Folklore And Fairy Tales
Joko Kendil
In the Old Age. In A Village In Central Java, Lives An Old Widow. She Lives Away Kara. Her Husband Died Years Ago. He Lives In An Old House All By Himself. To Meet His Needs Every Day, He Sells Firewood In The Market. A Trip To Be Taken To The Market Very Far. The Money He Earned From Selling Was Also Very Little. Even So, He Remains Eager to Work And Not Give Up.
The Widow Really Wanted the Presence of a Child. However, To Raise A Child Surely He Is Not Capable. To Meet His Own Needs Is Still A Shortage. One Night, He Dreamed of the Fall of the Moon During the Day. That Strange Dream Makes Him Very Restless. How Can There Be a Moon During the Day? What's Happening to That Dream. Her thought.
The Next Morning, The Widow Woke Up With a Resent Heart Thinking About Her Dream. He Rushed to Go to the Market Before the Sun Rising. After Selling All His Trades And Buying Some of His Needs, He Goes Home Soon.
When Passing through the Market Door. He Sees a Horde of Crowds Surrounding a Man. Curious, The Widow Approached The Crowd. Apparently, That Man Is A Diviner. He Is Predicting a Woman.
‘’ Mr. Astrologer, I Want To Know What My Dream Mean Overnight.’’ Said The Old Woman.
The Diviner Said, ‘’ Tell Your Dreams That?’’
‘’ Overnight I Dreamed of a Fall of the Moon. Is That A Bad Sign?’’ Said the Woman. The Face of Sumringah. The Diviner said. ‘’ Wow, That's Precisely A Good Sign. Dream of Falling Moon Means You Will Get Descendants. You Have Got A Child. Congratulations!’’
Hearing the Request From The Two Young Men, The Widow Immediately Refused. He Felt Unable to Care For A Child Because of His Lives That Are Lacking. However, Both Youths Begged And Willing To Meet All The Needs of The Child. Finally, The Widow Is Ready.
The Two Youths Handed Over The Large Pack They Brought. It Contains a Baby. The Package Can Be Opened After The Two Youths Leave. When In Open. Jump A Very Strange Male Anank Shape His Body. The Widow was Surprised.
The Child's Appearance Is Very Concerning. The Shape of His Head Resembles Pot That Are Commonly Used To Store Water Or Also Called Kendils. But He Has a Whole Body. The Boy Was Named Joko Kendil.
Hearing the Word of the Seer. The Widow was Surprised. The Dreams That Women Experience Are the Same as Their Dreams. But Will He Also Have A Child. It Doesn't End Thought. How Could An Old Man Who Isn't Herself Like Himself Give Birth to A Child. However, He Did Not Think Too Much of The Prophecy. He Also Walked Home Soon.
On Arrival At Home, The Old Widow Saw Two Men Waiting In Front of Her House. They Carry A Large Package. The Old Widow Asks The Meaning of Their Coming Home.
‘’ We Want To Leave Something To Mom.’’ Said One of the Youths.
‘’ What Do You Want to Put, Son?’’ Ask The Widow. The Boy answered. ‘’ We Intend To Leave A Baby To Be Raised By Mother Like A Child Mother Alone.’’
Although the Body Shape is Strange. Joko Kendil Is A Kind And Diligent Child. Over Time, The Old Widow Is Singing More and More Her Adopted Child That Is Already Seen As Her Own Bladder Child.
In The Evening, While Resting After Gardening. Joko Kendil Sees the Royal Sailing Ship. Joko Kendil Watches The Ship Until It Closer. From Inside The Ship Seen The King's Daughter Is Very Beautiful Jelita. Joko Kendil Falls In Love . He Tells His Feelings to His Mother.
On One Day. The Kingdom Holds a Competition. The Contents of the Competition Are Items Who Can Find And Bring Gamelan Lokananta Then He Will Be Married With The King's Daughter. Anyone Can Follow This Competition. As long as the Person is able to do it.
Joko Kendil Hears The Competition And Immediately Invites Her Mother To Be Allowed To Follow The Competition. His Mother Had Banned Because It Was Impossible. His Mother Felt Joko Kendil May Not Get The Gamelan He Intended By The King. However, Joko Kendil Remains Forced. Finally His Mother Relented And Taken Joko Kendil To The Palace.
At The Palace Everyone Who Melhat Joko Kendil Scoffs And Laughs. However, Joko Kendil Remains Calm. Again Pula, the King's Princess Also Does Not Object If Joko Kendil Becomes One of the Participants Of The Competition.
After All Participants are Ready. The King Ordered Them To Take Out the Gamelan Lokananta That Has Been Promised. His Mother Has Started to Worry Because Joko Kendil Absolutely Doesn't Bring a Device of Gamelan. Joko Kendil Calms Her Mother. Then He Spoken a Mantra. Suddenly Appeared A Set Of Gamelan Very Beautiful And Enchanting.
Of All Participants Who Have Been Tested There Is No Gamelan That Really Is Gamelan Lokananta. However, Suddenly, Sounded The Mellifluous Groove Of A Gamelan. That Gamelan belongs to Joko Kendil.
Everyone Is Stunned By The Sound That Leaves Out Of The Gamelan. Then Joko Kendil Chosen As The Winner And He Will Be Married With The King's Very Beautiful Daughter.
On the Day of the Wedding. Both Brides Sit In Bridal Chairs In Front of All Invitations. Suddenly, Without Suspect, The Princess Hugged Joko Kendil With Very Close Until Joko Hard To Breathe.
It Was A Very Amazing Event. Bad Joko Kendil Turned Into A Very Handsome Prince. Seeing That Event. The King Explains to All Invitations. Verily He Wanted A Wandering At That Time, Because The King Got A Holy Whisper When Asking for Instructions In Choosing Her Child's Prospective Husband.
In Whispers It Was Mentioned That The King's Prospective Son-in-law Is A Prince Who Is Very Handsome, Dashing Mighty And Sakti. Thanks to His Power He Will Create Gaamelan Lokananta From Heaven. In addition, The King's Daughter Must Also Hugged Her Husband Candidate When Sitting In Pelaminan.
The King Also Explains That Joko Kendil Is A Prince Who Was Cursed By His Father For Breaking His Father's Prohibition. However, The Curse Will End If Can Hugs From Her Wife Candidates Before They Are Legal As Husband Wife.
****************************
𝑷𝒆𝒔𝒂𝒏 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒍 𝒅𝒂𝒓𝒊 𝑪𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒂 𝑹𝒂𝒌𝒚𝒂𝒕 𝑱𝒐𝒌𝒐 𝑲𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒍 𝒂𝒅𝒂𝒍𝒂𝒉
"𝑩𝒆𝒈𝒊𝒕𝒖𝒍𝒂𝒉 𝑲𝒊𝒔𝒂𝒉 𝑱𝒐𝒌𝒐 𝑲𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒍 𝒀𝒂𝒏𝒈 𝑺𝒆𝒍𝒂𝒎𝒂 𝑯𝒊𝒅𝒖𝒑𝒏𝒚𝒂 𝑺𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑫𝒊 𝑬𝒋𝒆𝒌 𝑫𝒂𝒏 𝑫𝒊 𝑪𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒐𝒉 𝑶𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒈 𝑲𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒂 𝑭𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒌𝒏𝒚𝒂. 𝑵𝒂𝒎𝒖𝒏, 𝑫𝒊 𝑩𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒌 𝑰𝒕𝒖 𝑺𝒆𝒎𝒖𝒂, 𝑲𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒂 𝑲𝒆𝒔𝒂𝒃𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒏 𝑰𝒂 𝑴𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒐𝒍𝒆𝒉 𝑲𝒆𝒃𝒂𝒉𝒂𝒈𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝒀𝒂𝒏𝒈 𝑺𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒂𝒕 𝑳𝒖𝒂𝒓 𝑩𝒊𝒂𝒔𝒂. 𝑯𝒊𝒅𝒖𝒑 𝑩𝒂𝒉𝒂𝒈𝒊𝒂 𝑺𝒆𝒍𝒂𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒂 𝑫𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒂𝒏 𝑰𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒊 𝒀𝒂𝒏𝒈 𝑺𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒂𝒕 𝑪𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒌"
***************************
