sangkuriang

Once upon a time, there lived a beautiful woman named dayang sumbi, she
lived lonely in a hut in the forest.
One day she met a handsome young man named sangkuriang. Dayang sumbi
looked young, so sangkuriang fell in love with dayang sumbi, but dayang sumbi
refused it. Because she knew that sangkuriang was her son. Sangkuriang was
angry and he didn’t hear his mother’s explanation.
At last dayang sumbi said: “You can marry me in a condition, dam up the
river citarum and make a boat for us.”
Knowing that sangkuriang almost finished his work , dayang sumbi was
worried. With a wave of her supernatural shawl, she lit up the eastern horizon with
flashes of light. Deceived by false dawn, the cock crowed and farmers rose for the
new day.
When sangkuriang knew that she was cheated, he was very angry, he kicked
his boat with strong power so that the boat was flown on the sky and fell down on
the mountain facing downward.
Since the people called it mount tangkuban perahu (in sundanese
TANGKUBAN means upturned or upside down, and PARAHU means boat). With
the dam torn asunder, the water drained from the lake becoming a wide plain and
nowadays became a city called BANDUNG ( from the word BENDUNG, which
means dam ).

The Story of Lake Toba

Once upon a time, there was a man who was living in north Sumatra. He
lived in a simple hut in a farming field. He did some gardening and fishing for his
daily life.
One day, while the man was do fishing, he caught a big golden fish in his
trap. It was the biggest catch which he ever had in his life. Surprisingly, this fish
turned into a beautiful princess. He felt in love with her and proposed her to be his
wife. She said; "Yes, but you have to promise not to tell anyone about the secret
that I was once a fish, otherwise there will be a huge disaster". The man made the
deal and they got married, lived happily and had a daughter.
Few years later, this daughter would help bringing lunch to her father out in
the fields. One day, his daughter was so hungry and she ate his father’s lunch.
Unfortunately, he found out and got furious, and shouted; “You damned daughter
of a fish”. The daughter ran home and asked her mother. The mother started
crying, felt sad that her husband had broken his promise.
 Then she told her daughter to run up the hills because a huge disaster was
about to come. When her daughter left, she prayed. Soon there was a big
earthquake followed by non-stop pouring rain. The whole area got flooded and
became Toba Lake. She turned into a fish again and the man became the island of
Samosir.

Thumbelina

A kind woman who had no children, longed for a baby and would often say, “How
I would love to have a baby girl, even a tiny little one.”

A beautiful fairy heard her wish one day, and gave her a little seed to plant in a
flowerpot.

When the seed bloomed into a tulip, the woman saw a tiny, beautiful girl inside, no
bigger than her thumb. She decided to call her Thumbelina. She was so small that
she had a walnut shell for a bed and used petals as a blanket.

Then, an ugly toad fell in love with Thumbelina. One night when she was sleeping,
he carried her off to his lily pad in a pond. Thumbelina was very unhappy. A swallow
was passing by and saw how sad she looked, and said, “Come south with me to
warmer lands.”

Young Thumbelina flew away on the swallow’s back. They flew across the seas and
came to a land of sunshine. The swallow said, ” This is my home. You can live in
one of the loveliest and biggest flowers.” When Thumbelina stepped inside, she
found a handsome fairy, as tiny as her, in its heart.

He was the son of the king of flowers and he fell in love with Thumbelina. He asked
her to marry him. So Thumbelina became queen of the flowers and the two lived
happily ever after.

Beauty and the beast

Once upon a time there lived a wealthy merchant and his three daughters.One day,
the father was to go to a far-off place and he asked his daughters what they wanted
on his return. The first and the second daughter asked for lovely dresses. But the
third daughter, whose name was Beauty, said, “Father, I only need a rose plucked
by your hand.” The merchant, on his way back, had to cross through the deep forest.
It was dark and the merchant tried to find a place to sleep. He suddenly found a huge
castle and went inside to find nobody. There was a huge table with delicious food
and he ate it all. Then the merchant went into the bedroom and slept on a soft and
fluffy bed. The next day, too, the merchant did not find anyone in the castle. He saw
a beautiful rose bush growing in the lawn and remembered Beauty’s gift. He plucked
a red rose from the bush.

Suddenly, a ferocious looking beast sprang out of the bush. He was wearing fine silk
clothes and roared, “I gave you food and a bed to sleep in! And now, you are stealing
my roses!” The merchant was frightened and told the Beast about Beauty’s gift. The
Beast decided to let him go only if he promised to send Beauty to this castle. The
merchant agreed and ran back home. He cried and told his daughters about the Beast.
But Beauty loved her father a lot and agreed to go stay with the Beast.

The Beast treated Beauty with a lot of kindness. He was never rude to her. He let her
stay in the biggest room and let her roam in the beautiful garden. Beauty would sit
near the fireplace and sew while the Beast kept her company. At first, Beauty was
afraid of the Beast but slowly, she began to like him.

One day, the Beast asked Beauty to marry him, but she refused. She was still afraid
of his fearful-looking face. The Beast still treated her kindly and with a lot of love.
Beauty missed her father a lot. The Beast gave her a magic mirror and said, “Look
at the mirror and you can see your family. Now you won’t feel lonely anymore.

One day, Beauty looked in the mirror and saw that father was very ill and dying. She
went to the Beast and pleaded and cried, “Please let me go home! I only want to see
my father before he dies!” But the Beast roared, “No! You promised you would
never leave this castle!” Saying this, he stormed out of the room. But after some
time, he came to Beauty and said, “You may go to stay with your father for seven
days. But you must promise to return after that.” Beauty was very happy and agreed.
Then she left and went to stay with her father. Her father, on seeing Beauty, felt very
happy and soon recovered. Beauty stayed with her family for seven days and more.
She forgot the Beast and his castle. But one night, she had a terrible nightmare in
which she saw the Beast was very ill and about to die. He was crying, “Beauty,
please come back!”

Beauty woke up and went back to the castle because she did not mean to hurt the
Beast. She cried and said, “Please don’t die, Beast! I will live with you forever!” The
Beast miraculously changed into a handsome prince. He said, “I was under a curse
all these years and could only be relieved when someone fell in love with me. I am
now cured of the curse because you truly love me.” And then, Beauty and the Beast
were married and together they lived happily ever after.
 Pinokio
Gepetto was a poor carpenter who made his living by making puppets. Once,
he was carving a puppet out of wood in his workshop. Suddenly the wood squealed,
“Ouch! That hurt!” The puppet was alive! Gepetto named the puppet, Pinocchio.
Pinocchio wanted to be like other boys and go to school. Gepetto sold his coat to
send him to school. One day, on his way to school Pinocchio saw a puppet show in
progress. He longed to see it but the ticket cost four pence. Pinocchio sold his books
to get the money. He joined the puppets on stage and decided to stay with them.
Later that day, Giovanni the puppet master, a fearsome looking man, needed wood
for the fire. He chose Pinocchio as firewood. Pinocchio begged and pleaded to be
spared, telling him about his poor father. Giovanni gave Pinocchio five gold coins
to give to his father to buy a coat. Gratefully taking the coins, Pinocchio said
goodbye to Giovanni and his puppet friends and set off for home.
Der Schnee glänzt weiß auf den Bergen heut' Nacht;
keine Spuren sind zu sehen.
Ein einsames Königreich -- und ich bin die Königin.
Der Wind, er heult so wie der Sturm ganz tief in mir.
Mich zu kontrollieren, ich hab' es versucht.

Lass sie nicht rein, lass sie nicht seh'n

Wie du bist! Nein, das darf niemals gescheh'n.
Du darfst nichts fühl'n,
zeig ihnen nicht, dein wahres Ich!

Ich lass los, lass jetzt los;

Die Kraft, sie ist grenzenlos.
Ich lass los, lass jetzt los,
und ich schlag' die Türen zu.
Es ist Zeit, nun bin ich bereit --
und ein Sturm zieht auf.
Die Kälte, sie ist nun ein Teil von mir.

Es ist schon eigenartig, wie klein jetzt alles scheint.

Und die Ängste die in mir waren,
kommen nicht mehr an mich ran.
Was ich wohl alles machen kann,
Die Kraft in mir treibt mich voran.
Was hinter mir liegt ist vorbei.
Endlich frei!

Ich lass los, lass jetzt los.

Nun bin ich endlich so weit.
Ich lass los, lass jetzt los --
Doch Tränen seht ihr nicht.
Hier bin ich!
Und bleibe hier!
Und ein Sturm zieht auf.

Ich spüre diese Kraft,

sie ist ein Teil von mir.
Sie fließt in meine Seele, und in all die Schönheit hier.
Nur ein Gedanke, und die Welt wird ganz aus Eis.
Ich geh' nie mehr zurück, das ist Vergangenheit!
Ich bin frei, endlich frei
Und ich fühl' mich wie neu geboren.
Ich bin frei, endlich frei
Was ich war, ist jetzt vorbei.
Hier bin ich,
in dem hellen Licht.
Und ein Sturm zieht auf!

Die Kälte, sie ist nun ein Teil von mir.