a little horror story

The Return of Brigit O' Hara

Long time ago, in a small vilage in Ireland, there lived a handsome farmer by the name of Sian O'Hara. Sian was a wealthy farmer who was quite popular with the townspeople and the young girls but he was so particular as to whom he courted that he still hadn't found a woman suitable enough to be his wife. Years passed and no one thought he would ever marry. 

All that changed however when he set eyes on Brigit Flaherty. Brigit had come to Sligo from Galway to visit her aunt and her uncle and Sian had been in the village buying some feed and grain when he saw Brigit walking down the street. When he saw her his hearth skipped a beat. Brigit was the most beautiful woman he had ever seen. She had a beautifully pale, milk-white face, long red hair that glistened in the sun. Her lips were soft, red and full like rosse petals and she had the most beautiful green eyes he had ever seen. They were emerald green and almost seemed to glow with an inner light.

After he had found out her name from the clerk in the store, he decided to pay the Flaherty’s a call. They welcomed him warmly and after he had settled down at their table for tea. He heard Brigit’s voice for the first time. Her voice was sweet and melodious and he fell deeply in love with her at first sight. Brigit, on the othert hand wasn’t too sure about him, however. Yes he was handsome, but handsome is as handsome does she had always heard and so she asked him if he would like to come again and pay her a call again. Of course he said,”yes”, and they met for many weeks after that. Brigit eventually found out that his disposition was a wonderful as his looks and eventually, just a summer came to an end, Sian asked Brigit to be his wife. She agreed and they were married in the village church with the whole town celebrating with music and singing.

Sian and Brigit lived for many happy years. She cared for him like a loving wife was supposed to, and he gave her all the love and tenderness that he could. There were many people in the village who saw their devotion as a sign from God that they were destined to be together. They were often seen in the village walking hand and smilling at each other. At home, Sian would sit in his chair by the fire and read love poems to Brigit and Brigit would sing old folk songs a cappella. Many times they would simply sit together and do nothing, just being together was enough for them.

And so it continued for several years until one day, while returning home from town, Sian heard a crying wail of the banshee. It wailed so mournfully and he knew that the sound came from his farm. Hurrying the horse and wagon as quickly as he could, he got home and threw open the door. Poor Brigit lay on the floor by the fireplace, staring up into the air with dead eyes. The banshee shrieked once more and then there was complete silent in the little stone cottage until Sian screamed.

They burried Brigit in the graveyard and Sian was beside himself with grief. He mourned like a mad man. He was often seen in the graveyard, lying into the grave and crying bitterly. After several months Sian finally settled down into his routine.

It was a year and a day of the date of Brigit’s death and Sian was sitting by his fireplace reading his Bible, when the front of the door suddenly burst open with a wild gushing wind and standing in the door was a figure dressed in a burrial shroud. It silently glided in, and the door closed silently behind the advancing figure. The figure walked across the room and sat down across hom. He knew at once to his horror, that it was Brigit come back from the grave. He stared in horror as the shroud slowly fell away from her head. What he saw shocked him. What sat before him was a rotted corpse. The fleshhad been completely eaten away. Her beautiful red lips had been replaced with the grinning teeth of a skull. Her lovely jade green eyes were completely gone and only two black holes with an eerie green fire-like glow stared out of her skull. Her red hair had turned a dusky brownish tint and Sian was filled with loathing.

Finnaly, Sian spoke to the visitor.

“Brigit.. is that you?”

The figure just nodded it’s head.

“Brigit.. what happened to your beautiful red hair?”

The thing looked up at him and said, “gone, and faded away”

“Brigit.. what happened to your beautiful green eyes?”

“gone and faded away”

“Brigit.. what happened to your beautiful red lips I used to love to kiss?”

“gone and faded away”

Finnaly Sian got up with the courage to ask the question he needed answerd.

“Brigit.. why have you come back?”

The figure turned it’s head in his direction and said..

“I’ve come to YOU!!!”

errr! I just found this story from my sister's book. so, what can we learn?
one of them is "don't felling love someone deeply, because when they leave you or passed away you will sad deeply. and you are going to mad."

Sura and Baya(the legend of Surabaya)

The  Legend of Surabaya

A long time ago in East Java there were two strong animals, Sura and Baya. Sura was a shark and Baya was a crocodile. They lived in a sea. Actually, they were friends. But when they were hungry, they were very greedy. They did not want to share their food. They would fight for it and never stop fighting until one of them gave up.

It was a very hot day. Sura and Baya were looking for some food. Suddenly, Baya saw a goat.
“Yummy, this is my lunch,” said Baya.
“No way! This is my lunch. You are greedy! I had not eaten for two days!” said Sura.
Then Sura and Baya fought again. After several hours, they were very tired. Sura had a plan to stop their bad behavior.
“I’m tired of fighting, Baya,” said Sura.
“Me too. What should we do to stop fighting? Do you have any idea?” asked Baya.
“Yes, I do. Let’s share our territory. I live in the water, so I look for food in the sea. And you live on the land, right? So, you look for the food also on the land. The border is the beach, so we will never meet again. Do you agree?” asked Sura.
“Hmm... let me think about it. OK, I agree. From today, I will never go to the sea again. My place is on the land,” said Baya.
Then they both lived in the different places. But one day, Sura went to the land and looked for some food in the river. He was very hungry and there was not much food in the sea. Baya was very angry when he knew that Sura broke the promise.
“Hey, what are you doing here? This is my place. Your place is in the sea!”
“But, there is water in the river, right? So, this is also my place!” said Sura.
Then Sura and Baya fought again. They both hit each other. Sura bit Baya's tail. Baya did the same thing to Sura. He bit very hard until Sura finally gave up. He went back to the sea. Baya was very happy. He had his place again. The place where they were fighting was a mess. Blood was everywhere. People then always talked about the fight between Sura and Baya. They then named the place of the fight as Surabaya, it’s from Sura the shark and Baya the crocodile. People also put their fight as the symbol of Surabaya city.

a Story From West Java

The Legend Of Tangkuban Perahu

             Long time ago in west Java, Indonesia lived a beautiful girl. Her name was Dayang Sumbi.  She liked weaving very much.  Once she was weaving a cloth when one of her tool fell to the ground.  She was very tired at the time so she was too lazy to take it.  Then she just shouted outloud.

                ‘Anybody there?  Bring me my tool.  I will give you special present.  If you are female,  I will consider you as my sister.  If you are male, I will marry you’

                Suddenly a male dog, its name was Tumang, came.  He brought her the falling tool.  Dayang Sumbi was very surprised.  She regretted her words but she could not deny it.  So she had to marry Tumang.  Then they lived in a small village.  Several months later they had a son.  His name was Sangkuriang.  He was a handsome and healthy boy.

               Sangkuriang liked hunting very much.  He often went hunting to the wood using his arrow.  When he went hunting Tumang always with him.  In the past there were many deer in Java so Sangkuriang often hunted for deer.

               One day  Dayang Sumbi wanted to have deer’s heart so she asked Sangkuriang to hunt for a deer.   Then Sangkuriang went to the wood with his arrow and his faithful dog Tumang.  But after several days in the wood Sangkuriang could not find any deer.  They were all disappeared.  Sangkuriang was exhausted and desperate.  He did not want to disappoint her mother so he killed Tumang.  He did not know that Tumang was his father.  At home he gave Tumang’s heart to her mother.

              But Dayang Sumbi knew that it was Tumang’s heart.  She was so angry that she could not control her emotion.  She hit Sangkuriang at his head.  Sangkuriang was wounded.  There was  a scar in his head.    She also repelled her son.   Sangkuriang left her mother in sadness.

              Several years later, Sangkuriang became a strong young man.  He wandered  everywhere.     One day he arrived at his own village but he did not realized it.  There he met Dayang Sumbi.  At the time Dayang Sumbi was given an eternal beauty by God so she stayed young forever.  Both of them did not know each other.  So they fell in love and then they decided to marry.

             But then Dayang Sumbi realized a scar on his Sangkuriang’s head.  She knew that Sangkuriang was his son.  It was impossible for them to marry.  She told him but he did not believe her.  He wished that they marry soon.  So Dayang Sumbi gave a very difficult condition.  She wanted Sangkuriang to build a lake and a boat in one night!  She said she needed that for honeymoon.

             Sangkuriang agreed.  With the help of genie and spirits Sangkuriang tried to build them.  By midnight he had finished  the lake by building a dam in Citarum river.  Then he started building the boat.  It was almost dawn when he nearly finished it.  Meanwhile Dayang Sumbi kept watching on them.  She was very worried when she knew this.  So she made lights in the east.  Then the spirits thought that it was already dawn.  It was time for them to leave.  They left Sangkuriang alone.  Without their help he could not finish the boat.

             Sangkuriang was very angry.  He kicked the boat.  Then the boat turned out to be Mount Tangkuban Perahu.  It means boat upside down.  From a distant it looks like a boat upside down.

Mount Tangkuban Perahu

so, from the story we know that the moral values are:

1. Don't break a promise!

2. Be honest ya! :D

3. You can mention it.. kkkk~

The Mystical Story From Java

NYAI RARA KIDUL AND MATARAM KINGDOM

Long time ago, there was a beautiful princess named Dewi Kadita. Her mother was a queen of her father, King Siliwangi of Pajajaran Kingdom. They had been the most beautiful mother and daughter at Pajajaran. It was made the other wife of King Siliwangi jealous. So, the other wife  used something like black magic to change her body and her daughter’s.

 One day when Dewi Kadita woke up, she felt there was wrong with her body.  “aaaa, mother, what’s wrong with me?”, cried Dewi Kadita. what she saw in the mirror was the most horrible creature. Her skin became full with brown scales, which smelly yellowish secretion slowly appeared. Her lips were also blackened and wrinkled. She could hardly realized herself.

“mother!”, she screamed.

“yes, sweetheart”, her mother turned around from the bed and faced her. Both of them screamed at the top of their voice.

“mother, what happened to us?”, asked Dewi Kadita. Both were crying.

“i don’t know, Sweetheart”, said her mother, but actually she knew who did that to them.

The news spread quickly. King Siliwangi was told that they were bad luck for the kingdom. Then, the king forced them to leave the kingdom that night. They left the palace with no soldiers guarding.

They want to walk  to the neighbor kingdom, Mataram, but not knowing how to get there, they reached the southern coast of Java and finally they decided that they would walk along the coast to the east.

            On their seventh day and seventh night walking, Dewi’s mother said,”I can’t stand it anymore”. And Dewi answered,”mother!please be strong for me!”. “i’m sure there will be someone who can help us.”and the mother said,” leave me alone here, Go to Mataram. Try to meet King Panembahan Senopati and ask him for his mercy.” Then Dewi Kadita said,”I can’t leave you, mother. Hiks hiks hiks”. Her mother sat on her knees. Blood flowed from her nose. Then she fell, her breath was gone. Dewi screamed,” Mother! Please don’t go! Please don’t.”

           Suddenly a big wave pulled her mother’s body into the ocean. Dewi ran after the body, but the southern ocean was too powerful for the girl. She ended up sitting above a rock about a kilometer from the sea. She was so tired then she fell asleep on it.

While sleeping, she was sure that she heard her mother say,” jump into the water, sweetheart. It’s the only way to help you out of the curse.” When she woke up, with no second thought, she jump into the sea.

The violent ocean swallowed her. She was appeared to the surface of the sea about helplessly, up, down, twisted. “this is it”, she thought. “this is the end”.

            Only miracles could explain how amazed when she was opened her eyes. She was in a wonderful golden  palace on the bed of the ocean. She looked at the mirror, she couldn’t believe what she saw. She had become even more beautiful. She was dressed in green, which made a contrast to her bright skin.  She turned around and saw an unbelievable view. All the sea creatures were bowing to show their respect.” Long live the Queen of the South Sea”, they said. Only then, she realized that she was not a common human being anymore. The spirits of the ocean had crowned her to be their Queen and named her Nyai Rara Kidul, which in Javanese means ‘the beutiful majesty from the south’. “king Panembahan Senopati of Mataram Kingdom is having a meditation at the beach,my queen”, said the attendant. And Nyai Rara Kidul answered,”oh i see. I will see him, bring me there.”

            She looked the handsome king sitting on a rock. As she walked toward him, the king opened his eyes. They fell in love at once and the king asked her to be his wife. Nyai Rara Kidul said,” my mighty king, i’m honored to be your wife. But forgive me that i can’t be at your side as a normal as wife should, for iam the queen of the south sea. but, i will be loyal not only to you but also to your descendants, the kings of mataram. I will protect the kings and their people. But now, i will even help you conquer the Pajajaran Kingdom”.  The king smiled and nodded his head. “may i add one thing, Your Majesty? She added.”i will be the only one who is allowed to wear something green to honor my king. Maybe harm should be done to those who wear my sacred color at the southern coast”.

            To this day, people who visit the southern coast of Java respect and fear Nyai Rara Kidul by not wearing green near the beach.

pantai selatan jawa, parangtritis.

so my friends, from the story we know that the moral values are:

1. take a goodnessin the behind of a wickedness

2. make a relation and keep loyalty on the basis of goodness

3. etc...  you can mention it...