Bawang
Putih lived with her step
mother and her step sister, Bawang Merah. Bawang Putih’s mother died when she
was a baby. Her father remarried another woman and later her step sister was
born. Unfortunately, not long after that her father died. Since then, Bawang
Putih’s life was sad. Her step mother and her step sister treated Bawang Putih
badly and always asked her to do all the household chores.
One morning, Bawang
Putih was washing some clothes in a river. Accidentally, her mother’s clothes were washed away by
the river. She was really worried so she walked along the river side to find
the clothes. Finally she met an old woman. She said that she kept the clothes
and would give them back to Bawang Putih if she helped the old woman do the householdchores. Bawang Putih helped her happily.
After everything was finished, the old woman returned the clothes. She also
gave Bawang Putih a gift. The old woman had two pumpkins, one pumpkin was small
and the other one was big. Bawang Putih had to choose one.
Bawang Putih was not a greedy girl. So she took the small
one. After thanking the old woman, Bawang Putih then went home. When she
arrived home, her step mother and Bawang Merah were angry. They had been
waiting for her all day long. Bawang Putih then told about the clothes, the old
woman, and the pumpkin. Her mother was really angry so she grabbed the pumpkin and smashed it to the floor.
Suddenly they all were
surprised. Inside the pumpkin they found jewelries. “Bawang Merah, hurry up. Go to the river and
throw my clothes into the water. After that, find the old woman. Remember, you
have to take the big pumpkin,” the step mother asked Bawang Merah to do exactly
the same as Bawang Putih’s experience. Bawang Merah immediately went to the river. She threw the
clothes and pretended to search them. Not long after that, she met the old
woman. Again she asked Bawang Merah to do household chores.
She refused and asked
the old woman to give her a big pumpkin. The old woman then gave her the big
one. Bawang Merah was so happy. She ran very fast. When she
arrived home, her mother was impatient. She directly smashed the pumpkin to the
floor. They were screaming. There were a lot of snakes inside the pumpkin! They
were really scared. They were afraid the snakes would bite them. “Mom, I think
God just punished us. We had done bad things to Bawang Putih.
And God didn’t like that. We have to apologize to Bawang Putih,” said Bawang
Merah.
Finally both of them
realized their mistakes. They apologized and Bawang Putih forgave them. Now the family is not poor anymore. Bawang Putih decided to sell all the
jewelries and used the money for their daily lives.**
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