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tentang Tujuh Gagak (The Seven Ravens). Selamat membaca...
There was once a man who had
seven sons, and still he had no daughter, however much he wished for one. At length his wife again gave him hope of a
child, and when it came into the world it was a girl. The joy was great, but the child was sickly
and small, and had to be privately baptized on account of its weakness. The father sent one of the boys in haste to
the spring to fetch water for the baptism.
The other six went with him, and as each of them wanted to be first to
fill it, the jug fell into the well.
There they stood and did not know what to do, and none of them dared to
go home. As they still did not return,
the father grew impatient, and said, they have certainly forgotten it while
playing some game, the wicked boys. He
became afraid that the girl would have to die without being baptized, and in
his anger cried, I wish the boys were all turned into ravens. Hardly was the word spoken before he heard a
whirring of wings over his head, looked up and saw seven coal-black ravens
flying away.
The parents could not
withdraw the curse, and however sad they were at the loss of their seven sons,
they still to some extent comforted themselves with their dear little daughter,
who soon grew strong and every day became more beautiful. For a long time she did not know that she had
had brothers, for her parents were careful not to mention them before her, but
one day she accidentally heard some people saying of herself, that the girl was
certainly beautiful, but that in reality she was to blame for the misfortune
which had befallen her seven brothers.
Then she was much troubled, and went to her father and mother and asked
if it was true that she had had brothers, and what had become of them. The parents now dared keep the secret no
longer, but said that what had befallen her brothers was the will of heaven,
and that her birth had only been the innocent cause. But the maiden took it to heart daily, and
thought she must save her brothers. She
had no rest or peace until she set out secretly, and went forth into the wide
world to search for her brothers and set them free, let it cost what it
might. She took nothing with her but a
little ring belonging to her parents as a keepsake, a loaf of bread against
hunger, a little pitcher of water against thirst, and a little chair as a provision
against weariness.
And now she went continually
onwards, far, far to the very end of the world.
Then she came to the sun, but it was too hot and terrible, and devoured
little children. Hastily she ran away,
and ran to the moon, but it was far too cold, and also awful and malicious, and
when it saw the child, it said, I smell, I smell the flesh of men. At this she ran swiftly away, and came to the
stars, which were kind and good to her, and each of them sat on its own
particular little chair. But the morning
star arose, and gave her the drumstick of a chicken, and said, if you have not
that drumstick you can not open the glass mountain, and in the glass mountain
are your brothers.
The maiden took the
drumstick, wrapped it carefully in a cloth, and went onwards again until she
came to the glass mountain. The door was
shut, and she thought she would take out the drumstick. But when she undid the
cloth, it was empty, and she had lost the good star's present. What was she now to do. She wished to rescue her brothers, and had no
key to the glass mountain. The good
sister took a knife, cut off one of her little fingers, put it in the door, and
succeeded in opening it. When she had
gone inside, a little dwarf came to meet her, who said, my child, what are you
looking for. I am looking for my
brothers, the seven ravens, she replied.
The dwarf said, the lord ravens are not at home, but if you will wait
here until they come, step in. Thereupon
the little dwarf carried the ravens' dinner in, on seven little plates, and in
seven little glasses, and the little sister ate a morsel from each plate, and
from each little glass she took a sip, but in the last little glass she dropped
the ring which she had brought away with her.
Suddenly she heard a
whirring of wings and a rushing through the air, and then the little dwarf
said, now the lord ravens are flying home.
Then they came, and wanted to eat and drink, and looked for their little
plates and glasses. Then said one after
the other, who has eaten something from my plate. Who has drunk out of my little glass. It was a human mouth. And when the seventh came to the bottom of
the glass, the ring rolled against his mouth.
Then he looked at it, and saw that it was a ring belonging to his father
and mother, and said, God grant that our sister may be here, and then we shall
be free. When the maiden, who was
standing behind the door watching, heard that wish, she came forth, and on this
all the ravens were restored to their human form again. And they embraced and kissed each other, and
went joyfully home.
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