folklore of Indonesia

Onions and Garlic

A long time ago in a village lived a family consisting of father, mother and a beautiful teenage girl named garlic. They are a happy family. Although garlic dad just ordinary traders, but they live in harmony and peace. But one day the mother garlic ill and eventually died. Garlic is grieving as well as his father.

  
In the village it was also a widow who had a son named Bawang Merah. Since mother died Garlic, Shallots mother often visited the house of Garlic. He often brought food, helped garlic around the house or simply accompany Garlic and father to talk. Finally Garlic father thought that it might be better if he married the mother alone with Shallots, Garlic not so lonely anymore.
 
In consideration of the garlic, then the father is married to the mother Garlic onion. Originally mother red onion and garlic are very good to. But over time they started to look true nature. They often scold garlic and gave him a tough job if my father was going to trade Garlic. Garlic should be doing all the housework, while Onion and his mother just sitting around. Course, Garlic father did not know, because garlic is never told.
  

One day Garlic father fell ill and later died. Since then Onion and her increasingly powerful and persecution against Garlic. Garlic is almost never rested. He had to get up before dawn to prepare breakfast for the water bath and Onion and his mother. Then he had to feed livestock, watering gardens and washing clothes to the river. Then he still had to iron, clean the house, and many other jobs. Garlic, however always happy to do his job, because he hopes one day his stepmother would love her like his own child.

 

This morning as usual Garlic carrying basket of clothes to be washed in the river. With a little singing her down a path at the edge of a small forest usual path. The day was very sunny. Garlic immediately wash all the dirty clothes he was carrying. Because of too much fun, Garlic does not realize that one of the shirts have been washed away. Unfortunately the clothes are washed favorite shirt stepmother. When he realized this, his stepmother clothes had been washed away too far. Garlic trying to look down the river, but did not find him. In desperation, he returned home and told his mother.

 

"Basic careless!" Snapped the stepmother. "I do not want to know, just you have to find something to wear that! And do not dare to go home if you have not found it. Got it? "

 

Garlic ibun forced to the wishes of his step. He quickly washed down the river where he was. The sun had begun to rise, but the Garlic not found her dress. She put up her eyes, carefully examined every snaking roots overhanging the river, who knows her clothes caught there. After stepping away and the sun was already leaning to the west, Garlic saw a shepherd who was bathing buffalo. Garlic then asked: "O good uncle, if uncle saw a red shirt who drifted through here? Since I had to find and bring him home. "" Yes I had seen my son. If you chase him quickly, maybe you can catch him, "said the uncle.

 

"Well uncle, thank you!" Said Garlic and immediately ran back down. It was getting dark, Garlic was getting desperate. Soon the night would come, and Garlic. From a distance looks light coming from a shack on the banks of the river. Garlic immediately approached the house and knocked.

"Excuse me ...!" Garlic said. An old woman opened the door.
"Who are you boy?" Asked the old woman.

"My Grandma Garlic. Just now I was looking for my mother's clothes were washed away. And now benighted. Can I stay here tonight? "Asked Garlic.
"Sure kid. Are you looking for clothes that are red? "Said the grandmother.
"Yes, Grandma. What ... grandmother to find it? "Asked Garlic.

 

"Yes. The last dress was stuck in front of my house. Unfortunately, even though I liked the clothes, "said the grandmother. "Well I'm going to return it, but first you must accompany me here for a week. I have not talked with anyone, how? "Pleaded nenek.Bawang White thought for a moment. The old woman looked lonely. Garlic also feel pity. "Well Grandma, I'll stay with my grandmother for a week, as long as grandma does not get bored with me," he said with a smile Garlic.

 

Garlic for a week staying with the grandmother. Every day Garlic helps with housework grandmother. Of course, the old woman happy. Until finally even been a week, grandmother hailed garlic.
"Son, have you lived here a week. And I'm glad that you are diligent and dutiful son. For that suit you promised your mother should bring clothes home. And another thing, you may choose one of two pumpkins this as a gift, "said the grandmother.
Garlic initially refused to be rewarded but the grandmother still forced. Garlic eventually chose the smallest pumpkin. "I am not afraid to take a big strong," he said. Grandma smiled and drove to the front of the house garlic.

 

At home, Garlic handed his stepmother's red dress as she went into the kitchen to split the yellow squash. Garlic was surprised when the pumpkin was split, in which apparently contains a lot of gold jewels. She screamed and was so excited to tell this magical stepmother and red onion langsun greedily grab the gold and jewels. They forced garlic to tell how he got the gift. Garlic also told the truth.

 

Hear the story of garlic, onion and her mother plan to do the same thing but this time the onion will do. In short onion finally got the old grandmother's house on the edge of the river. Such as garlic, onion was asked to accompany him for a week. Unlike an avid garlic, onion during the week it's just lazy. If anything that is done then the result is never good because it is always done at random. Finally after a week grandmother allow onions to go. "Should not the grandmother gave me as a gift because the pumpkin with you for a week?" Asked onions. The old woman had ordered onion choose one of two pumpkins on offer. Onion quickly take a large pumpkin and no thank you he walked away.

 

When he got home to his mother immediately shallots and happily brought the pumpkin show. For fear of garlic will ask for parts, they had garlic to go to the river. Then they impatiently split the pumpkin. But it was not gold jewels out of the flask, but venomous animals such as snakes, scorpions, and others. The animals were immediately attacked the onion and her mother to death. That is the reward of the greedy.