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tentang Patih Gajah Mada dan Pencuri Misterius, Selamat Membaca :
The kingdom of Majapahit was
at its peak in the 13th century. The
wise king who ruled was King Hayam Wuruk.
He was young, intelligent, and brave.
He had a smart prime minister, his name was Gajah Mada. Besides that, he had smart and young aides
and ministers. Under Hayam Wuruk
Majapahit ruled over most of the present day Indonesia. Majapahit was very prosperous.
The palace of Majapahit was
very big. It was very luxurious. Inside of the palace there is a special
building called ‘Gedong Pusaka’. It was
a house or more precisely a luxurious warehouse to store all the treasure of
the kingdom. There were jewelries, gold
crown, earrings, gold coins, gold Kris and many other luxurious things. That’s why the building was heavily
guarded. There was a high wall
surrounding it. Inside and outside the
wall soldiers were on duty twenty four hours a day. All of them were fully armed. It was almost impossible for anyone at that
time to get into the Gedong Pusaka.
One night the situation in
the palace was very different. There was
a thick, very thick fog surrounding the whole palace, even the capital. The temperature which usually warm was
cool. This situation was very rare in
Majapahit. The Javanese people (the
people of Majapahit) interpreted this strange phenomenon as a signal from
god. They were sure that a great event
would take place.
King Hayam Wuruk immediately
called Gajah Mada. After a shirt
discussion they decided to call the army generals. The king told the generals to put the army in
the highest alert. Soon they ordered all
of their boys in highest alert. The
number of soldier who guarded the palace was doubled. The king and the prime minister stay awoke
until midnight. Every hour they received
report that everything was OK. The night
was very quiet. So at midnight the king
and Gajah Mada were asleep.
But when it was almost dawn
something happened. A group of soldier
who guarded the front gate of Gedong Pusaka reported to the army general that
the door of Gedong Pusaka was opened.
When they checked inside they found that the collection of gold coins
was missing. The army chief immediately
reported the event to Prime Minister Gajah Mada.
Gajah Mada immediately
ordered that the commander of the guard was arrested. Without waiting for the sun to arise he
questioned the commander. Gajah Mada
thought that the commander was the one responsible for the lost of the cold
coins. But the commander refused. He was sure that someone else did the wrong
doing. When the king woke up Gajah Mada
reported to him. But the king was
silent.
The following night the
situation was very different. The sky
was clear and the temperature was warm.
Although tension had diminished Gajah Mada ordered the army to stay in
highest alert. That time the king was
ignorant. The night was very
serene. Suddenly at midnight the
soldiers who guarded at the front gate of Gedong Pusaka was shocked when they
saw someone ran very fast from it. Soon
they chased him. But he ran very fast and soon the soldiers lost him. However they could see that he ran toward the
king’s compound.
Their commander soon
reported to Gajah Mada who immediately came.
He ordered the soldiers to siege the king’s compound. He also ordered more soldiers to surround it. Amazingly the king’s compound was covered
with cloud. Nobody saw where it came
from but suddenly thick cloud surrounded it.
The fog was so thick that nobody could see the king’s compound. The cloud even grew larger that finally the
whole palace was covered by cloud.
The next morning the people
of Majapahit was shocked to see the strange phenomenon. The sky was clear and the sun was shining
bright but the palace was covered by cloud.
No one could see it. The king
never came out of the palace.
Soon rumors spread that the
thief was hiding inside the king’s compound in the palace. The army kept surrounding it. They cried to tell the thief to surrender. Suddenly someone threw stones to the
soldiers. Some of them were hurt. Then Gajah Mada got in to see the king. When he came from inside the palace he told
soldiers that the king was all right and that the thief was not there. After that rumor spread that the thief was
ghost, not human being. Months later the
mystery thief had not arrested and the palace was still cloudy. Years later the thief remained a mystery and
he palace remained cloudy. Majapahit
suffered from a great loss. It was a
serious blow to the economy. Several
years later the kingdom of Majapahit collapsed.
Today territory of Majapahit
becomes Indonesia. People miss the
glory of Majapahit. They are dreaming
that the glorious Majapahit will return someday.
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