BATU MENANGIS

Narrative text

Long time ago, there lived an old window with her daughter was very beautiful named Darmi. There lived in small village and her husband had died. So that, meet the needs of their lived was Darmi’s mother. She used to work in field as wage laborers. While her daughter Darmi was very spoiled and lazy. She worked just only making up her face in mirror. She did not want to help her mother to work in field. Every day her mother asked her to go to the field she used to reject it. One day, her mother invited her:
“My daughter! Could you please help me to work together in the field?”
“ no, mom! I did not want to go to field, later my nail and my skin would be dirty exposed by the mud.,” she reject it. “do you not feel pity with me my daughter,? Asked her mother.
“ not! Only you old window working in field, because there is not man interest with you who has old and wrinkly” with a curt voice
She was very sad listen what her daughter answer her. So, without any word again, she went by herself in the field. After, she back from field, her daughter directly asked maney to her mother
“ mom, where is the money wages?
“don’t, my daughter, ! this is money for buying needs of our lives” with a slow voice.
“but, mom! My powder has already run out, so have to buy again, mom” said her.
“you are a child does not know yourself! You just know spend my money, but you do not know how to look for it” her mother said exasperation.
Although her mother was angry, but her mother still gave the money to her daughter, because she loved her daughter so much. Every day, Darmi used to like that. She used to ask money every day, when her mother back from working.
One day, her mother asked her to go to supermarket traditional, and she joined , because she wanted to buy cosmetic too. But when she want to join, she gave to her mother a requirement. Her mother asked her, what is that :
“You have to walk in my back,” she answered.
“But, why my daughter!” asking her mom curious. “I am shy with villager if I walk with you” she said.
“ butt,why you should shy, my daughter? “Don’t me your biological mother ?” said her mother.
“What? You have to see your face, you are face is wrinkly and you cloth is very dirty. I am shy that has mother who is mesy like you! Said her.
In the middle of way, there is Darmi’s friend, she asked to Darmi :
“Darmi where will you go and with whom did you go?’ asked her
“I will go to supermarket, in this is my helper! Said her

When her mother heared that she was very sad, and she directly pray to God to punish the rebellious daughter. Shortly later, Darmi’s legs turned to stone, while she said “I am sorry mom, for my mistake mom, i will no like that again, i will help you, i will abey what you say, please mom help me, i am afraid” but her mother just cried because rice had become porridge, it is mean that her mother could not do anything. Step by step her body become stone while, she crying for her mistaking. Until know the stone still there in west Kalimantan, and a lot of people there called the stone is CRYING STONE.
From this story we can take the moral message that, we are as a children, do not we do our parents like a helper, and we never disobedience towards parents. Therefore, a child must be respectful and obedient to his parents, because the mother's prayers will be heard by God.

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