Jaka Tarub and Nawang Wulan

JAKA TARUB AND NAWANG WULAN

Jaka tarub was a handsome and diligent young man. He lived in a village near a lake. One day when Jaka Tarub pass the lake, he heards some giggles and loughs of some girls who were bathing in the lake. He was courious, so he peeped through the bush. There were seven beautiful girls in the lake. There were fairies from the heavenly kingdom of Kahyangan. Jaka Tarub saw a scarf near the bush. It is belong to one of the fairies. Jaka Tarub then took it and hide it.

Crack…..!! accidentally, Jaka Tarub stepped  on a twigh. “there is someone”!....”let’s get back, hurry”!!.... said one of the fairies. They pulled over  and worn their scarf. “Where is my scarf…oh where is my scarf…I need my scarf”!!...One of the fairies couldn’t find her scarf. She was the youngest fairies called Nawang Wulan. They try to search for it, but it was nowhere to be found. “ We are sorry Wulan, we have to go back to Kahyangan”, “You will have found it by yourself and we will wait you in Kahyangan”,said the elder fairy.

“ Excuse me…..” said Jaka Tarub, startling Nawang Wulan. “Are you okay?” he asked. Nawang Wulan moved backward, “Who are you?” she asked. “ My name is Jaka Tarub”. “I was passing by and I heard you crying, so I come to  see what happen”. Jaka Tarub lied. “ I can’t fly without my scarf”. Said Wulan. “Come with me” he asked. Formerly Nawang wulan refuse the offer, but since she did’t have anywhere else to go, Nawang Wulan decided to follow Jaka Tarub.

A month passed, they decided to get married. It so sweet….After a year they had a beautiful doughter. They named her Kumalasari. They lived happily.

“My wife cook everyday, but why is my barn always full?” Jaka Tarub mumbled to himself. One day Jaka Tarub stayed at home. “ I want to stay at home today, I’d like to play with Kumalasari.” He said to his wife.”Well, I will go to the river to wash the clothes. Please keep on eye to Kumalasari. I’m cooking rice now, don’t open the pan cover before it’s done”!..She said before she left. After Nawang Wulan left, He curiously open to the pan cover. He found only one single paddy. “Oh…How come?!!..” he wondered.

Before lunch, Nawang Wulan come home. She headed to the kitchen to see the rice she had cooked. She found the rice turned in to only few grains. “Did you open the pan cover?” she asked her husband. “I…I…I..am sorry, I was courious,” Jaka tarub said.

Ever since, Nawang Wulan had lost her power. She couldn’t cook rice with only a single paddy. Their paddy supply was slowly lessened. Their barn was almost empty. One day Nawang Wulan went to see the barn to get some paddy. When she took one of them, she found a scarf. “What’s this?... this is my scarf”. Said  Nawang Wulan.

“You’ve found it?’.Jaka Tarub asked. “Because I found my scarf, it is time for me to go back to where I belong”,she said. “Don’t go baby, please you don’t leave me, I really need you”. He asked. Nawang Wulan had made up her mind. “Please take good care of Kumalasari, if she wanted to see me, take seven grain of candlenut and  put it in to basket, shake it as you play te bamboo flute, I will come to see her”, she explained.” I must go now,  take care”,said Nawang wulan flew to the bright full moon.