BATURADEN

Once upon a time there was a nice and kind young man named Suta.

Suta was a servant in a kingdom in Central Java. His duty was to look after the king's horses. He was
a very hardworking youngman and everyone liked him.

Suta was also a very adventurous so He liked to take a walk in the surrounding kingdom, after doing
his chores.

One day, when Suta was walking near a lake, he heard a woman screaming. So, Suta hurried to find
the source of the scream.

Finally, he arrived near a big tree. He saw the king's daughter screaming. Above her, there was a
giant snake about a strike.

Suta was afraid, but he is worried about the princess. So he taook a big stick and hit the snake in its
head. The snake hissed in pain and finally dies.

"Thank you, Suta. You've saved my life," said the princess.

"No needed for that princess. It's my duty as your father's servant to help you."

Since that day, Suta and the princess became good friends. They even feltin love with each other. So,
the princess told Suta to go to her father and ask his permission to marry her.

The king was furious to hear about their plans.

"Suta is just a servant while you are my daughter, the princess. It is unacceptable for you to marry a
servant."

The princess was very sad to hear her father's answer, especially after her father thrown Suta in jail
for having the nerve to ask her to marry him.

In jail, Suta was not given anything to eat or drink. Hearing that, the princess couldn’t take it. She
finally made a plan to break Suta out of jail.

They succeed and they ran far far away. They rested near the river. There they get married and start
a family and they lived happily ever after.

The place where Suta and the princess raised their family is called Baturraden.

Batur means servant while raden means noble.

Nowadays, Baturaden is very interesting tourism spot. It's located at the foothill of Mount Slamet in
Purwokerto, Central Java.

 It is very interesting isn’t it?

 Okay everyone thank you for having me
 QUEEN MOSQUITO

Long time ago, there was a village in Yogyakarta. The villagers were farmers. They lived happily and
peacefully. They had fertile land and healthy livestock.

It was a harvest season. AII farmers were happy because soon they would sell their rice and got Iots
of money.

However, while they were busy working in the rice fields, one farmer came and told them a bad
news.

"The queen mosquito is coming! Save our livestock!" said the farmer.

All farmers immediately left their rice fields and tried to save their chickens, ducks, goats, and cows.

Wait a minute, why were they afraid of the queen mosquito?

Well, this mosquito was different from other mosquitoes. She was the queen mosquito. She was
very big. She was as big as a goat! Also she could fly as fast as a bird. When the queen was thirsty
she would attack any animals and sucked the blood. When there were no animals, the queen would
attack humans! That was why farmers were so scared.

After all their livestock was safe, all farmers were having a meeting.

"We have to do something! We have to find a way how to stop the queen mosquito."

An old man spoke. He was known as the Smartest and wisest person.

"I know how to stop the queen. Her power is in her earrings. If we can get her earrings, she will be
powerless and she will be as small as other mosquitoes."

"But how can we steal her earrings?" asked one man.

"The queen will lay her eggs soon. She cannot do it alone. She needs help to lay her eggs. I'm sure
she will ask Madam Sri to help her."

Who was Madam Sri?

Well, she was a nurse. She often helped women deliver their babies. Then the old man talked to
Madam Sri. She agreed to help. The old man told her how to steal the earrings. The queen mosquito
came. She talked to Madam Sri. Yes, she could talk to humans.

"Please help me to lay my eggs."

"I will help you but you have to give me your earrings. It's too dangerous if you still wear your
earrings while you lay your eggs."

The queen mosquito believed her. Without any doubts, she gave her the earrings. Then Madam Sri
asked her to sit on the bushes. Again, the queen mosquito listened to her.
The queen mosquito gave her the earrings. Madam Sri immediately kept them in a very safe place.
When the queen was sitting comfortably on the bushes, Madam Sri burnt the bushes. The smoke
made the queen very weak. Amazingly she slowly became very small, just like any other mosquitoes.

The queen was very angry. She yelled and screamed! She asked Madam Sri to return her earrings.
However she was too small. She coutd not speak clearly and Madam Sri only heard buzzing sound.

The queen thought it was useless so she asked all the mosquitoes to attack Madam Sri. When she
saw lots of mosquitoes came to attack her, Madam Sri again burnt the bushes.

The smoke made the mosquitoes very weak and some of them died. However the queen survived
and she swore that she would always ask mosquitoes to attack humans.

Well, that is why we hear mosquitoes buzzing. They ask us to return their queen's earrings!
The Story about MERAPI AND MERBABU

Assalamualaikum wr wb.

• Hi everyone, my Name is Via. Today I want to tell you a very interesting folkstore about
the origin of our famous Mountains: Merapi and Merbabu
• Have you ever heard it before?
• Do you want to know?
• Here is the story goes…..

A long time ago, there was a mean giant named BAKUH. And every time he wanted to eat, he always
looked for the animals. He ate almost all kinds of animals. And of course, the animals did not live
peacefully. They were scared Bakuh would eat them.

Slowly, the numbers of animals were decreasing. And finally there was no animal left in the jungle.
Bakuh started to go to the villages. He wanted to eat humans!

The gods and the goddess in the heaven were angry. They wanted to punish Bakuh. Therefore they
sent one beautiful goddess. Her name was Retna Lestari.

Bakuh was walkingwhen he saw Retna Lestari picking some flowers. He was surprised to see a
beautiful woman in the jungle. He fell in love instantly. "Hello, beautiful girl. What's your name? I
never saw you before," said Bakuh.

"My name is Retna Lestari. And of course you never saw me. I always ran and saved my life when
you were hungry. I hope now you are not hungry," said Retna Lestari.

"Don't be afraid, Retna. I will never eat you. You are so beautiful and I'm in love with you. Will you
marry me?" asked Bakuh.

"What? No way! I will never marry a mean giant like you."

"l'll do anything for you, Retna."

"Anything? OK.I really wants to have red clouds during sunset. But I don't want you to get it for me. I
don't want your sharp nails to tear the clouds."

"So, what do I have to do?"

"Simple. You just lie down with your face downward. I will stand on your back I hope I can reach the
clouds."

And then Bakuh lied down with his face downward. And when Retna Lestari was already standing on
his back, she said, "I cannot reach the clouds. I will put some big stone on your back. I want to stand
on the stones so I can reach the clouds."

"Can you reach the clouds now?" asked Bakuh.

"Not yet, I will put more stones on your body. And remember, don't move your body. If you do, I
will , fall." said Retna Lestari.

She immediately put more stones. This tipe she put bigger stones. With her power as a goddess, she
could put the big stones easily.

Slowly, all Bakuh's body was covered by stones. Retna Lestari put two very big stones, one on his
head and one on his feet at very last . Bakuh could not breathe. He wanted to stand up but he could
not do it. He then realized that Retna Lestari already tricked him. He just yelled and screamed!

Slowly the two big stones became mountains. The big stone on Bakuh's head became Merapi
Mountain and the big stone on his feet became Merbabu Mountain.

People now say that when they hear a rumbling noise from the mountains, they believe that Baku is
yelling and screaming. He is cursing Retna Lestari for tricking him. ***

• That s all But please Don’t think that it is a real story, It is just a made believe story and I
am telling just for fun, do not think that a real giant living underneath Merapi and
Merbabu ….
• Thank you for having me
• I hope that you are enjoying the story as much as I am enjoying telling you the story
• See you some other time.
• Bye Wassalamualaikum wr wb