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The Story of Sangkuriang and Tangkuban Perahu Mountain

Once, there was a kingdom in Priangan Land. Lived a happy family. They were a father in form
of dog,his name is Tumang, a mother which was called is Dayang Sumbi, and a child which was
called Sangkuriang.
One day, Dayang Sumbi asked her son to go hunting with his lovely dog, Tumang. After hunting
all day, Sangkuriang began desperate and worried because he hunted no deer. Then he thought to
shot his own dog. Then he took the dog liver and carried home.

Soon Dayang Sumbi found out that it was not deer lever but Tumang's, his own dog. So, She was
very angry and hit Sangkuriang's head. In that incident, Sangkuriang got wounded and scar then
cast away from their home.

Years go bye, Sangkuriang had travel many places and finally arrived at a village. He met a
beautiful woman and felt in love with her. When they were discussing their wedding plans, The
woman looked at the wound in Sangkuriang's head. It matched to her son's wound who had left
severall years earlier. Soon she realized that she felt in love with her own son.

She couldn't marry him but how to say it. Then, she found the way. She needed a lake and a boat
for celebrating their wedding day. Sangkuriang had to make them in one night. He built a lake.
With a dawn just moment away and the boat was almost complete. Dayang Sumbi had to stop it.
Then, she lit up the eastern horizon with flashes of light. It made the cock crowed for a new day.
Sangkuriang failed to marry her. She was very angry and kicked the boat. It felt over and became
the mountain of Tangkuban Perahu Bandung.
A Legend of Candy Cane
A candy maker in Indiana wanted to make a candy that would be a witness, so he made the
Christmas Candy Cane. He incorporated several symbols for the birth, ministry, and death of
Jesus Christ.

He began with a stick of pure white, hard candy. White to symbolize the Virgin Birth and the
sinless nature of Jesus, and hard to symbolize the Solid Rock, the foundation of the church, and
firmness of the promises of God.

The candy maker made the candy in the form of a "J" to represent the precious name of Jesus,
who came to earth as our Savior. It also represents the staff of the "Good Shepherd" with which
He reaches down into the ditches of the world to lift out the fallen lambs who, like all sheep,
have gone astray.

Thinking that the candy was somewhat plain, the candy maker stained it with red stripes. He
used the tree small stripes to show the stripes of the scourging Jesus received by which we are
healed. The large red stripe was for the blood shed by Jesus on the Cross so that we could have
the promise of eternal life, if only we put our faith and trust in Him. Unfortunately, the candy
became known as a Candy Cane - a meaningless decoration seen at Christmas time. But the
meaning is still there for those who "have eyes to see and ears to hear".
The Purse of Gold
A beggar found a leather purse that someone had dropped in a market place. Opening it, he
discovered that it contained 100 pieces of gold. Then he heard a merchant shouted, "A reward! A
reaward to the one who find my leather purse!"

Being an honest man, the beggar came forward and handed the purse to the merchant saying,
"Here is your purse. Will you keep your word to give a reward now?"

"Reward?" scoffed the merchant greedily counting the amount of gold. "The purse I dropped had
200 pieces of gold in it. You've already stolen more than the reward I'll give to you.! Go away or
I'll tell you to the police."

"I'm an honest man," said the beggar defiantly. "Let's take this matter to the court!" In the court,
the judge patiently listened to both sides of the story and said, "I believe you both. Justice is
possible! Merchant, you stated that the purse you lost contained 200 pieces of gold. Well, that's a
considerable cost. But the purse the beggar found had only 100 pieces of gold. Therefore, it
couldn't be the one you lost."

And, with that, the judge gave the purse and all the golds to the beggar
The Old Woman and The Sparrow
Once upon a time, there lived a kind hearted man and his wife. One morning, his wife found a
poor little sparrow. She took it gently and fed it. To show its gratitude, the sparrow stayed with
them and sang every morning. But there was an ill-tempered old woman who didn't like the
sparrow. She cut the sparrow's tongue. That's why the bird flew away to its previous nest.

Knowing that their sparrow flew away, the kind man and his wife looked for the sparrow. They
walked a long way, crossed the bridges, climbed the mountains and passed the woods.

At last, they could find the sparrow's nest. The sparrow welcomed them and provided a feast for
them. Before they went home, the sparrow brought two baskets; one was large and looked heavy,
and the other one was small and light. The sparrow asked them to choose only one. They chose
the small and that was the best choice. There were many rolls of silk and piles of gold in it.

Being jealous, the ill-tempered old woman did the same thing as the kind man and his wife did.
She chose the big basket which actually contained wasps and venomous crawlers, such as
scorpions, centipedes, and other horrible creatures. Finally, aaathey stung and bit her to death.
The Princess and The Pea
There once was a prince who wanted to marry a princess, but it had to be real princess. So he
went all over the world looking for a real princess. Everywhere he met young ladies told him
they were real princess, but could never be completely sure that this was true. There was always
something about them that did not seem quite right. And so, after along time, the prince went
back home to his parents and was very sad.

One evening there was a terrible storm. It rained heavily and there was thunder and lightning in
the sky above the royal castle. Then there was a knock at the castle gate. The old king went out
to see who it could be.

A princess was standing outside the gate. The rain ran down over her hair and clothes and into
her shoes. She told the king that she was a real princess, and he asked her to come inside.

“Well, said the old queen. We’ll soon find out if that is true. She went into the guest bedroom
and took the mattress and blanket of the bed. Then she put a little green pea on the bed. She put
twenty mattress on top of the pea, and then twenty mattress on top of the pea, and then twenty
blankets on top of the mattress. This was where the princess was going to spend the night.

The next morning the queen asked the princess how she had slept.

“oh, it was terrible” answered the princess. Í didn’t close my eyes all night. I don’t know what
was in my bed, but I lay on something hard, and now I am black and blue all over. It was quite a
terrible night.”

Now, the king, the queen and the prince could be sure that this was a real princess she had felt
the little pea trough twenty mattresses and twenty blankets. Only a real princess will be able to
do that.

So the prince married the princess and the pea was put in a museum for everyone to see, unless
someone has taken it, it’s still there today.

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