ONION AND GARLIC

Folklore Riau, Sumatra

A long time ago in a village lived a family consisting of father, mother and a beautiful teenage girl named garlic. They are a happy family. Although garlic dad just ordinary traders, but they live in harmony and peace. But one day ill mother garlic and eventually died. Garlic is grieving so did his father.

In the village lived a widow who also has a son named Bawang Merah. Since mother died Garlic, Shallots mother often visited the house of Garlic. He often brought food, helped clean the house garlic or simply accompany Garlic and her father chatted. Garlic father finally thought that it might be better if he just married the mother Onion, Garlic not so lonely anymore.

In consideration of the garlic, then the father is married to the mother Garlic onion. Originally mother onion and shallots to garlic is very good. But over time they begin to seem true nature. They often scold garlic and give him regular work if dad Garlic're going to trade. Garlic should be doing all the housework, while Onion and his mother just sitting around. Garlic father of course did not know it, because garlic is never told.

One day Garlic father fell ill and later died. Since that time his mother Onion and more powerful and arbitrarily to Garlic. Garlic is almost never rested. He had to get up before dawn to prepare breakfast for the water bath and Onion and his mother. Then he has to feed livestock, watering gardens and washing clothes to the river. And he still had to iron, clean the house, and many other jobs. However Garlic always do his job, because he hopes one day his stepmother would love her like his own child.

This morning as usual Garlic carrying basket of clothes to be washed in the river. With a little singing her down a path at the edge of a small forest usual path. The day was very sunny. Garlic immediately wash all the dirty clothes he was carrying. Because of too much fun, Garlic bahwasalah unaware of the dress has been washed away. Unfortunately the clothes are washed away her stepmother's favorite shirt. When I realized it, his stepmother clothes had been washed away too far. Try the garlic down the river to look for it, but could not find it. In desperation, he returned home and told his mother.

"Basic careless!" Snapped the stepmother. "I do not want to know, just you have to find something to wear it! And do not dare go home if you have not found it. Understand? "

Garlic is forced to obey the wishes overlying half. He immediately wash down the river where he was. Mataharisudah began to rise, but garlic has not found her clothes. She put up her eyes, carefully examined every root panhandle that juts into the river, who knows her clothes stuck there. After stepping away and the sun was already leaning to the west, Garlic saw a shepherd who was bathing buffalo. Garlic then asked: "O my good uncle, if uncle saw a red shirt that float through here? Because I had to find and bring him home. "" Yes I had seen my son. If you chase quickly, maybe you can catch him, "said the uncle.

"Well uncle, thank you!" Said Garlic and immediately ran back down. It was getting dark, Garlic was getting desperate. Soon the night would arrive, and Garlic. From a distance it looks light coming from a shack on the banks of the river. Garlic immediately approached the house and knocked."Excuse me ...!" Garlic said. An old woman opened the door."Who are you, kid?" Asked the old woman.

"My Grandma Garlic. Just now I was looking for my mother's clothes were washed away. And now benighted. Can I stay here tonight? "Asked Garlic."Perhaps son. Are you looking for clothes that are red? "Said grandmother."Yes Grandma. What ... grandmother found him? "Asked Garlic.

"Yes. The shirt was stuck in front of my house. Unfortunately, even though I liked the dress, "said the grandmother. "Well I'll give it back, but first you must accompany me here for a week. I have not talked with anyone, how? "Pleaded nenek.Bawang White thought for a moment. The grandmother looked lonely. Garlic also feel pity. "Well Grandma, I will accompany grandma for a week, as long as grandma does not get bored with me," Garlic says with a smile.

Garlic week-long stay with the grandmother. Garlic helps daily homework grandmother. Of course the old woman happy. Until finally even been a week, she called the grandmother garlic."Son, you've lived here a week. And I'm glad that you are diligent and dutiful son. According to my promise that you should bring clothes home mom. And another thing, you may choose one of two pumpkins this as a gift! "Said the grandmother.Garlic initially refused to be rewarded but still forced her grandmother. Garlic eventually chose the smallest pumpkin. "I am not afraid to take a big strong," he said. Grandma smiled and drove up to the house Garlic.

At home, Garlic handed his stepmother's red dress while she went to the kitchen to split the yellow squash. Surprise, garlic when it split pumpkin, gold jewels in it apparently contains very much. She screamed and was so excited to tell this magical stepmother and red onion with langsun greedy grab the gold and gems. They forced garlic to tell him how he could get the prize. Garlic also told the truth.

Hearing stories garlic, onion and her mother plan to do the same thing but this time the onion will do. In short shallots finally got old grandmother's house on the edge of the river. Such as garlic, onion was asked to accompany him for a week. Unlike an avid garlic, onion during the week just lazing. If anything that is done then the result is never good because it is always done at random. Finally after a week grandmother that allow onions to go. "Should not the grandmother gave me as a gift because the pumpkin with you for a week?" Asked onions. The grandmother had ordered onion choose one of the two pumpkins on offer. Onion quickly take a large pumpkin and no thank him walked away.

When I got home to see his mom soon onion and pumpkin happily shows it carries. For fear of garlic will ask for parts, they sent garlic to go to the river. Then they impatiently divide the pumpkin. But it was not gold gems that came out of the pumpkin, but venomous animals such as snakes, scorpions, and others. The animals were immediately attacked the onion and her mother to death. That is the reward of those greedy.