Ande Ande Lumut

Assalamu’alaikum Wr.Wb.

            Good afternoon, guys. How are you today? First, I wanna ask you about something. Do you ever hear a story in title “Ande – Ande Lumut” ? I’m sure all of you know the story or even ever tell it to your friends. Okay, the honorable teacher and my beloved friends. This is the story.

Ande Ande Lumut

            Long time ago in East Java, there stood twin kingdoms, Jenggala and Kediri.  The kingdoms were once united under Kahuripan Kingdom. To avoid war, the kingdoms decided to reunite through a marriage of the kings’ children. They were Raden Panji Asmarabangun and Dewi Sekartaji.

One day,  Jenggala was attacked by a large number of people. When the war broke out, Dewi Sekartaji ran away and hid out in a desolate village. There she met a wealthy widow called Nyai Intan. Nyai Intan had three beautiful daughters, Klenting Abang, Klenting Ijo, and Klenting Biru. Then, Nyai Intan took Dewi Sekartaji as her child and gave her a name, Klenting Kuning.

“Klenting Kuning, as a good girl, you must do all the housekeeping and cooking in the house. While I and my lovely daughters will go to the market. Bye” said Nyai Intan.

Klenting Kuning was more like a servant than a child. Nyai Intan and her daughters often scolded her and treated her badly.

 In the meantime in Jenggala, Panji Asmarabangun with his soldiers were looking for his wife, Dewi Sekartaji. Then, in one afternoon, a soldier came up to him.

“I have good news for you, Your Highness,” reported the man.

“Did you find anything?” asked the prince.

“I saw a girl that looked like the princess, Your Highness, in a small village. But I’m not sure yet that she was her because she was only a village girl who worked for a rich widow.”

`In the next few days, Panji Asmarabangun and his soldiers decided to go to Dadapan, a village that not far from where Klenting Kuning lived. Under the name of Ande-Ande Lumut, Panji Asmarabangun stayed in a modest house of an old widow called Mbok Randa. He soon announced to the people that he was holding a contest to find a wife.

Klenting Abang, Klenting Ijo, and Klenting Biru were so happy to hear that. They dressed up as beautiful as possible to win the prince’s heart.

“We should always look pretty, sister. Mother will be glad if one of us becomes a princess,” said Kleting Abang.

On the due day, the girls seemed ready. They put on their best dresses and jewelry. When they were wearing their make up, Kleting Kuning came up to them.

“Wow girls, you look so beautiful!” said her.

“Hi, Kleting Kuning! Do you want to take part in the contest too?” asked Klenting Abang.

“That’s unlikely. You don’t even have a dress. You certainly can’t go out there in such a terrible look,” mocked Klenting Ijo.

“Hahaha! That’s right. You can’t go to the contest. You’d better stay home and finish your job. Go, do the laundry!” shouted Klenting Biru while pointing at a pile of their dirty clothes.

Kleting Kuning took the dirty clothes and went to a nearby river. She actually did not want to go to the contest because she loved her husband so much, Raden Panji Asmarabangun. Suddenly a bird approached her. It talked like a human and grabbed a whip in its feet.

“O princess! Quickly, go to the contest in Dadapan. There you will meet your husband. Take this whip, you may need it,” said the bird, putting the whip on a stone next to Klenting Kuning.

Klenting Kuning rushed back home and dressed up for the contest. By that time, Nyai Intan and her three daughters reached the bank of Bengawan Solo River. But they could not get across a river that deep and wide.

“Mother, how can we get across?” asked Kleting Ijo in confusion.

“Yes, mother. What do we do now?” added Kleting Biru.

“Wait, wait. Look at that! What is that?” said Kleting Abang.

Suddenly, a giant crab floated upon the stream. They did not know that the crab was Yuyu Kangkang, Ande Ande Lumut’s henchman assigned to test the participants. Yuyu Kangkang would help them to across the river if they kissed him. You know? Klenting Abang and her two sisters agreed. One by one they kissed the crab. After that, Yuyu Kangkang told them to get on his back and took them across.

Not long afterwards, Klenting Kuning showed up at the river bank.

“Do you need help, girl?” asked Yuyu Kangkang.

“Can you get me across?” asked Klenting Kuning.

“Ha… ha… ha!! I can do that, but I have a condition. I want you to kiss me.”

“What! Impossible! I don’t want to kiss you because I have a husband.” refused her.

Klenting Kuning lashed the stream with her whip, making the river water dwindle.

“Hey, don’t be angry. Well, get on my back! I will take you across and even to Dadapan Village.”

“Thank you, sir”

In Mbok Randa’s house, the ladies showed off their beauties in front of Ande Ande Lumut. But he did not seem impressed by any of them. Nyai Intan went forward and got on her knees before the prince.

“Take one of my daughters, prince. They are all beautiful, aren’t they?” Nyai Intan begged.

“They are indeed charming. But I am not going to pick any of them,” said Ande Ande Lumut. “Guards! Lead that lady in yellow dress here!” commanded him, referring to Kleting Kuning.

“Am I, Your Highness?” said Klenting Kuning.

“I will take you as wife. Will you say yes?” asked the prince.

Everyone in the place was surprised, moreover Nyai Intan and her daughters.

“I’m sorry, Your Highness! Why do you pick that rakish woman instead of my daughters?” asked Nyai Intan.

 “Nyai Intan! Just so you know why I don’t choose your daughters. It is because they have been disgraced by Yuyu Kangkang, the giant crab. I pick this lady because she is still clean. She refused to kiss the crab.”

Afterwards, Ande-Ande Lumut revealed to Kleting Kuning who he really was. So, they went back to the palace and lived happily ever after.

Okay guys, what we can learn from the story? Oh! As a good human, we have to keep our honor and never do a cruel thing. Well, this is my story. Thanks for your attention. See you next time and bye.

Wassalamu’alaikum Wr.Wb.

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