A CRYING STONE

By Arranged
GROUP 1
ALVIN PURBA
MARSINGKAT SIMAMORA
INDAH SIMAMORA
RONA SILABAN

SMA NEGERI 1 SIJAMAPOLANG

2017/2018
 A Crying Stone

1. The Summary of A Crying Stone

(A Crying Stone Story is a very famous West Kalimantan folktale. It is said that until now the
stone is still out of water.)
Once upon time, there was a poor old widow living in remote village. She lived with her
daughter. Her Name is Darmi, Darmi was very beautiful girl but very lazy, she always spent
most of her times on the mirror. She never wanted to help her mother working at the field.
The Mother : Girl, will you help me at the field, now?
Darmi : No, I wont! I dont want to go there. Im afraid my skin turns dark. Mom,
everyone knows that you are an old woman while I am a pretty young girl. So,
people will get attracted to me and not you. That is why I prefer staying at home
because I am waiting for a rich boy to get married with me .
After her mother from the field she accompany her daughter to the market. Her mother
brought a basket full of goods, while her daughter before her. Darmi wore a beautiful dress while
her mother wore a bad clothes. It was very contrast. Darmi was shy because her mother wanted
to follow her went to the town, so she kept the distance between her mother. One villagers asked
her.
The Villagers : Little girl is that your mother ?
Darmi : No she is not my mother, but my slave. Slave look at me, it is very heavy,
bring my new dress.
TheMother : Im tired dear.
Darmi : I dont care. Im tired too.
The mother couldnt stand hearing her daughters answer after asked by a lot of people.
Her daughter always said that the woman behind her was a servant or slave. At last, the mother
prayed to God to ask punishment for her impolite daughter.
The Mother : My God, please. I beg you to punish my daughter, please. Help me, please. I
couldnt stand looking at her bad behavior. Please, help me. My God, help me,
please. My God, punish her .
The God heard the poor old womans prayer. Suddenly, there was thunderstorm and the
light struck. Surprisingly, the body of her daughter turned in to a stone little by little. She tried to
escape from the Gods punishment, but she couldnt.
Darmi : My God forgive me, please. I know I have made a big mistake. I dont obey
you. Please help me mother. I want to be a good child .
It was too late. The evil body turned into stone slowly, but see still could cry. He tears
dropped from eyes. People called the stone as a crying stone since then.
2. The Orientation of A Crying Stone
a. The character :
Mother
Darmi
The Villagers
b. Setting time :
Ancient time
c. Setting place :
In West Kalimantan
3. The characteristik of each character of A Crying Stone
Mother : a patient and kind mother
Darmi : a very beautiful girl but very lazy and wickedness
4. The story of A Crying Stone come from West Kalimantan Indonesia
5. The problem of the story A Crying Stone
The mother couldnt stand hearing her daughters answer after asked by a lot of people. Her
daughter always said that the woman behind her was a servant or slave.
6. The resolution of the problem the story A Crying Stone
At last, the mother prayed to God to ask punishment for her impolite daughter.
7. The moral lesson of A Crying Stone
Moral value : From the story we can take lessons :
We must respect our parent, especially our mother.
Dont be rebellious child.
We must make our parent happy and proud with us.