BALINESE SONG

Saturday, July 20, 2013

CUPAK AND GRANTANG


There was a widow who lived in a small village with her two sons. I Cupak, the older son, have an ugly face, he also greedy, impolite, lazy, idiotic, and cowardly. His younger brother, I Grantang, is a handsome boy, polite, good-hearted, clever, and deligent. It is said that both of them are the sons of the God Brahma, therefore they have very strong magic powers. One day, because Cupak was very dull and annoyed his mother, he was ordered to go away and not to come back home. Grantang who felt like being a loyal brother secretly followed his elder brother. Finally both of them arrived in a country which was in the confusion due to the wickedness of a giant. The supernaturally powered Grantang wanted to help the people. He went to a very deep well, where the giant hides hilself, followed by his elder brother. But the coward Cupak only helped him by holding a long rope to go down into the well.and soon after Grantang reached the bottom of the well Cupak took the rope. Instead of helping his younger brother to kill the giant Cupak certainly called on the King in order to recover the rewards.

Grantang who succeeded in defeating the giant used the bones of his enemy to climb up the surface. But how disappointed he was when found another turmoil caused by his elder brother.

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