According to local Malay folklore, Badang began as a poor fisherman who plied his trade at mouth of the Singapore River. One day he caught a genie in his fishing net, and in return of his release, the genie granted Badang’s wish to be the strongest man alive.

Impressed with Badang’s enormous strength, the Rajah of Singapura appointed him as the imperial warrior. Soon, other kingdoms heard of Badang’s fame and sent their warriors to challenge him. The king of India, in particular, sent his kingdom’s strongest man Wadi Bijaya to Singapura for a duel. In the last contest, Badang beat Wadi Bijaya by lifting a huge rock and throwing it towards the Singapore River.

Ancient inscriptions were added to the rock, probably to commemorate Badang’s achievements but centuries later in 1843, the British colonial government blasted it to pieces. Known as the Singapore Stone, only a fragment remains, and is now kept in the Singapore History Museum.

When the queen gave birth to a baby boy, she named him Cinde Laras. In his 15, he had a cock. Cinde Laras liked cock fighting, too. His cock was strong, so it won all fight. Hearing it, the king invited Cinde Laras to the palace for a cock fighting. In a fight, his cock could easily beat the king’s cock. Everybody was surprised when Cinde Laras’ cock crowed “Cockledodo,  I am Cinde Laras’ cock, who lived in the wood, the son of Raden Putra”

The king was very surprised. Cinde Laras told him that he was the son of the queen who now lived in the wood. It made the king regretted his unwise decision. The King regretted his unwise decision.  After that the king met the queen in the wood. Then he brought them back to palace and he punished his evil wife.

There was once a wolf who felt so hungry. He gulped down all his food as though his life depended on   it. No wonder he had a chicken bone stuck in his throat! Luckily for him, a stork who happened to be passing nearby, heard his shrieks of pain, and she stopped, always ready to help wherever she could.

Just one look was enough for her to guess what had happened. At once, without saying a word or wasting anytime she site to work. It was going to be a very long and a very difficult job. But how could the stork help the greedy wolf?

At last, with the aid of her long beak, she got hold of the bone and pulled it out of the wolf’s throat.

Now, any other animal would have been glad to pay the stork for what she did. And, when the wolf began walking away, without even thanking her, she said as much. “You think I would pay you?” cried the wolf, finding his voice. “After digging into my throat with your long beak? You should be glad I don’t eat you, you ungrateful bird! Go away, and don’t get under my paws again!”

“Look,” said the mouse deer. ”That is the king’s belt. He asked me to stay here and watch it while he was away in the forest”. The tiger looked at the snake and said, “That is a beautiful belt. I need a belt like that. Can I wear it?” He asked the mouse deer.

”Oh, all right,” said the mouse deer. So he picked up the snake and winded it around the tiger. Then the snake woke up and saw the tiger. The snake twisted itself tighter and tighter, until the tiger couldn’t breathe. The tiger asked the mouse deer to help him. But the mouse deer turned and ran away into the forest.

A stupid man was sent by his father to sell salt. He first went to a mining area but nobody there wanted his salt. When he returned home, his father told him that if he had helped the miners to dig, they would have bought his salt.

The man next went to a house where a wedding was taking place. There he dug a huge hole. This made the people angry and they chased him away. When he returned home, his father told him that if he had beaten a drum and danced instead, the people there would have bought salt from him.

Then, he went to a village where there happened to be a fire. Rushing to the place, he started drumming and dancing, only to be thrown out by the people. His father told him that he should have poured water on the fire instead, if he wanted to sell salt there.

In the next place he went to, a couple were fighting with each other. The foolish man poured a bucketful of water on them, again to be chased away. His father later told him that he should have tried to settle the quarrel, in which case they would have bought salt from him.

In the final event, the man saw two bulls fighting with each other. He stepped in to stop the fight and was gored to death by angry bulls.

One day the rabbit came to the lion and said, “Good morning, Sir! Just now I saw over there an animal who looked just like you. He said that he was the king of all the animals in this forest. He told all of us to obey him and be his servants.”

“Didn’t you tell him about me?” roared the lion.

“Yes, I did,” said the rabbit. “I told him how strong you were, but he said that no animal was so strong as he was.”

The lion was very angry and roared, “Where is he? Where is he?”The rabbit took the lion to a deep well and said, “He is down over there in the well.”
The lion rushed to the well and looked angrily at the water. “Yes, there he is,” He roared. He flew down at his enemy into the well and was drowned. Poor lion !
(What he said his enemy, was actually his reflection of the water.)

In his dream, Chun Yufen met with an atomy who introduced himself to Chun Yufen that he came to invite him to the great Kingdom of Pagoda. Chun Yufen gladly went there with him. He found himself into a fairy world with many red gates, magnificent palaces, luxuriant pavilions and beautiful gardens; in a word, it couldn’t be found in the real world.

The king appreciated him very much so that he was named the head of Nanke. Soon after, he married the king’s pretty daughter. Chun Yufen was so happy with the life there that he totally forgot his hometown and his family.

But it was not long before the kingdom was invaded by another country and Chun Yufen had to lead the troops to hold out the enemies. Unfortunately, his troops were defeated and his wife died. Chun Yufen was badly hit and he felt very disappointed to himself, so he decided to leave the Kingdom of Pagoda. In the end, he was sent home by the atomy. As soon as he arrived home, he woke up to realize what had happened was just a dream, which only took him a short time to have. There lay the half glass of alcohol on the ground in front of him. And there was an ant creeping on one of his feet. Looking down from the little creature he found an ant nest in the old pagoda tree. “Oh, it must have been the ant nest that I entered and took for that kingdom in my dream.” he murmured.

The Legend of Nyi Roro Kidul

Once upon a time, there was a beautiful princess named Kadita. Because of her beauty she was called Dewi Srengenge. It means The goddess of sun. Her father was King Munding Wangi. Although he had a beautiful daughter, he was unhappy because he always expected to have a son.

The King decided to marry Dewi Mutiara. He had a son from her. Dewi Mutiara wanted her son to become a king in the future. She asked the King to send his daughter away. The King did not agree.

Dewi Mutiara called a black wizard to curse Kadita. She wanted Kadita’s beautiful body full of ulcer. Then, Kadita’s body was full of ulcer. It smelled bad. The beautiful princess cried. The King was very sad. No one could cure his daughter’s illness. The King did not want her daughter to be a rumor so he sent his daughter away. The poor princess did not know where to go. However, she had a noble heart. She did not have any bad feeling about her step mother.

She walked for almost seven days and seven nights. Then, she came to the South Ocean. The ocean was so clean and clear. She jumped into the water and swam.

Suddenly, there was a miracle. The ocean water cured her illness. She became more beautiful than before. She also had a power to command the whole South Ocean. She became a fairy called Nyi Roro Kidul or The Queen of South Ocean.

One day they were playing near the well in their garden and Sam fell into it. TikkiTikkiTembo No SarimboHari Kari Bushkie Perry Pem Do Hai Kai KaiPomPom Nikki No Meeno Dom Barakoran to his mother, shouting,”Quick, Sam has fallen into the well. What shall we do?”

“What?” cried the mother,”Sam has fallen into the well? Run and tell your father!”

Together they ran to the father and cried,”Quick, Sam has fallen into the well. What shall we do?”

“Sam has fallen into the well?” cried the father. “Run and tell the gardener!”

Then they all ran to the gardener and shouted,”Quick, Sam has fallen into the well. What shall we do?”

“Sam has fallen into the well?” cried the gardener, and then he quickly fetched a ladder and pulled the poor boy from the well. Sam was wet, cold, frightened and felt so happy to be alive.

After a while, they were playing near the well again, and this time Sam’s brother fell into the well. Sam ran to his mother, shouting,”Quick, TikkiTikkiTembo No SarimboHari Kari Bushkie Perry Pem Do Hai Kai KaiPomPom Nikki No Meeno DomBarako has fallen into the well. What shall we do?”

“What?” cried the mother, “TikkiTikkiTembo No SarimboHari Kari Bushkie Perry PemHai Kai PomPom Nikki No Meeno Dom Barako has fallen into the well? Run and tell father!”

Together they ran to the father and cried,”Quick, TikkiTikkiTembo No SarimboHari Kari Bushkie Perry Pem Do Hai Kai PomPom Nikki No Meeno Dom Barako has fallen into the well. What shall we do?” And then he quickly fetched a ladder and pulled him, but the poor boy had drowned.

Ikhwan and Arif were walking through the desert. During some point of the journey, they had an argument and Ikhwan slapped Arif in the face. Arif was hurt, but he said nothing and wrote in the sand: “TODAY MY BEST FRIEND SLAPPED ME IN THE FACE.”

They kept on walking and finally found an oasis. They decided to take a bath. Suddenly, Arif slipped on moss, hit his head and started drowning, but Ikhwan saved him. After Arif gained his consciousness, he carved on a stone” “TODAY MY BEST FRIEND SAVED MY LIFE.”

Ikhwan asked Arif, “After I hurt you, you wrote in the sand and now, you carvedon a stone, why ?

Arief replied, “when someone hurt us, we should write it down in sand wherewinds of forgiveness would blow it away and when someone does something good for us, we must engrave it in stone where no wind can ever erase it.

The first day the boy had driven 37 nails into the fence. Over the next few weeks as he learned to control his anger, the number of nails hammered daily, gradually dwindled down. He discovered it was easier to hold, his temper than to drive those nails into the fence. Finally the day came whenthe boy didn’t lose his temper at all. He told his father about it and the father suggested that the boy should pull out one nail for each day that he was able to hold his temper.

The days passed and the young boy was finally able to tell his father that all the nails were gone. The father took his son by the hand and led him to the fence. He said “You have done well, my son, but look at the holes in the fence. The fence will never be the same. When you say things in anger, they leave a scar just like this one.”

You can put a knife in a man and draw it out. It won’t matter how many times you say I’m sorry, the wound is still there.

There was a handsome man named Batara Guru Sahala, who enjoyed fishing so much. One day, he caught a fish. He was surprised to find out that the fish could talk. The fish begged him to set it free.

Batara Guru Sahala could not bear it. He made the fish free. As soon as it was free, the fish changed into a very beautiful woman. Batara Guru Sahala fell in love with that fish-woman and wanted to marry her. Batara Guru Sahala promised to keep the secret that she had been a fish and would never tell anybody about it.

They were married happily. They had two daughters. One day Batara Guru Sahala got very angry with his daughters. He could not control his temper. He shouted angrily and got the word of fish to his daughters. The daughters were crying. They found their mother and told her about it.

The mother was, very angry. Batara Guru Sahala broke his promise. The mother was shouting angrily, then the earth began to shake. Volcanoes started to erupt. The earth formed a very big hole. People believed that the big hole became a lake. Today the lake is known as Toba lake.