Bawang Putih lived with her stepmother and her stepsister, Bawang
Merah. Bawang Putih's mother died when she was a baby. Her father remarried
another woman and later her step sister was born.
Unfortunately, not long after that her father died. Since then,
Bawang Putih's life so sad. Her stepmother and her step sister treated Bawang
Putih badly and always asked her to do all the household chores.
One morning, Bawang Putih was washing some clothes in a river.
Accidentally, her mother's clothes were washed away by the river. She was
really worried so she walked along the riverside to find the clothes. Finally
she met an old woman. She said that she kept the clothes and would give them
back to Bawang Putih if she helped the old woman do the household chores.
Bawang Putih helped her happily. After everything was finished,
the old woman returned the clothes. She also gave Bawang Putih a gift. The old
woman had two pumpkins, one pumpkin was small and the other one was bigger.
Bawang Putih had to choose one.
Bawang Putih was not a greedy girl. So she took the small one.
After thanking the old woman, Bawang Putih then went home. When she arrived
home, her stepmother and Bawang Merah were angry. They had been waiting for her
all day long. Bawang Putih then told about the clothes, the old woman, and the
pumpkin. Her mother was really angry so she grabbed the pumpkin and smashed it
to the floor. Suddenly they all were surprised. Inside the pumpkin they found
jewelries.
"Bawang Merah, hurry up. Go to the river and throw my clothes
into the water. After that, find the old woman. Remember, you have to take the
big pumpkin," the stepmother asked Bawang Merah to do exactly the same as
Bawang Putih's experience.
Bawang Merah immediately went to the river. She threw the clothes
and pretended to search them. Not long after that, she met the old woman. Again
she asked Bawang Merah to do household chores. She refused and asked the old
woman to give her a big pumpkin.
The old woman then gave her the big one. Bawang Merah was so
happy. She ran very fast. When she arrived home, her mother was impatient. She
directly smashed the pumpkin to the floor. They were screaming. There were a
lot of snakes inside the pumpkin! They were really scared. They were afraid the
snakes would bite them.
"Mom, I think God just punished us. We had done bad things to
Bawang Putih. And God didn't like that. We have to apologize to Bawang
Putih," said Bawang Merah.
Finally both of them realized their mistakes. They apologized and
Bawang Putih forgave them. Now the family is not poor anymore. Bawang Putih
decided to sell all the jewelries and used the money for their daily lives. ***
Bawang Putih means white onion (garlic), Bawang merah means red
onion (shallot).
0 Comments