Narrative Text
THE CRYING STONE
Once
upon a time, lived a poor old widow in a small village. She lived with
her daughter. Her daughter was very beautiful but also very lazy and
arrogant. She never helped her mother and didn’t want to know what
problem her mother had. Everyday, she put make up and wears her best
clothes. She always
wanted to look rich and beautiful.
One
day, the mother and her daughter went to the market to buy some food.
At first, the daughter refused to accompany her mother, but finally she
agreed. “I’ll go with you, but you must walk behind me,” said the
daughter. She didn't
want to walk side by side with her mother. Although her mother was very sad, she agreed to walk behind her daughter.
On
the way to the market, everybody admired the girl's beauty. But they
were also curious. Behind the beautiful girl, there was an old woman
with a simple dress. The girl and her mother looked very different.
“Hello, beautiful girl. Who is the old woman behind you? Is she your
mother?" they asked. “No, she is not my mother. She is my servant,” the
girl answered. Her mother was very sad to hear that, but she didn't say
anything. She could understand that her daughter was ashamed.
The
girl and the mother met other people. Again they asked who the woman
behind the beautiful girl. And again the girl answered that her mother
is her servant. She always said that her mother is her servant every
time people asked.
At
last, the mother cannot hold the pain anymore. She prayed to God to
punish her daughter. Suddenly, the girl's leg turns into stone. Slowly,
the process continues to the upper part of the girl's body. The girl was
in panic. "Mother, please forgive me! Mother!" she cried and asked her
mother to forgive her. But it's already too late. Her whole body finally
becomes a big stone. Until now, people can still see tears falling down
from the stone. People then call it batu menangis (it mean the crying
stone).
- what is the purpose of the text?
- what is the crying stone?
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