Folklore And Fairy Tales

Suri Ikun And Two Birds

It was a boy who lived on the island of Timor in ancient times. Suri Ikun. Suri Ikun had many siblings, thirteen in number. His six brothers and seven sisters.

The livelihood of Suri Ikun's parents is farming. Suri Ikun's parents had a large garden. However, his farm was not enough for his family. The reason is, the crops they grow are often damaged by******** forest. To overcome the attacks********wooden, Suri Ikun's parents have ordered seven of her sons to take care of the garden in turns.

Compared to his brothers, Suri Ikun was more courageous and diligent. He will dispel and pursue *********wooden that entered his parents' garden. With his arrow, Suri Ikun will dispel******* that forest. It is not uncommon for Suri Ikun to bring home **** of the forest he managed to harvest.

One day Suri Ikun again got a turn to guard the garden.He managed to dispel ***-***** forest that entered his garden and even managed to archery one of the***** forest. Suri Ikun brought ****the forest back home.

The Suri Ikun brothers were very happy to find Suri Ikun coming home with****wooden forest. They cut it and cooked it. Eldest brother Suri Ikun then tasked with dividing the pieces of meat*** of the forest. However, since the Suri Ikun brothers were envious and greedy, they only split the head section**** of the forest for Suri Ikun. The flesh on the head is much less than other parts of the body.

Eldest brother Suri Ikun was apparently not only envious and greedy, but also unhappy with Suri Ikun. He was very annoyed because both his parents always praised and proud Suri Ikun. As the oldest child, he felt abused. He also initiated a plan to eliminate Suri Ikun from the house.

One day, Suri Ikun's elder brother invited Suri Ikun to find their father's burrs left in the forest. When it was dusk. Suri Ikun was actually afraid to enter the forest, especially when it was dusk or night. The forest is famous for being haunted because it is a dwelling place of evil ghosts. Those evil ghosts preyed on the humans who dared to enter the forest. They will mislead men who dare to enter the middle of the forest. Eldest brother Suri Ikun deliberately invited Suri Ikun and then left him in the forest to be eaten by the evil ghosts of the forest dwellers!

Suri Ikun walked behind his elder brother. On one occasion, elder brother Suri Ikun sneaked in and immediately took a shortcut to return home. Suri Ikun who was unaware just kept walking. He entered the forest.

When Suri Ikun had arrived in the middle of the forest, the evil ghosts immediately caught him. At that moment they were about to kill him. But some evil ghosts were reluctant to prey on Suri Ikun when it was because his body was too thin. “We'd better lock him up first,” one of the evil ghosts's advice. “If he has fat body, then we prey on him.”

The suggestion was approved by other evil ghosts. So, they locked Suri Ikun in a very dark cave. They give food and drink to Suri Ikun and hope Suri Ikun's body will soon be fat.

Since being captured by evil ghosts until finally being locked up, Suri Ikun felt a great fear. He tried hard to find a way out of the cave where he was held. Until he found a gap that caused the cave part was slightly brighter because of the sunlight that broke in. When Suri Ikun looked down into the gap, he saw two young birds that looked very hungry. Suri Ikun felt very sorry. He gave food to the two birds.

Time keeps passing. The two chicks have grown into two large birds. His body looks strong again. The two were about to return the favor of Suri Ikun who had been giving them food all that time. They find out that Suri Ikun is locked up in a cave before finally becoming a food of evil ghosts. The two birds plan to free Suri Ikun from evil ghosts.

The opportunity finally arrived. The two large birds saw the cave door opened by the evil ghosts who were about to prey on Suri Ikun. As soon as the cave door was opened, the two birds attacked the evil ghosts with their strong beaks, claws, and legs. All the evil ghosts became a fog scorch got a surprise attack that surprised them. When the evil ghosts run, the two birds fly Suri Ikun. The two carried Suri Ikun flying through forests, rivers, and hills. The two took Suri Ikun towards the hilly area. Very surprisingly, in the hilly area there is a very beautiful royal palace again magnificent which is the creation of two large birds. With his magical power also the two birds create the soldiers, the hulubalang, the ladies and also the servants of the royal palace. They invited Suri Ikun to stay in the royal palace and organize the kingdom as king.

The area around the hills is known to be lush again beautiful. Many people eventually moved to the area and they declared their submission to Suri Ikun whom they considered king.

Suri Ikun ruled his kingdom justly and wisely.He sought the welfare of the people he led. People live in peace, tranquility, and prosperity.

The moral of the Short Folklore: Suri Ikun and the Two Birds are people whose good nature and behavior will be rewarded for their kindness in the future. Do good not only to other humans, but also to animals because in fact the animal is also a living creature created by God.