Cerita Dongeng Asal Mula Ikan Duyung

Cerita Dongeng

Story of the Origin of Mermaid

Fairy tale

Fairy tale
In ancient times, there lived a couple of husband and three of their children who were still small.
One morning, they ate rice and fish. Each gets a part. Apparently, the fish is not eaten and the
husband gives a message to his wife, "My wife, the remaining fish is prepared for food later in
the afternoon".
He also agreed to her husband's message. However, at lunch, the youngest suddenly cried and
asked for the fish stored for the afternoon meal. While her husband is still in the garden. He also
gives understanding to the child that the fish is for father's food later in the afternoon.
However, the youngest actually cried very loudly. Finally, the rest of the fish he gave to the
youngest and his tears stopped. However, after working in the garden for a whole day, the
husband returned hungry and tired. He imagined going to dinner using fish. Very quickly, the wife
served food for father.
However, father did not find the rest of the fish this morning. He also changed his expression to
sour. "He asked," My wife, where are the fish that were still left this morning? " The wife replied
"Forgive me my husband, during lunch this time, our youngest child cried and whined to ask for
fish".
Instead of understanding the character of his child, the husband was furious. Since then, the wife
was forced to find fish in the ocean. Without mercy the husband said, "You must never go home
before you get a lot of fish instead of the fish you have eaten".
Finally, the wife left very sadly and felt hurt by her husband. He was very heavy leaving his three
children, especially the youngest who was still breastfeeding. For a long time, his mother never
came home, his three children really missed him.
Finally they looked for his mother to the sea. But it was impossible to find his mother because no
one was there. However, suddenly his mother came and breastfeeded his youngest child. He
also ordered the three children to go home and he promised to be back soon.
However, because the mother did not return, they looked for her mother to the sea. Finally met a
figure of half-scaled women who then breastfeed the youngest. However, suddenly there was a
change in their mother. There are sides on half of his body.

They also said, "You're not my mother". Even though he explained, they still did not recognize
him as a mother. And when they call for their mother's name, what appears is the same woman
who is half scaly. Finally they also left the sea because they felt they had never found their
mother.

Cerita Dongeng Asal Mula Ikan Duyung

Cerita Dongeng

Cerita Dongeng
Pada zaman dahulu, hiduplah sepasang suami istri dan ketiga anak mereka yang umurnya
masih kecil. Pada suatu pagi, mereka memakan nasi dan ikan. Masing-masing mendapatkan
bagian. Rupanya, ikan yang ada tidak habis dimakan dan suami pun memberikan pesan kepada
istri, “Istriku, ikan yang tersisa ini siapkan untuk makanan nanti sore”.
Ia pun mengiyakan pesan suaminya tersebut. Namun, pada saat makan siang, si bungsu tiba-
tiba menangis dan meminta ikan yang disimpan untuk hidangan sore nanti. Sementara suaminya
masih di kebun. Ia pun memberikan pengertian kepada sang anak bahwa ikan tersebut untuk
makanan ayah nanti sore.
Namun, si bungsu justru menangis dengan sangat keras. Akhirnya, sisa ikan tersebut ia berikan
kepada si bungsu dan tangisnya pun menjadi berhenti. Namun, sesudah bekerja di kebun
selama seharian, sang suami pulang dengan keadaan lapar dan lelah. Ia membayangkan akan
makan sore menggunakan ikan. Dengan sangat cepat, sang istri menghidangkan makanan
untuk ayah.
Akan tetapi, ayah tidak mendapati sisa ikan yang tadi pagi. Ia pun berubah raut mukanya
menjadi masam. “Ia bertanya, “Istriku, mana ikan yang tadi pagi masih sisa?”. Sang istri
menjawab “Maafkan aku suamiku, saat makan siang tadi, anak kita si bungsu menangis dan
merengek minta makan ikan”.
Bukannya memahami watak anaknya, suami justru marah besar. Sejak itu, sang istri dipaksa
untuk mencari ikan di lautan. Tanpa belas kasihan sang suami berkata, “Engkau jangan pernah
pulang ke rumah sebelum memperoleh ikan yang banyak sebagai ganti dari ikan yang sudah
dimakan tadi”.
Akhirnya, sang istri pun pergi dengan sangat sedih dan merasa sakit hati dengan sang suami. Ia
sangat berat meninggalkan ketiga anaknya, terlebih si bungsu yang masih menyusu. Lama
ibunya tak kunjung pulang, ketiga anaknya sangat rindu kepadanya.
Akhirnya mereka mencari ibunya ke laut. Namun mustahil bisa menemukan ibunya karena tidak
ada satu orang pun di sana. Namun, tiba-tiba ibunya datang dan menyusui anak bungsunya. Ia
pun memerintahkan kepada ketiga anaknya untuk pulang dan ia berjanji akan segera kembali.

Namun, karena sang ibu tak kunjung kembali, mereka mencari ibunya ke laut. Akhirnya bertemu
dengan sosok perempuans setengah sisik yang kemudian menyusui si bungsu. Namun, tiba-tiba
nampak ada perubahan pada ibu mereka. Ada sisi di setengah tubuhnya.
Mereka pun berkata, “Kau bukan ibuku”. Sekalipun ia sudah menjelaskan, tetap saja mereka
tidak mengakui sebagai ibu. Dan ketika mereka memanggil manggil nama ibunya, yang muncul
adalah perempuan sama yang setengah badannya bersisik. Akhirnya merekapun meninggalkan
laut tersebut karena merasa tak kunjung menemukan ibunya.