The Story of Roro Jonggrang

The Story of Roro Jonggrang

     Once upon a time, there was a kingdom named Prambanan. The people lived peacefully. However, soon their happy lives were disturbed by Pengging Kingdom. The king, Bandung Bondowoso, wanted to occupy Prambanan. He was a mean king.
     The war between Prambanan and Pengging could not be avoided. Prambanan lost the war and led by the new king, Bandung Bondowoso. Pengging could win the war because Bandung Bondongwoso had a supernatural power.
     His soldiers were not only humans but also genies. Those creatures always obeyed Bandung Bondowoso. They always did whatever Bandung Bondowoso asked them to do. The king of Prambanan had a beautiful daughter. Her name was Roro Jonggrang. Bandung Bondowoso fell in love with her and wanted to marry her.
     "If you want to marry me, you have to build a thousand of temples in just one night," said Loro Jonggrang. She hated Bandung Bondowoso because he made the people of Prambanan suffered. "What? Impossible! You just gave me an excuse for not marrying me!" said Bandung Bondowoso. But he did not give up. He asked the genies to help him.
     Then all those genies worked hard to build the 1.000 temples. Meanwhile, Roro Jonggrang heard from the lady-inwaiting that the building of 1.000 temples was almost finished.
She was so scared; she did not want to marry Bandung Bondowoso. And then she had a great idea. She asked all the ladies-inwaiting to help her.
     "Please prepare a lot of straw and mortar. Come on! Hurry up!" said Roro Jonggrang. All those ladies-in-waiting were confused. They did not know why Roro Jonggrang asked them to prepare a lot of straw and mortars in the middle of the night.
     "Listen, all those genies are building the temples, right? We have to stop them by burning the straw and make some noise by pounding the mortar. The genies will think that sun is going to rise and they will run away. Genies are afraid of sunlight." It worked! All those genies thought that sun rose. They did not know the light was from the fire that burning the straw. And the noise from pounding the mortar was like the start of a new day.
     Bandung Bondowoso was angry. He knew Roro Jonggrang just tricked him. "You cannot fool me, Roro Jonggrang. I already have 999 temples. I just need one more temple. Now, I will make you the one-thousandth temple." With his supernatural power, Bandung Bondowoso made Roro Jonggrang a temple. Until now, the temple is still standing in Prambanan area, Central Java. And the temple is named Roro Jonggrang temple.

Adapted by : http://moischoolife.blogspot.com/2011/07/narrative-text-story-of-loro-jonggrang.html

Kisah Roro Jonggrang

     Dahulu kala, ada sebuah kerajaan bernama Prambanan. Orang-orang hidup damai. Namun, segera hidup bahagia mereka merasa terganggu oleh Kerajaan Pengging. Raja Bandung Bondowoso, ingin menempati Prambanan. Dia adalah seorang raja berarti.     

      Perang antara Prambanan dan Pengging tidak bisa dihindari. Prambanan kalah perang dan dipimpin oleh raja baru, Bandung Bondowoso. Pengging bisa memenangkan perang karena Bandung Bondongwoso memiliki kekuatan supranatural.

     Prajuritnya tidak hanya manusia tetapi juga jin. Mereka makhluk selalu mematuhi Bandung Bondowoso. Mereka selalu melakukan apapun Bandung Bondowoso meminta mereka untuk melakukan. Raja Prambanan memiliki seorang putri yang cantik. Namanya Roro Jonggrang. Bandung Bondowoso jatuh cinta padanya dan ingin menikahinya.

     "Jika Anda ingin menikah, Anda harus membangun seribu candi hanya dalam satu malam," kata Roro Jonggrang. Dia membenci Bandung Bondowoso karena ia membuat orang-orang Prambanan menderita. "Apa yang Mustahil!? Anda hanya memberi saya alasan untuk tidak menikah!" kata Bandung Bondowoso. Tapi dia tidak menyerah. Dia meminta para jin untuk membantu dia.

     Kemudian semua jin bekerja keras untuk membangun 1.000 candi. Sementara itu, Roro Jonggrang mendengar dari wanita bahwa pembangunan 1.000 candi itu hampir selesai.
     Dia sangat ketakutan, dia tidak ingin menikahi Bandung Bondowoso. Dan kemudian dia punya ide bagus. Dia meminta semua wanita-inwaiting untuk membantunya                                  

     "Silahkan persiapkan banyak jerami dan mortir Ayo!. Cepat!" kata Roro Jonggrang. Semua orang dayang-tunggu bingung. Mereka tidak tahu mengapa Roro Jonggrang meminta mereka unt"Dengar, semua jin membangun kuil-kuil, hak Kita harus menghentikan mereka dengan membakar jerami dan membuat beberapa kebisingan oleh mortir menggempur The jin akan berpikir matahari yang akan naik dan mereka akan lari.. Jin? Takut sinar matahari. "Ini bekerja! Semua jin berpikir bahwa matahari terbit. Mereka tidak tahu terang itu dari api yang membakar jerami. Dan suara dari berdebar mortir itu seperti awal dari sebuah hari baruuk mempersiapkan banyak jerami dan mortir di tengah malam.

     Bandung Bondowoso marah. Dia tahu Roro Jonggrang hanya menipu dia. "Kau tidak bisa menipuku, Loro Jonggrang saya sudah memiliki 999 candi.. Saya hanya perlu satu candi lagi. Sekarang, saya akan membuat Anda candi seperseribu." Dengan kesaktiannya, Bandung Bondowoso membuat candi Roro Jonggrang. Sampai sekarang, kuil ini masih berdiri di daerah Prambanan, Jawa Tengah. Dan candi bernama Candi Roro Jonggrang

Sumber : : http://moischoolife.blogspot.com/2011/07/narrative-text-story-of-loro-jonggrang.html