Folktale from around the world/Cerita rakyat dari seluruh dunia FOR CLASS XII IPS ENGLISH
Folktale from around the world
(Source: Astuti, Eka Mulya. English Zone. Bandung: Erlangga.)
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
In the year 1284, a mysterious man appeared in Hamelin. He was wearing a coat of many colored, bright cloth, for which reason he was called the Pied Piper. He claimed to be a rat catcher and he promised for a certain sum that he would rid the city of all mice and rats. The citizens struck a deal, promising him a certain price. The rat catcher then took a small fife from his pocket and began to blow on it. Rats and mice immediately came from every house and gathered around him. When he thought that he had them all he led them to the River Weser where he pulled up his clothes and walked into the water. The animals followed him, fell in, and drowned.
Now that the citizens had been freed of their plague, they regretted having promised so much money. Using all kinds of excuses, they refused to pay him. Finally, he went away, bitter, and angry. He returned on June 26 morning, now dressed in a hunter’s costume, with a dreadful look on his face and wearing a strange red hat. He sounded his fife in the streets, but this time it wasn’t rats and mice that came to him, but rather children: a great number of boys and girls from their fourth year on. Among them was the mayor’s grown daughter. The swarm followed him and he led them into a mountain where he disappeared with them.
All this was seen by a baby sister who, carrying a child in her arms, had followed them from a distance, but had turned around and carried the news back to the town. The anxious parents ran in droves to the town gates seeking their children. The mothers cried out and sobbed pitifully. Within hours, messengers were sent everywhere by water and by land inquiring if the children – or any of them—had been seen, but it was all for naught.
IN INDONESIAN (with google translate English-indonesian):
Cerita rakyat dari seluruh dunia
(Sumber: Astuti, Eka Mulya English Zona Bandung:... Erlangga)
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
Pada tahun 1284, seorang pria misterius muncul di Hameln. Dia mengenakan mantel kain banyak warna, cerah, dengan alasan ini ia disebut Pied Piper. Dia mengaku sebagai penangkap tikusdan ia berjanji untuk jumlah tertentu bahwa ia akanmembersihkan kota dari semua tikus dan tikus. Para wargamembuat kesepakatan, menjanjikan kepadanya harga tertentu.Para penangkap tikus kemudian mengambil fife kecil darisakunya dan mulai meniup di atasnya. Tikus dan tikus segera datang dari setiap rumah dan berkumpul di sekelilingnya. Ketikaia berpikir bahwa ia memiliki mereka semua ia memimpinmereka ke Sungai Weser di mana ia menarik bajunya dan berjalan ke dalam air. Hewan-hewan mengikutinya, jatuh, dantenggelam.
Sekarang bahwa warga telah dibebaskan dari wabah mereka,mereka menyesal telah dijanjikan uang begitu banyak.Menggunakan segala macam alasan, mereka menolak untukmembayarnya. Akhirnya, ia pergi, pahit, dan marah. Ia kembalipada 26 Juni pagi, kini mengenakan kostum pemburu, dengan ekspresi mengerikan di wajahnya dan mengenakan topi merahyang aneh. Dia terdengar lima di jalan-jalan, tapi kali ini bukantikus dan tikus yang datang kepadanya, melainkan anak:sejumlah besar anak laki-laki dan perempuan dari tahun keempat mereka. Di antara mereka adalah putri walikotatumbuh. Kawanan mengikutinya dan ia memimpin mereka kesebuah gunung di mana ia menghilang bersama mereka.
Semua ini terlihat oleh adik bayi yang, membawa seorang anakdalam pelukannya, telah mengikuti mereka dari kejauhan, tetapiberbalik dan membawa berita kembali ke kota. Para orang tua cemas berlari berbondong-bondong ke gerbang kota mencarianak-anak mereka. Para ibu berteriak dan menangismenyedihkan. Dalam beberapa jam, utusan dikirim mana-mana dengan air dan darat bertanya jika anak-anak - atau salah satu dari mereka-telah terlihat, tapi itu semua sia-sia.
(Sumber; www.pitt.edu)
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