The Golden Snail

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Once upon a time in Central Java there was a beautiful and wealthy  kingdom led by a wise king.
He had only one son. His name was Raden Putra . He was happily married with Dewi Limaran
One day, Dewi Limaran was walking around in the palace's garden, and noticed a snail crawling the garden wall .
"Yuck! this snail is so ugly and disgusting!" She picked the snail
nd then  threw it away into a river.
Pshhh....!!!! A smoke came out from the snail and it turned into an old and powerful
witch . 
"How dare you insult me and throw me into a river." The witch cried furiosly
"I'm...I'm so sorry  I-I didn't know i-it was you,P-please....please forgive me" Dewi Limaran was suprised
"You are so RUDE, you think snail is ugly and disgusting? So you will be! I'll turn you into a snail!"
The witch put a spell on her 
"N-no..no..p-please forgive me...! I won't do such rudeness again",begged Dewi Limaran
But the witch didn't listen, she was so furious and turned Dewi Limaran into snail and threw it into the river.
On the side of a big forest, there lived a poor widow. Her living was only fishing. it was a particularly bad day
as she didn’t catch any fish.
Again and again she spread her net, but nothing got caught into it. At last she pulled up the net to go home.
Suddenly she saw something shining at the bottom of it.
was a beautiful snail. So she decided to take  it home.
When she arrived at home she put the snail into a pot.
She then went to bed and soon fast asleep as she was very tired. 
The next morning when she woke up, she found to her amazement that the floor had been swept clean and
there was some food on the table.
She wondered who had done all these
. She thought she was dreaming, It happened again and again every single morning.
The old woman became more and more curious . So one night she decided to stay up late.
She was peeping from her room to know who cooked for her.
Then, she could not believe what she saw.
The golden snail grew bigger and bigger and in a moment a lovely young woman stood where the snail had been.
The empty shell fell to the ground behind her. Quickly and quietly the young woman swept the floor.
Then she took rice, vegetables, meat,and eggs  out of the pot and began cooking.
while she was busy cooking the old woman approached her.
"W-who...who are you??" The old woman was confused
"Oh I am Dewi Limaran, Ma'am. A witch cursed me into a snail. I can change back as a human only at night,
However  the spell can be broken if I hear the melody from the holy Gamelan," explained Dewi Limaran 
The old woman then rushed to the palace. She talked to Prince Raden Putra about her wife.
Prince Raden Putra was so happy,finally he could find his wife after looking for her everywhere. 
Prince Raden Putra then went to a quiet place and prayed. He asked the gods to give him the holy Gamelan.
He wanted to break the witch's spell. After several days of praying, finally gods granted his wish.
He immediately brought the holy Gamelan to the old woman's house. 
There He played it so beautifully 
"neng...ning....nang...neng" the sound of the holy Gamelan echoed throughout the house. 
Everybody was fascinated while listening to the melody of the holy Gamelan.
Then the golden snail slowly turned into the beautiful Dewi Limaran.

The couple was so happy that they could be together again.
They also thanked the old woman for her kindness. As a return, they asked her to stay in the palace.
and they lived happily ever after

From the story we know that we should not judge something or someone from
their appearance because who knows someday that things will change.
Source: golden snail

DIRECT SPEECHES


  • "Oh I am Dewi Limaran, Ma'am. A witch cursed me into a snail. I can change back as a human only at night, However  the spell can be broken if I hear the melody from the holy Gamelan," explained Dewi Limaran 
  • "W-who...who are you??" The old woman was confused
  • "Yuck! this snail is so ugly and disgusting!" She picked the snail and then  threw it away into a river.
  • "How dare you insult me and throw me into a river." The witch cried furiosly
  • "N-no..no..p-please forgive me...! I won't do such rudeness again",begged Dewi Limaran

    • QUESTIONS

  1. Who was the main character of the story?
  2. Why did  the old woman rush back to the palace?
  3. 'she was so furious' from paragraph 2. What does 'furious' means?
  4.  How can Dewi Limaran turned back into human?
  5. What is the antonym of 'disgusting' from paragraph 1?




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