Jaka Tarub and Nawang Wulan

Jaka Tarub was a handsome young man. He was very popular in the village. Many
young girls fell in love with him. However Jaka Tarub thought that they were not beautiful
enough to be his wife. That's why he was still single. He wanted to have a very beautiful
wife. As always, Jaka Tarub went to the forest to collect some woods. Suddenly he heard
some noise from the waterfall. He was curious. The noise was from the girls taking a bath in
the waterfall.
Slowly, Jaka Tarub walked to the area. When he arrived there, he saw seven beautiful
girls taking a bath. He was really amazed by their beauty. After they were finished, the girls
slowly took their shawls. Amazingly after they wore the shawls, they flew to the sky. They
were not humans. They were fairies! After that Jaka Tarub went home. He was very restless.
He was still thinking about those seven beautiful girls.
On the next day, Jaka Tarub then decided to go back to the waterfall. When the fairies
were taking a bath, he stole one of their shawls. And that made one fairy could not fly back to
the sky. She cried. Jaka Tarub then approached her.
"What's wrong? Why are you crying?"
"I lost my shawl. I cannot go back home. All my sisters have left me. My name
is Nawang Wulan. I will give you anything if you can find my shawl."
"I'll help you. But if we can't find it, you can stay at my house. You can be my wife,"
said Jaka Tarub.
Then Jaka Tarub pretended to look for the shawl. And of course they could not find it.
After that they went to Jaka Tarub's home. Later they got married. They had a baby girl. They
had a happy life. They always had enough rice to eat. They did not have to work hard like
their neighbors. It was because Nawang Wulan used her magic in cooking.
One day, Jaka Tarub asked her about the magic. Nawang Wulan did not tell him the
secret and asked him not to open the cooking pan's lid. She said that if Jaka Tarub opened the
lid, they had to work hard to get a lot of rice to cook.
One day, Jaka Tarub was really curious. He then opened the cooking pan's lid. He saw
there was only a small portion of rice to cook. When she got home, Nawang Wulan knew
that Jaka Tarub had opened the lid. She was angry because she already lost the magic in
cooking. Now she had to take a big portion of rice to cook.
Slowly there was not enough rice in the silo. And when Nawang Wulan wanted to
take the last portion of rice, she found her shawl. Jaka Tarub hid the shawl in the
silo. Nawang Wulan was really happy.

She then said, "I will go home now. Take care of our daughter. When there is a full
moon, take her out of the house and I'll come together."
Nawang Wulan then flew to the sky. Jaka Tarub was really sad. And to keep the
promise, Jaka Tarub always went out of the house with his daughter when there was a full
moon. But Nawang Wulan never came back.

Jaka Tarub dan Nawang Wulan

Jaka Tarub adalah seorang pemuda tampan. Dia sangat populer di desa. Banyak gadisgadis muda yang jatuh cinta padanya. Namun Jaka Tarub berpikir bahwa mereka tidak cukup
cantik untuk menjadi istrinya. Itulah sebabnya kenapa dia masih bujang. Dia ingin punya istri
yang cantik jelita.
Seperti biasa, Jaka Tarub pergi ke hutan untuk mengumpulkan kayu. Tibatiba ia mendengar suara dari air terjun. Dia penasaran. Suara itu berasal dari gadis-gadis yang
sedang mandi di air terjun.
Perlahan-lahan, Jaka Tarub berjalan ke lokasi mereka. Ketika ia tiba di sana, ia
melihat tujuh gadis cantik sedang mandi. Dia benar-benar kagum dengan kecantikan mereka.
Setelah mereka selesai mandi, para gadis dengan perlahan mengambil syal mereka. Hebatnya
setelah mereka mengenakan selendang, mereka terbang ke langit. Ternyata meereka bukan
manusia. Mereka adalah bidadari! Setelah itu Jaka Tarub pulang. Dia sangat gelisah. Dia
masih memikirkan tujuh bidadari.
Pada hari berikutnya, Jaka Tarub kemudian memutuskan untuk kembali ke air terjun.
Ketika para bidadari sedang mandi, ia mencuri salah satu dari selendang mereka. Hal itu itu
membuat seorang bidadari tidak bisa terbang kembali ke langit. Bidadari itu menangis. Jaka
Tarub kemudian mendekatinya.
"Ada apa? Mengapa engkau menangis?"
"Aku kehilangan selendangku. Aku tidak bisa kembali ke rumah. Semua saudaraku
telah meninggalkanku. Namaku Nawang Wulan. Aku akan memberikan apapun jika Kamu
bisa menemukan selendanku."
"Aku akan membantumu. Tetapi jika kita tidak dapat menemukannya, Kamu bisa
tinggal di rumahku. Kamu bisa menjadi istriku," kata Jaka Tarub.
Kemudian Jaka Tarub pura-pura mencari selendang. Dan tentu saja mereka tidak bisa
menemukannya. Setelah itu mereka pergi ke rumah Jaka Tarub itu. Kemudian mereka
menikah.
Mereka memiliki seorang bayi perempuan. Mereka memiliki kehidupan yang bahagia.
Mereka selalu punya cukup nasi untuk makan. Mereka tidak perlu bekerja keras seperti
tetangga mereka. Itu karena Nawang Wulan menggunakan sihirnya dalam memasak.
Suatu hari, Jaka Tarub bertanya kepadanya tentang sihir. Nawang Wulan tidak
menceritakan rahasia dan memintanya untuk tidak membuka tutup wajan. Dia mengatakan
bahwa jika Jaka Tarub membuka tutupnya, mereka harus bekerja keras untuk mendapatkan
banyak beras untuk memasak.

Suatu hari, Jaka Tarub benar-benar penasaran. Dia kemudian membuka tutup wajan.
Dia melihat ada hanya sebagian kecil dari beras untuk memasak. Ketika ia sampai di rumah,
Nawang Wulan tahu bahwa Jaka Tarub telah membuka tutupnya. Dia marah karena dia sudah
kehilangan sihir dalam memasak. Sekarang dia harus mengambil sebagian besar beras untuk
memasak.
Lama-kelamaan beras di lumbung tidak mencukupi. Dan ketika Nawang Wulan ingin
mengambil porsi nasi terakhir, ia menemukan syalnya. Jaka Tarub menyembunyikan
selendang di lumbung. Nawang Wulan benar-benar senang.
Dia kemudian berkata, "Aku akan pulang sekarang. Tolong jaga putri kita. Ketika ada
bulan purnama, membawanya keluar dari rumah dan saya akan datang bersama-sama. "
Nawang Wulan kemudian terbang ke langit. Jaka Tarub benar-benar sedih. Dan untuk
menepati janjinya, Jaka Tarub selalu pergi keluar dari rumah dengan putrinya ketika
ada bulan purnama. Tapi Nawang Wulan tidak pernah kembali.

Summary
Jaka Tarub was a handsome young man. He was very popular in the village. One day,
as always, Jaka Tarub went to the forest to collect some woods, he found seven fairies that
can flew away with shawl.
On the next day, Jaka Tarub stole one of the fairies shawls. She was Nawang Wulan.
Jaka Tarub pretend to find the shawl. And Nawang Wulan married him. Jaka Tarub and
Nawang Wulan had a baby girl. Nawang Wulan used her magic, so they did not have to work
hard to had enough rice to eat. One day, Jaka Tarub asked Nawang Wulan about the magic.
Jaka Tarub opened cooking pan's lid that Nawang Wulan asked Jaka Tarub to not open it.
Nawang Wulan was very angry and she cant use the magic again. After that, slowly there
was not enough rice in the silo. And then, Nawang Wulan found her shawl.
Nawang Wulan was very happy, and she flew to the sky and say to Jaka Tarub, when
there was a full moon to take their daughter out of the house and Nawang Wulan will come.
But, after Jaka Tarub keep the promise, Nawang Wulan never came back.
Orientation

Jaka Tarub was a handsome young man. He

was very popular in the village. One day, as
always, Jaka Tarub went to the forest to
collect some woods, he found seven fairies

Complication

that can flew away with shawl.

On the next day, Jaka Tarub stole one
of the fairies shawls. She was Nawang
Wulan. Jaka Tarub pretend to find the shawl.
And Nawang Wulan married him. Jaka Tarub
and Nawang Wulan had a baby girl. Nawang
Wulan used her magic, so they did not have
to work hard to had enough rice to eat. One
day, Jaka Tarub asked Nawang Wulan about
the

magic.

Jaka

Tarub

opened

cooking pan's lid that Nawang Wulan asked

Jaka Tarub to not open it. Nawang Wulan
was very angry and she cant use the magic
again. After that, slowly there was not
enough rice in the silo. And then, Nawang

Resolution

Wulan found her shawl.

Nawang Wulan was very happy, and she flew
to the sky and say to Jaka Tarub, when there
was a full moon to take their daughter out of
the house and Nawang Wulan will come.
But,

after

Jaka

Tarub

keep

the

promise, Nawang Wulan never came back.