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    The Legend of A Crying Stone

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    1) The story is about a poor widow who lives with her beautiful but lazy daughter, Darmi. 2) Darmi refuses to help her mother and is ashamed of her, claiming her mother is her slave when they go to market. 3) The mother prays to God to punish Darmi for her disrespect. God strikes Darmi with lightning, turning her body slowly into stone, though she can still cry.

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    1) The story is about a poor widow who lives with her beautiful but lazy daughter, Darmi. 2) Darmi refuses to help her mother and is ashamed of her, claiming her mother is her slave when they go to market. 3) The mother prays to God to punish Darmi for her disrespect. God strikes Darmi with lightning, turning her body slowly into stone, though she can still cry.

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    1) The story is about a poor widow who lives with her beautiful but lazy daughter, Darmi. 2) Darmi refuses to help her mother and is ashamed of her, claiming her mother is her slave when they go to market. 3) The mother prays to God to punish Darmi for her disrespect. God strikes Darmi with lightning, turning her body slowly into stone, though she can still cry.

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    The Legend of A Crying Stone

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    1) The story is about a poor widow who lives with her beautiful but lazy daughter, Darmi. 2) Darmi refuses to help her mother and is ashamed of her, claiming her mother is her slave when they go to market. 3) The mother prays to God to punish Darmi for her disrespect. God strikes Darmi with lightning, turning her body slowly into stone, though she can still cry.

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    The Legend Of A Crying Stone

    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 won’t! I don’t want to go there. I’m 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 ”.
    And the mother regrets, and she go to the field alone.
    One day, Her mother Darmi to accompany her 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. “
    The Mother : “ I’m tired dear. ”
    Darmi : “ I don’t care. I’m tired too.”
    The mother couldn’t stand hearing her daughter’s 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 couldn’t stand looking at her bad behavior. Please, help me. My God, help me,
    please. My God, punish her “.
    The God heard the poor old woman’s 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 God’s punishment, but she couldn’t.
    Darmi : “ My God forgive me, please. I know I have made a big mistake. I don’t
    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.

    Moral value : From the story we can take lessons. We must respect our parent, especially our
    mother. Don’t be rebellious child. We must make our parent happy and proud with us.

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