THE STORY OF TIIMUN MAS

Long long time ago, there were a farmer couple. They are Pak Simin and Bu Simin. They were staying in a village near a forest. They lived happily.
Unfortunately, they hadn’t had any children yet.
Every day they prayed to God for a child. One day a giant passed their home. He heard what they were praying.

“Hohoho, hi human! I can grant you a child.” said the giant.
“Really I will have a child?” asked Bu Simin.
“Hohoho, I can grant you a child. But there is a condition. You have to give your child to me as offrerings after she is 17 years. Do you agree?” asked the giant.

They discussed the giant’s condition. Finally, they agreed.

Then the giant gave them a cucumber seed.

"Plant this seed, then you'll get a daughter," said the giant.
“Thank you so much, giant” they said.
“Good, You have to keep your words!” the giant emphasized.

Then they planted the cucumber seed with lovely. Every day they take care of the plants that grow so be careful. The cucumber was getting heavier and bigger each day. When it was ripe, they picked it. Carefully they cut the cucumber and how surprised they were when they found a beautiful baby in it. They were so happy. They named the baby Timun Mas or Golden Cucumber.

Years were passing by and Timun Mas had grown into a beautiful girl Her parents were very proud of her. But their happiness turned to fear when her 17th birthday came. The giant returned to ask for their promise. He was going to take Timun Mas away.

The farmer tried to be calm.
"Just a moment, please. Timun Mas is playing. My wife will call her." he said.
Then the farmer came to his daughter. Then the farmer came to his daughter.
"My child, take this," as he was giving her a little bag to Timun Mas.
"This will help you from the giant. Now, run as fast as you can," he ordered. Now, run as fast as possible, "he ordered. So Timun Mas ran away.

Pak Simin and Bu Simin was very sad about her leaving. But they did not want the giant eat Timun Mas.

The giant had been waiting for too long. He became impatient. Somehow he knew that Pak Simin and Bu Simin had lied to him. So he destroyed their house and ran for Timun Mas.

The giant was chasing Timun Mas and he was getting closer and closer. Timun Mas then took a handful of salt from her little bag. She spread out the salt behind her. Suddenly a wide sea appeared between them.
The giant had to swim to reach her.

Timun Mas was still running, but now the giant almost caught her. Then she took some chilly and threw them to the giant. The chilly suddenly grew into some trees and trapped the giant. The trees grew to be some Thorns as sharp as a knife. The giant screamed painfully. At the mean time, Timun Mas could escape again.
But the giant was very strong. Again she almost caught Timun Mas. So, Timun Mas took the third magic stuff, the cucumber seeds and they became a wide cucumber field. The giant ate those fresh cucumbers. He ate too much that he felt sleepy and fell asleep soon.

Timun Mas kept on running as fast as she could. But soon she was very tired Herself. To make things worse, the giant had woken up! Timun Mas was so scared. She then threw her last weapon, terasi (a kind of shrimp paste).

“All right giant. This is my last trap.If you can escape from this, I will be yours.” Cried Timun Mas.

It did a miracle again. The pasta became a big swamp. The giant fell into it. Suddenly the lake pulled him to the bottom. The giant panicked and he could not breathe. At last he was Drown.

She was safe now. Then she returned to her parents' house. Her parents were very happy to see their daughter safe.
"Thanks God. You have saved my daughter," they cried happily.
From then on, Timun Mas lived happily with her parents with no fear anymore.