Long time ago, before us and even our mothers were born, lived an old woman

who likes to eat babies and kids. She roamed in soppeng, a district in south
sulawesi. Actually this was no more than ordinary woman in one look, with grey
hair and the wrinkles. Nothing about her was suspicious

She went out on her wicked actions to kidnap and eat little children in the night. Who
were the victims? Not children who were sleeping soundly in their bed, or sitting
quietly in front of the tv. It was children who stayed outside and play

For her, it’s easier to kidnap those having fun in the night than sneaked up into the
houses. Locals called her ganny pakande. The name was derived from the word
‘manre’ from buginese which means ‘to eat’. More or less pakande meant ‘the eater

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After having three kids as her dinner menu, granny pakande’s evil started to smell out.
People became suspicious to her because the loss of children occurred only after she came
to the village. But what can they do to stop her?

Granny pakande must pose occult at high level. She was believed to be afraid to raja
bangkung pitu reppa rawo ale only, a giant eating man who once roamed the area. La
beddu, a smart local young man, came up with some ideas. He asked for some eels, turtle,
salaga, a full bucket of soap bubble, dried bamboo shoots skin, and large stones.

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People also prepared a bait, a cute baby. They didn’t leave the chubby baby outside,
instead alone at home with the front door wide open. It worked, granny pakande took the
bait. She probably got tired of walk around and found no kid outside
 When she was about to take the baby, a loud voice thundering from the roof. “hey,
don’t take the baby. Get out of here or i’ll eat you!” It was la beddu, who disguised
himself as raja bangkung. His voice was so loud because he used dried bamboo
shoots as a funnel speaker. But granny pakande didn’t just believe it. She was sure
that it’s was only a man pretending to be raja bangkung

La beddu then spilled the bucket of soap water from the roof. Granny pakanda was
shocked, thinking the soap water as the saliva of the evil giant.

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But she didn’t just give up. Got up on her feet, granny pakande cursed, “one day i will
come back! I’ll monitor your children from the distance with the moon light.” She also
threatened them, “i will eat any children who still playing outside in the night!

Once Upon a time, there was a kingdom in Priangan Land. Lived a happy family. They
were a father in form of dog,his name is Tumang, a mother which was called is
Dayang Sumbi, and a child which was called Sangkuriang.

One day, Dayang Sumbi asked her son to go hunting with his lovely dog, Tumang.
After hunting all day, Sangkuriang began desperate and worried because he hunted
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no deer. Then he thought to shot his own dog. Then he took the dog liver and carried
home.
Soon Dayang Sumbi found out that it was not deer lever but Tumang's, his own dog.
So, She was very angry and hit Sangkuriang's head. In that incident, Sangkuriang got
wounded and scar then cast away from their home.

Years go bye, Sangkuriang had travel many places and finally arrived at a village. He
met a beautiful woman and felt in love with her.

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When they were discussing their wedding plans, The woman looked at the wound in
Sangkuriang's head. It matched to her son's wound who had left severall years
earlier. Soon she realized that she felt in love with her own son.
She couldn't marry him but how to say it. Then, she found the way. She needed a
lake and a boat for celebrating their wedding day. Sangkuriang had to make them in
one night. He built a lake. With a dawn just moment away and the boat was almost
complete.

Dayang Sumbi had to stop it. Then, she lit up the eastern horizon with flashes of
light. It made the cock crowed for a new day.

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Sangkuriang failed to marry her. She was very angry and kicked the boat. It felt over
and became the mountain of Tangkuban Perahu Bandung.

In a small village, a girl lives with her mother. The girl is very beautiful.
Everyday she puts make-up and wears her best clothes. She doesn't like
to help her mother work in a field. The girl is very lazy.

One day, the mother asks the girl to accompany her to go to the market to buy some
food. At first the girl refuses, but the mother persuades her by saying they are going
to buy new clothes.
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She always says that her mother is her servant every time they meet people. At
last, the mother cannot hold the pain anymore.

She prays to God to punish her daughter. God answers her prayer.

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The girl finally agrees. But she asks her mother to walk behind her.
She doesn't want to walk side by side with her mother.

The girl finally agrees. But she asks her mother to walk behind her. She doesn't
want to walk side by side with her mother. Although her mother is very sad, she
agrees to walk behind her daughter. On the way to the market, everybody
admires the girl's beauty. They are also curious. Behind the beautiful girl, there
is an old woman with a simple dress. The girl and her mother look very different!

"Hello, pretty lady. Who is the woman behind you?" asks them.
“She is my servant,” answers the girl.
The mother is very sad, but she doesn't say anything. The girl and the mother
meet other people.
"Hello, beauty. Who is the woman behind you?" asks them again. mother is her
servant.

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 Slowly, the girl's leg turns into stone. The process continues to the upper part of
the girl's body. The girl is very panicky. "Mother, please forgive me!" she cries and
ask her mother to forgive her.

But it's too late. Her whole body finally becomes a big stone. Until
now people still can see tears falling down the stone. People then call
it the crying stone or in Indonesian mean batu menangis.

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Once upon a time there lived a farmer in a village. He use to go to his farm daily and do his
farming activities. One day he was digging the farm to prepare it for sowing the seeds for
coming monsoon.

All of a sudden he found a big Pot in the farm. He took the pot out and he
wondered what that pot will be useful for. So he just kept that pot aside and started his
usual activities again. During the lunch time he just kept his spade in that pot while he was
eating. When the farmer finished his lunch. He saw to his surprise that his spade was
multiplied to 100 spades in that pot. He was really really surprised. He thought to himself
Oh! I did not bring 100 spades.

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I just brought only 1 spade. How come 1 spade become 100 spades. I don’t understand. Than
he thought this must be something to do with the pot. So he took away those 100
spades and took up a stone from nearby and put that stone in that pot and than when he
looked inside the pot instead of that single stone there were 100 stones in the pot.

So, this wicked neighbor envious neighbor decided to steal this pot from this farmer.
That night itself he stole that pot from the farmers house. and took it back home to
his own house. He was very eager to find out the magic of the pot. But before that he
wanted to find out if there is anything inside the pot. So he put his hand in the
pot but obviously there was nothing in the pot.

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 Whenever he was hungry he would put a fruit in that pot and he would get 100 fruits back
from the pot That way gradually he started becoming rich. But that farmer was very
honest. He never used magic of the pot for satisfying his greed. He was not a greedy farmer!
However, his neighbor noticed that this farmer is getting richer and richer everyday. So he
tried to find out the secret of his richness. So one day his neighbor stood outside his
window peeping into the house of this farmer to find out what this farmer is doing. That
time, farmer kept a little spoon of milk inside the pot and he took out a litre of milk from
the pot

So, this wicked neighbor envious neighbor decided to steal this pot from this farmer.
That night itself he stole that pot from the farmers house. and took it back home to
his own house. He was very eager to find out the magic of the pot. But before that he
wanted to find out if there is anything inside the pot. So he put his hand in the
pot but obviously there was nothing in the pot.

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 But to his surprise when he took out his hand he realized that now he has 100 hands to his
body. And now he was really scared because he was not knowing how to bring those 100
things back to 1 again So next day has he came out of his house the people were really
scared and they thought that he is some kind of demon with 100 hands on one side and one
hand on other.

So the other villager started stoning him and they drove him away. When this
farmer saw all this happening that the neighbor must have stolen the pot from him and
must have put in his hands into it. So the moral of the story is, Do not be envious of
anyone and never ever steal things from anyone

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