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REGIONAL SCHOOL PROJECT 2000
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The Origin of Mermaid
by Fatmawati
Long time ago there was a couple with three children. Every morning they ate breakfast together.
After breakfast, the father went to the farm. That was their daily custom.
One morning, they ate together with fish as side dish. As usual, after then the father went to the farm..
The moment he about to leave to the farm, he spoke to his wife.
" mom( honey), would you please keep the leftover fish for dinner."
" All right dad, I will keep the leftover fish" replied the wife."
The father then went to the farm. His wife kept the remaining fish in the cupboard
At noon, the mother with her three children ate together. Suddenly the youngest kid cried. The kid cried and rolled asking for fish.
The mother could not stand seeing her child crying. So she gave the leftover fish to the youngest kid. Then the kid stopped crying.
The sun started setting. The father went home from the farm. When the night came, father asked his wife to serve dinner. Later the father asked some questions to the mother.
" mom, where is the remaining fish from this morning " asked the father.
" sorry dad, our youngest kid was crying " replied the mother.
" why was he crying ?"
" he was crying asking for fish. he wanted to eat with fish as side dish, so then I gave the leftover fish to him."
The father was angry. He stopped eating. However, the mother remain quiet. She did not say a single word. She only apologized because she felt guilty.
" I am sorry, dad. I've made a mistake " said the mother.
" I don't want to know. I've told you to keep the leftover fish " snapped the father.
" I have kept the leftover but the youngest kid rolled asking for fish. I could not stand seeing him. That is why I gave him the fish. "
It had already dark. The father was still angry. As the night becoming late he became more angry.
The mother kept on crying. That night she left the house and went to the sea.
The three kids already slept soundly. While the father still angry.
The next morning, after waking up, the children looked for their mother. They seek to and fro, but they did not succeed in finding her.
Later, the oldest kid asked his brothers to find their mother to the sea.
" let's try to find her in the sea " said the oldest kid.
" why to the sea, brother " asked the youngest.
" yeah, maybe mommy went there " replied the oldest.
" did mother look for fish in the sea, brother " asked the youngest.
" yeah, she maybe looked for fish in the sea, since you cried for fish yesterday " said the oldest kid.
Upon arriving to the sea, they called their mother, while singing.
Mommy go home, mommy go home, the youngest child wants to be breastfed.
After singing for some times, suddenly their mother appeared from the sea. She then breastfed the youngest kid. After that she told her children to go home.
They obeyed the mother's order. They went home. But until nightfall the mother did not showed up. Therefore the next day they went back to the sea.
Early in the morning, they caught up the mother in the sea. Upon arriving in the sea, they calling their mother while singing.
Mommy go home, mommy go home, the youngest child wants to be breastfed
After singing for three times, their mother appeared from the sea and breastfed the youngest kid. However, at that time their mother's body began scaly. Finally the kids were terrified.
They could not believe that the scaly woman was their mother. There fore they kept on walking along the beach with no direction
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