Page 32 - E-Workbook Naratives

30

One night, Mbok Randa had a dream. She must meet a holy man who lived in a place called mount Gundul. That holy man could help

to save her daughter. The next morning, Mbok Randa went to mount Gundul. She met the holy man and he gave 4 little bags to Mbok

Randa.

“These bags are for her. Tell her to open and use it one by one”, said the holy man.

Mbok Randa nodded her head as a sign that she understood the command. Then she came back to home. Each one was containing

cucumber seeds, needles, salt, and shrimp paste. The holy man said that Timun Mas could use them to protect herself. At home, Mbok

Randa then said about her promise with the giant to her daughter and about the bag given by the holy man.

A few days later, the giant came to Mbok Randa house and asked for the promise. Mbok Randa told her daughter to run from the

back door and took the bags from a holy man with her. She threw those seeds and instantly they grew into the huge cucumber fields. The

giant ate them all, so that she could run further. However, it was giving the giant more strength to chase the girl. He was getting close

again. After that, she opened the second bag that contains the needles and spilled them behind her. The needles magically turned into the

lush bamboo trees which were thorny. The giant’s arms and legs were bled and scratched. Unfortunately, he made it and chased her

again. Timun Mas opened the third bag and spilled the salt inside. That made the soil which the salt touched turned into the very deep sea.

The giant almost drown there, but he swam to cross it. From a far place, Timun Mas saw it. She then opened the last bag and threw it. It

was the shrimp paste and made the soil became the large swamp of boiling mud. Finally, the giant was trapped there and the mud

drowned him. Everything was ended. Timun Mas came back to her home and live happily ever after with Mbok Randa.

Adapted from https://inggrism.com/blog/story-telling-timun-mas/