the former 4aisan chicken. !*hat about it doyou"! )oungest 6aughter thought. *hen the tube was opened, )oungest 6aughtersurprised and cheered. !#t$s my shawl%, )oungest daughter cried. &hawl was alsohugged her. 0eeling annoyed and irritated 2ed on her husband. +ut he was veryfond of him.

)oungest daughter 2nally made up his mind to return to heaven. !5ow is thetime # have to go back%,! He told himself. )oungest daughter immediately put on hershawl while carrying the baby. 6atu Awang &ukma was stunned to see whathappened. He immediately came over and apologi/ed for the actions thatimproperly hide shawl )oungest 6aughter. 6atu Awang &ukma reali/e thatseparation is inevitable. !4anda, dinda 4umalasari please guard it well,! said theyoungest daughter told 6atu Awang &ukma. !


4/8

)oungest daughter immediately put on her shawl, and immediately 7ew toheaven. 6atu Awang &ukma sad and vowed to ban black o3spring raising chickenshe considered disastrous.

The moral is #f we want something better with a good and lawful manner. *emust not steal or take goods > property of others because one day we will get a

penalty.

%ndonesia: The Story of Sugar &alm Tree

A husband and a wife lived happily in a village. They had two children a sonand a daughter. The son?s name was Tare #luh and the daughter?s name was +eru&ibou. Their happy life ended when their father died.

&ince then their mother worked hard for them. &he worked so hard that itmade her su3er from a terrible illness. Their mother then died. 1ater, Tare #luh and+eru &ibou stayed at their uncle?s house.

The days passed by and those kids have grown into adults. Tare #luh decided

to 2nd a job in another village. He then left his sister and his uncle.Tare #luh wanted to make money in a short time. He thought gambling was

the answer. He gambled using the money his uncle gave him. At 2rst he won somemoney. He was so happy and used all the money. &adly, he lost. All the money hehad was gone. He was upset.

After that he borrowed money from the villagers, he lost again and heborrowed some money again. He kept on borrowing some money until he had a lotof debts.

*hen the villagers asked him to pay the debt, Tare #luh could not pay them.He did not have any money. The villagers were angry. They put him in the jail%

#n the mean time, +eru &ibou was waiting for his brother. &he was worriedbecause he had not given her any news. 0inally she heard that his brother was in

the jail. &he rushed to go and wanted to meet her brother.+eru &ibou did not know the way to the village. &he was lost in a jungle.

&he met an old man and asked about his brother. The old man knew that there wasa man in the jail because of gambling. He then suggested +eru &ibou to climb ahigh tree and sang a song about his brother. His brother might hear her song.

+eru &ibou then climbed a high tree. &he sang a song about his brother. &hesang and screamed his brother?s name.

@My brother Tare #luh" *here are you" The villagers, please release mybrother.

5obody listened to the song and that made +eru &ibou frustrated. &he thenprayed to 'od.

@'od, #?m willing to pay my brother?s debts. # will pay with my tears, my hair,and all parts of my body can be used by the villagers. +ut please free my brother.

=ight after she 2nished praying, heavy storm attacked. And slowly +eru &ibouchanged into a tree. #t was just not an ordinary tree. All parts of tree were useful.Her tears changed into sweet water. Her hair changed into very strong leaves.8eople can use them as roofs of their houses. The fruits of the tree named kolangkaling are very delicious.

8eople name it as a sugar palm tree or pohon enau. 8eople in other villagesname it as pohon aren


5/8

%ndia: 'ataka Tales

#n BCC +.;, the Dataka Tales were written for the mankind to gain knowledgeand morality. -ver since, Dataka tales have become story books that are bothenjoyable as well as knowledgeable. Originally written in 8ali language, Dataka

+uddhist tales have been translated in di3erent languages around the world. Theluminous fables of EDataka? are intended to impart values of selfsacri2ce, morality,honesty and other informative values to people.

5o less than FG: in number, Dataka Tales are an important part of +uddhistliterature. Datak stories represent former incarnations of +uddha, at times like ananimal, a bird and sometimes like a human being, the future &iddhartha 'autama.

The setting of the stories is made in or near +enares tale from Datak collection areprovided here.

&hiliines: The Monkey and the Turtle

Ang Jnggoy at ang 8agong The Monkey and the TurtleI is a folk tale of the#locano people. #t eplains why monkeys don$t like to eat meat. This tale may seemmorbid to *estern sensibilities but it does impart moral lessons. Here$s the story

A monkey, looking very sad and dejected, was walking along the bank of theriver one day when he met a turtle.

@How are you" asked the turtle, noticing that he looked sad.The monkey replied, @Oh, my friend, # am very hungry. The s(uash of Mr.

0armer were all taken by the other monkeys, and now # am about to die from wantof food.@6o not be discouraged, said the turtleK @take a bolo and follow me and we will

steal some banana plants. &o they walked along together until they found some nice plants which theydug up, and then they looked for a place to set them. 0inally the monkey climbed atree and planted his in it, but as the turtle could not climb he dug a hole in theground and set his there.

*hen their work was 2nished they went away, planning what they should dowith their crop. The monkey said

@*hen my tree bears fruit, # shall sell it and have a great deal of money.And the turtle said @*hen my tree bears fruit, # shall sell it and buy three

varas of cloth to wear in place of this cracked shell.A few weeks later they went back to the place to see their plants and found

that that of the monkey was dead, for its roots had had no soil in the tree, but thatof the turtle was tall and bearing fruit.

@# will climb to the top so that we can get the fruit, said the monkey. And hesprang up the tree, leaving the poor turtle on the ground alone.

@8lease give me some to eat, called the turtle, but the monkey threw himonly a green one and ate all the ripe ones himself. *hen he had eaten all the good bananas, the monkey stretched his armsaround the tree and went to sleep. The turtle, seeing this, was very angry andconsidered how he might punish the thief. Having decided on a scheme, he


6/8

gathered some sharp bamboo which he stuck all around under the tree, and then heeclaimed @;rocodile is coming% ;rocodile is coming% The monkey was so startled at the cry that he fell upon the sharp bambooand was killed. Then the turtle cut the dead monkey into pieces, put salt on it, and dried it in

the sun. The net day, he went to the mountains and sold his meat to othermonkeys who gladly gave him s(uash in return. As he was leaving them he calledback @1a/y fellows, you are now eating your own bodyK you are now eating yourown body. Then the monkeys ran and caught him and carried him to their own home. @1et us take a hatchet, said one old monkey, @and cut him into very smallpieces. +ut the turtle laughed and said @That is just what # like, # have been struckwith a hatchet many times. 6o you not see the black scars on my shell" Then one of the other monkeys said @1et us throw him into the water, At this the turtle cried and begged them to spare his life, but they paid no

heed to his pleadings and threw him into the water. He sank to the bottom, but verysoon came up with a lobster. The monkeys were greatly surprised at this andbegged him to tell them how to catch lobsters. @# tied one end of a string around my waist, said the turtle. @To the other endof the string # tied a stone so that # would sink. The monkeys immediately tied strings around themselves as the turtle said,and when all was ready they plunged into the water never to come up again. And to this day monkeys do not like to eat meat, because they remember theancient story.

'aan: The Two Frogs

Once upon a time in the country of Dapan there lived two frogs, one of whommade his home in a ditch near the town of Osaka, on the sea coast, while the otherdwelt in a clear little stream which ran through the city of 4yoto. At such a greatdistance apart, they had never even heard of each otherK but, funnily enough, theidea came into both their heads at once that they should like to see a little of theworld, and the frog who lived at 4yoto wanted to visit Osaka, and the frog who livedat Osaka wished to go to 4yoto, where the great Mikado had his palace.

&o one 2ne morning in the spring they both set out along the road that ledfrom 4yoto to Osaka, one from one end and the other from the other. The journeywas more tiring than they epected, for they did not know much about traveling,and halfway between the two towns there arose a mountain which had to beclimbed. #t took them a long time and a great many hops to reach the top, but therethey were at last, and what was the surprise of each to see another frog before him%

They looked at each other for a moment without speaking, and then fell intoconversation, eplaining the cause of their meeting so far from their homes. #t wasdelightful to 2nd that they both felt the same wishto learn a little more of theirnative countryand as there was no sort of hurry they stretched themselves out in acool, damp place, and agreed that they would have a good rest before they partedto go their ways.


7/8

!*hat a pity we are not bigger,! said the Osaka frogK !for then we could seeboth towns from here, and tell if it is worth our while going on.!

!Oh, that is easily managed,! returned the 4yoto frog. !*e have only got tostand up on our hind legs, and hold onto each other, and then we can each look atthe town he is traveling to.!

This idea pleased the Osaka frog so much that he at once jumped up and put

his front paws on the shoulder of his friend, who had risen also. There they bothstood, stretching themselves as high as they could, and holding each other tightly,so that they might not fall down. The 4yoto frog turned his nose towards Osaka, andthe Osaka frog turned his nose towards 4yotoK but the foolish things forgot thatwhen they stood up their great eyes lay in the backs of their heads, and that thoughtheir noses might point to the places to which they wanted to go, their eyes beheldthe places from which they had come.

!6ear me%! cried the Osaka frog, !4yoto is eactly like Osaka. #t is certainlynot worth such a long journey. # shall go home%!

!#f # had had any idea that Osaka was only a copy of 4yoto # should neverhave traveled all this way,! eclaimed the frog from 4yoto, and as he spoke he tookhis hands from his friend$s shoulders, and they both fell down on the grass. Then

they took a polite farewell of each other, and set o3 for home again, and to the endof their lives they believed that Osaka and 4yoto, which are as di3erent to look at astwo towns can be, were as alike as two peas.

0ollowJp

8roject


8/8

#n-nglish&ubmitted to

0el Mark +arcebal

&ubmitted byDustine 1owie &ebolino

Documents

Famous Folktale