The girl, the old widow’s daughter, was surely beautiful. Every man could
easily fall in love if they saw her face. Unfortunately she had a very bad
attitude. The girl was very lazy and never helped her mother. Every day she
just primped and looked at the mirror to admire her own beauty. She was also
spoiled girl. All of his requests must be obeyed even though her mother was
poor old lady.
Like usual, in every week end, the old widow went down to the market to sell
dry woods. This time, her daughter wanted to go with her too. She wanted to buy
new clothes. The old widow was happy to see her own daughter went with her
together to the market. The old widow also planned to use the money she got
from selling the wood to buy new clothes for her daughter. She was truly wanted
to see her daughter happy.
The market was so far from their house. They should walk down the hill and pass
a village. The girl wore nice clothes and dress up so the people who saw her
will be admiring her beauty. In contrary, her mother wore dirty clothes with a
basket full of dry wood on her back. She wanted that her mother to walk behind
her so that people would think that she was not her mother. The girl cannot
accept if people in the village know that the old widow was her mother. Indeed,
none know that the girl and the old widow were mother and daughter because they
lived alone on the top of hill.
When they began to enter the village, all the people who passed by were looking
at them. They were so fascinated by the beauty of the girl. They could not
resist to look at her beautiful face. However, when people saw an old lady who
walked behind her, it was so contrastive. It made people to wonder who the old
dirty lady behind her was. Among those who saw it, a young man approached and
asked her, "Hey, pretty girl. Is that your mother behind you? "
"No," the girl said arrogantly. "She is my servant!"
The old lady could understand why her own daughter said so. She only blamed
herself that she could not be the mother that her daughter wanted. The old lady
only kept silent and continued the journey. Not far away from there, a young
man approached again and asked the girl the same question.
"Hi sweetheart. Is it your mother who walks behind you? "
Again the girl rejected the fact by saying no the old widow was her mother.
"No, no, she is not my mother," said the girl. "She is my
slave!"
The same questions continued repeatedly several times. And the girl always
answered the questions by telling that the old widow was not her mother. The
first, second, and the third ones, the old widow could accept it. However when
it went along several times, it made the old widow sad. It hurt the old lady so
much that her own daughter did not admit that she was her mother. The silent
turned to sadness. The sadness turned to madness. And when a mother was mad, a
bad thing would follow. Finally, the poor old widow cannot resist anymore. The
old widow prayed to the God to punish her rebellious daughter.
"Oh my God, I was not able to resist this insult. How come my own daughter
treat her own mother like this. Yes, God punish this rebellious child! Punish
her.... "
On the power of God Almighty, slowly her body was turned to stone. The change
starts from the feet. When the change has reached half of the body, the girl
was crying asking forgiveness to her mother.
"Oh, my mother, please forgive me. Forgive what I have done to you.
Please, mother. I will change, mother. Please forgive your daughter, your only
daughter," cry the girl.
The girl continued to wail and cry pleading with his mother. However,
everything was too late. The whole body of the girl was eventually turned into
stone. Even when she turned into stone, people still can see the tears. The
stone cries. Therefore, people begin to call it "Crying Stone or Batu
Menangis".
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