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lutung kasarung and putri purbasari

lutung kasarung and putri purbasari

in ancient times in the tatar pasundan there was a kingdom led by a wise and wise king.he was old and therefore he wanted to choose his successor, he has no sons. he is known as the prabu sitah agung. prabu tapa agung has two beautiful and intelligent daughters namely purbararang and his sister purbasari.The only difference is their temperament. purbararang rough and dishonest, while purbasari good and caring. at the end of his life prabu kestat almighty pointed to purbasari, his youngest daughter as a stop. I was too old, it was time I abdicated, prabu tapa. heard the news, the princess of Purbararang did not agree with her father's decision. This should have me, father. I'm the eldest daughter said! prabararang.prabu tapa agung smiled. purbararang, to be a queen who assesses age.There are many other qualities that we should have, explain prabu tapa agung sage. what purbasari has that I do not? pout purbararang.you will see when purbasari has replaced me, replied prabu tapa agung. after stopping it, purbararang back to the room. is there something wrong? indrajaya asked. indrajaya is a future husband of Purbararang.I am upset! father chose Purbasari as his successor and not me! I have to do something! crazy because of his anger, he came to the witch and asked her to send a rash all over Purbasari's body. Before going to sleep, Purbasari began to feel itchy all over her body. he tried to use the powder onto his body, but it was of no use. instead, the itch was even worse. he did not want to scratch it, but he could not help it. on the next morning, he did not want to scratch it, there are marks of scars all over the purbasari's body.What happened to you? ask the probararang, pretend to be concerned. I do not know, sis. last night, my body suddenly felt very itchy. I scratched and continued to scratch, and this is what happened, answered purbasari. purbararang shook his head.You must have done something very terrible.You have been proposed by the gods!. that day, the whole kingdom was surprised.what have you done, purbasari? prabu tapa agung. purbasari shook his head. I did nothing that would anger the gods, his father, he replied. Then how do you explain what happened to your body? ask prabu tapa agung again.if you do not confess, I will drive you into the forest.purbasari took a long breath. As I said before, I did not do anything wrong. and I prefer to be thrown into the forest confessing the deeds that I did not do. After a brief discussion with the temperature, the great prabu tapa ordered purbasari to be transferred to the forest, but he could not do anything to command.he was accompanied by a messenger to go to the forest.The messenger built a simple hut for purbasari, suddenly a black monkey came to the purbasari hut.he brought a bunch of bananas. From behind him, some animals watched it. is the banana for me? asked purbasari.the black monkey nodded, as if he understood what purbasari said.purbasari took the banana with pleasure.he also thanked him. the other animals that were looking at him also seemed to smile.Are you willing to be my friend? all the animals nodded happily.even though he was an animal that lived alone in the forest, Purbasari never lacked food.every day, there were always animals that brought fruits and fish to eat. a long time has passed since Purbasari was thrown into the forest, but her body is still itching. In some places, her skin has even been slitting. what should I do? purbasari sighed. The monkey sitting next to him remained silent, there were tears in his eyes.he hoped that Purbasari would remain patient and strong.one night, on the full moon, there was a, monkey brought purbasari to a valley. there is a pool with hot water. Monkey suddenly spoke, this pool water will heal your skin, he said. Purbasari was surprised, you can talk? whoareyou? you will know, in time, said the monkey. purbasari did not want to enter the monkey. he then walked to the pool. he bathed there. After a few hours, purbasari out of the pool. he was surprised to see the picture seen in the clear pool water mentioned. his face was beautiful again, with smooth and clean skin. purbasari maintenance of his entire body. i'm cured! I recovered purbasari screams in happiness.he was quick to thank the gods and also for the monkey.The news of the purbasari condition quickly spread to the kingdom, irritating the purbararang. he was then accompanied by indrajaya went to the forest to see purbasari. purbasari asked if he would go home. purbararang said that he would let Purbasari return to the palace if purbasari hair was longer than the incident. purbararang then let his hair fall.The hair was very long, almost close to the ground.but it turned out that purbasari hair was twice as long as his purbararang hair.well, so your hair is longer than mine. purbararang admitted.but there is one condition that you must fulfill, whether you have a husband candidate who is more handsome than mine said Purbararang while walking towards indrajaya. purbasari feel miserable. she did not have a future husband yet.so, without thinking for a long time, she pulled the black monkey beside her. purbararang and indrajaya laughed, but their laughter did not last long. the monkey then meditated and suddenly turned into a very handsome young man, more handsome than indrajaya.I am a prince from a distant kingdom. I was cursed to be a monkey because of a mistake I made. I can regain my true form only if there is a girl who is willing to be my wife, said the young man. she accepted purbasari as queen, and also acknowledged everything she had done. forgive me. Don't punish me, said Purbararang, asking for forgiveness. Instead of getting angry, purbasari smiled. I forgive you, sis, he said. soon after, Purbasari becomes queen. Beside her is a handsome prince, a former monkey known as lutung kasarung. the above message is to be a good and honest person and never against what others have.