By: Restu Cahyadiarta
Six Faithful Maids
Once upon the time, there lived an old
empress with her daughter. Queen was a very wicked witch, she was only thinking
of how to destroy others, while her daughter was the prettiest girl on the earth. When it came a young man who loved her daughter, the Queen said, anyone who
want to marry her daughter,
first of all, they should be
able to complete the test given. If
the young man failed, he must
die. Many youth who fell in love with the beauty princess was willing to take
risks, but no one has ever succeeded in passing the tests given by the Queen. Without mercy they were
forced to kneel and gave up their
heads cut off.
A prince heard about
the beauty of the Princess. He was facing his mother.
Prince :
"Mother, I hear there is a beautiful princess who lived with her mother. Let me go, I want to marry the
Princess."
Mother : "Oh my son. I
also heard about it. However, there was news saying that if you want to woo the
Princess, you must pass a test given the Queen. If you fail, you must die. And
so far, yet there was a young man who managed to pass the test given by the queen."
Prince : "Yes,
Mother. Therefore, I want to pass the test."
Mother : "It should
not be. If you go, it same
like you want to welcome death itself. This is not a joke, my son."
Prince : "And
I'm not kidding you."
Mother : "I said not. We know she is a wicked queen. We
do not know what will she
give to you, my son."
Hearing his Mother forbade it, the Prince was sick.
Seven years he laid. Even many
doctors are coming to cure the
Prince. Finally, his mother realized
that her son
could not be cured again,
she permitted her son to go.
Mother : "Well go on my son, and try your luck, because I do not
know any ways how to cure
your sickness."
Prince : "Thank you mother. Nothing is
more valuable than your blessing.
Whatever happens to me later, I beg you accept it with sincerity."
Mother : "Yes
my son. I would be happier if you got home safely. Be careful. "
Prince left
with a happy feeling
because at once the disease has been cured. When riding across the prairie, far
from there the prince saw a mound. Closely, she saw the mound was the stomach
of a man who laid on the
ground. Belly looked like a mountain. When he saw the prince, he stood up.
The
Fat : “If you need my help, allow me to be your
maid.”
Prince : “What can I do with a man like you?”
The Fat : “Oh,it is not enough. If I really stand up,
I will be three thousands fatter than before.”
Prince : “Come with me. You will be valuable for me.”
Then the Fat
followed the Prince,
and soon they saw another man who was crouched very low, his ears pinned to the
ground.
Prince : "What
are you doing?"
Ears : "I'm
listening."
Prince : "What
are you listen very
carefully like that?"
Ears : "I listen to the everything that
happens on the earth, because none out of my ears. I could
even hear the grass grow longer and longer. "
Prince : "Tell me, are
you hearing at the Old Queen
Palace who have a very
beautiful daughter?"
Ears : "I
heard a loud swish of the sword that cut off the head of a young man."
Prince : "I
could use your expertise. Come with me. "
They
continued and saw a
pair of legs lying on the ground, but they could not see his body. After
walking away, they reached the body, and finally his head.
Prince : "Well,
you're so tall."
Tall : "Oh, this is
nothing. If I stood up straightly, I am three
thousand higher, and higher than the highest mountain on the
earth. I will be so glad to
be your maid, if you ask me."
Prince : "Come
with me. You're definitely useful. "
They
continued and met someone who sat on the curb. Cloth covered the man's eyes.
Prince : "Are
your eyes sore, until you are unable to meet the light?"
Eyes Destoyer : "No I can not open this cloth from
my eyes, because whatever I saw will
be smashed, so enormity this gaze. If it's useful for you, I would love to
be your maid. "
Prince : "Come
with me, you're definitely useful."
They went away and met people who
lied beneath the blazing
sun. Her whole body was trembling from head to toe.
Prince : "Why are you
shaking when the sun beating down?"
The Frozen : "Oh, my body is weird. In the hot wheater, I feel very cold I chilled
until my whole body shaking. Even in the cold wheater, I am
overheating. In the middle of the ice I feel so hot, but in the midst of the
fire I felt cold. "
Prince :
"You're so weird. But if you
want to be my maid, come with me. "
They stepped again, and met a man who
craned his neck and looked around. That person could look up into the mountains
behind.
Prince : "What
do you gaze so intently?"
Eyes : "I have very
sharp pair eyes, until I could see through the forests and jungles, mountains
and valleys, and to the
corners of the world."
Prince : "If
you want, come with me because I need people like you."
Now the prince and
his six maids arrived in
Witch Queen Palace. But the Prince did not tell
who he was.
Prince : "If Your Majesty would like to give your beautiful princess, I will pass any test given to me."
Queen : "I'll give
you three exams. If you complete all of the
tests, you can be the
husband of my daughter."
Prince : "What
is the first test?"
Queen : "You
have to take my ring that fell at the base
of the Red Sea."
The
Prince met his servants and together they went to the Red Sea.
Prince : "The
first test is not easy. I have to find a ring that fell in the Red Sea."
Eyes : "I'll see
where the ring is." (Looking into the water) "The ring is over there, stuck on a sharp stone."
The Tall : "I
can certainly get that ring, if I could
see it."
The
Fat : "Oh,
really? If so, I'll drink all of
the water of this sea."
Fatso lied and put his mouth into the water until all the waves and the waves curled fall
into it, swallowing all the sea water until not a drop left. After that the
Tall bent down and took the ring. They carried the ring to the Queen and the queen was really amazement when she saw the ring.
Queen : "Yeah, right.
This is the ring. You've passed the first test, but now came the second. You
see the meadow in front of the palace? "
Prince : "Of
course, your majesty."
Queen : "Three
hundreds cattles grazing there, and
you take all the cattles until not
the slightest portion there
of remaining, even skin, fur,
bones, horns up."
Prince :
"Well, your majesty."
Queen : "It's not
finished, young man. In the palace
basement there are three hundreds barrels of
wine, and you also should
drink it all. If even one bull feathers, or a drop of wine left over,
your are mine."
Prince : "Can
I bring someone with me? Because I think, not tasty to eat alone."
Queen : "You
may invite only one friend, not more!"
Prince met his maids, and said to the
fat one.
Prince :
"You'll be my guest today, and you may eat and drink all of the foods."
The fat : "Good
lord. Incidentally, I'm very hungry."
Then, the fat used his
ability and ate three
hundreds cattles without leaving even a feather. Then he
drank the wine straight from the vat and don
not let them over till the last drop. After
the prince finished, the Prince faced
the Queen.
Prince : "The
second test has been done successfully,
Your Majesty."
Queen :
"Really? No one has ever made it until this
stage. "
Prince : "It's
all because of the help of six maids, my lord."
Queen : "But there's
still one more test you have
to pass, then you can be proud of
yourself." (She said to herself) "You're not going away, and
your head soon will be severed from your neck."
"Tonight
I'll take you to my daughter’s room, and you can hug her. However, when you sat down later on, be careful do not fall asleep. At twelve o'clock at the midnight I'll come, and if the Princess does not exist
anymore in your arms, it means you lose.
Prince : "This
test is easy, obviously I
would never close my eyes."
Prince also told his maids.
Prince : "Maybe there
is deception behind this. We better aware, all must be alert, watch do not let the princess out of my room."
The Tall : "I
would hug you two in my lap,
so nobody can leave the
room."
The
Fat : "And I will standing at
the door, so no one can enter
the room."
When night came, the
Princess was delivered into the Prince. The Tall and Fat did their duty as they say.
However,at eleven
o'clock, the Queen spoke a spell and
they fell asleep and at the same time the Princess disappeared from there. They
sleep until fifteen
minutes to twelve. When the power of the
spell disappeared, everyone
woke up.
The Fat : "Where is the princess? I believe that my body blocking
the door even though I am
asleep."
The Tall : "And
I am sure, the
Princess and Prince are in my arms. How strange this incident."
Prince : "Everything was happened. Oh, how
wretched and miserable myself. Now I'm lose."
Ears : "Sssstt,,
silent please. I want to
listen. "(He was listening)" the
princess is in the rocks, one thousand five hundred kilometers from
here. She wept for her fate."
The Frozen : "Just you the one, Tall, who could
help her. If you
stand up straight, you'll be standing there in two steps. "
The Tall :
"Okay. But I want the Eye Destroyer come with me, until we can destroy the
rock."
Then
the tall and the eyes destroyer walked to the rock. There, the eye destroyer
opened his eyes’ cover. In a moment, he destroyed the rock. The tall took the
princess and the eye destroyer to the palace in a second. When it showed twelve
o’clock, the Queen came to the prince’s room.
Queen
: (Talk to herself) “Now the prince is mine.”
Soon
after arrived at the prince’s room, she was so surprised saw the princess still
with the prince.
Queen : “You are enormous than me prince. Because
you’ve already pass the all of the test, as I said I will let my daughter for
you. You can marry her.”
Prince : “Thank you your majesty. I can pass the
test given that’s because of my six faithful maids.”
But
then, the queen come to her daughter and whispered.
Queen : “Unfortunately my daughter, you have been
married with the proletariat and can’t choose your needed.”
Princess : “No! I don’t think it’s over.” (Step forward and looked at the prince arrogantly).
“I will be your wife if one of you can sit on the top of the wood, and against
the fire on it.”
Queen
: “Good job my daughter. You like me. Really
egoism”
Prince : “Why? The queen said I just pass the three
tests. But why you give me the test again princess?”
Princess : “If you do not want to do this tests, I
think you fail in the tests given by the mother. And you can go from here now.”
Prince : “No princess. I pass the test difficulty;
I don’t want to stop here.”
Princess : “All right. Guards!! Ready the woods and fire it! I
want a big fire.”
When the servants of
the kingdom set up a stack of wood, close to The Frozen get closer to the Prince.
The Frozen : "Prince, only me who has not
done a job for you. Allow me to help you. I'll sit in the middle of the fire.
You know about the strangeness of my body. "
Prince :
"Well, I trust you, Frozen."
Frozen sat in the flames. The longer the fire
grew, and continued to burn up
to three days.
The Frozen : "I've never felt so cold like this in my life. If the fire
longer, I would not feel anything anymore. "
Prince : "The oddity of your body save us, Frozen."
Princess eventually
forced to accept this young man as her
husband. But, when they left the
palace, the wicked Queen was very angry.
Queen : "I'm not
going to be embarrassed like this. I order all of the soldiers, my
soldiers hunt them down and bring back the
Princess. Kill anyone who
are against. I just want my
Princess back."
The soldiers left the palace for chasing Prince and his six maids. But it has been
heard by the ears Sharp.
Ears : "The Queen angry, and he
ordered his soldiers surrounded us and bring the princess back."
The Fat :
"Leave it all to me. I'll drown them with sea water I drank from the Red
Sea."
Fatso was spewing
some sea water that has been swallowed, until there was a lake and drown all the Queen’s soldiers.
Queen : "I do not want
to be defeated like this. Hi, you all of my knights, continue the war. Kill the Prince and all his maids, and bring back my
princess. "
Sharp ears heard of
it.
Ears : "The Queen fearless to attack us. He sent all of the knights to fight us. This is more
difficult than the soldiers
sent before. "
Eyes destroyer: "Let
me handle this problem. Just open the cover of my eyes and I'm definitely going to destroy everything. "
When the knights
approached, blindfold the eyes destroyer was opened. Destroyer's eyes briefly
looked at the enemy’s soldiers,
and they were shattered like glass. The
Queen finally gave up and let them go. Prince and Princess proceeded
safely, and after they are blessed as husband and wife, all of the prince’s six faithful maids prepared to leave.
Eyes destroyer : "Now your entire wish has come true. You don’t need us again, now we will go and
seek our own fortune."
Prince : "I don’t want to let you go. You all are really kind, faithful to me and helped me
with sincerity."
The Tall : "We also feel
the same. But we must go. There was no way we bother you again. We must
determine our own destiny.”
Prince : "Oh, well if
that's what you want. I owe a lot to you. I do not know how to respond it."
Princess : "I'm sorry
too for what I've done to you. I really regret having to remember it. And you all guys are so good on
my husband."
The Frozen : "It's
okay princess. All was
over, and I hope you live happily with our Lord. "
Princess : "Thank You,
Frozen. I'll be happy as you expect."
Prince : "But, Princess,
do you know who I am? I'm not a prince, I just a shepherd. The man who drive the cattle over there is my father. We both also have to work
to help him. "
Princess : "Never mind,
my husband. I believe this is retribution for my attitude all along. I deserve
all this because I'm cocky and arrogant."
The
Prince invited the Princess to spend
the night at the inn. Secretly he sent the inn owner took the
Princess outfit. Thus, when the Princess woke up in the next morning, he did not have
anything else. The innkeeper's wife gave her an old
dress and a pair of old stockings. Princess finally believed her husband truly
a shepherd and helped her husband to drive the cattle. After this situation
went on for one week, the Princess did not take it anymore because of leg
injuries. Then came two men approached to
her while she was
resting and her husband went to the center of the city.
Princess : "I really can
not stand anymore of this situation. My legs hurt and
my body was so tired because every
day I should be drove the cattle. But, for my love for
my husband, I will do anything. "
Person 1 : "Excuse me ..
Are you the princess, the wife
of the youth that you know is the shepherd of this area?"
Princess : "Yes, I'm the
princess. My husband does herdsmen in this area."
Person 2 : "are you really know who
exactly your husband?"
Princess : "Sure. He shepherding his cattle every day,
of course he is shepherd."
Person 2 : "And
do you know where is your husband
now?"
Princess : "My husband
has gone to town to buy cattle."
Person 1 :
"Really? Then let go with
us, we'll take you to him."
Then the Princess went with
two of the strangers. She expected to be brought to the market, but when
they arrived at the Palace, the Princess was very surprised. The two men were
ushered her into the
hall, and there she saw her husband wearing a good clothes. However, Princess did not recognize it until the prince took
her hands and kissed her. The
Prince explained the truth.
And the wedding of them was held
with a very festive.
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