Crying Stone (Batu Menangis)

On a hill in area of Borneo, there lived a poor widow and her daughter. The girl was really beautiful. However, she was very lazy and spoiled. She loved to dress up every day, but never helped her mother.

One day, they went down to a village for shopping. A market was far away from their house. They walked there. The girl got dressed very nice and walked in front of her mother. While the widow walked behind, carried a basket, wore dirty clothes. Nobody knew they were mother and daughter.

While entering village, people looked at them. Young men were so fascinated by girl’s beauty. However, she was in contrast to a woman walking behind her. It made people wonder. Some young men asked her whether woman was her mother. But girl arrogantly replied that she was her maid. More people asked her along the way to market. She gave a same answer that widow was her slave.

Eventually, mother’s heart hurt to hear her daughter’s answer. Mother prayed to God to punish her ungodly daughter. Suddenly, girl stopped then slowly turned to be a stone. Daughter cried; she apologized to his mother. But it was too late. A pretty girl was turned into a stone but continued to tear; it’s called A Crying Stone.

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