Raden
Putra was the king of Jenggala kingdom. He had a beautiful queen and concubine.
Unlike the queen, the concubine had bad personalities. She was envious and
jealous with the queen, so she planned to make the queen leave the palace. The
concubine then asked the royal healer to help her in her plan. One day, the
concubine pretended to be ill. Raden Putra called the royal healer to give the
concubine treatments. “What is her disease?” Raden Putra asked the royal
healer. “I’m very sorry, My Majesty. She is sick because the queen put poison
in her meal,” the royal healer lied.
Raden
Putra was shock and angry to hear the explanation. He called the queen and
asked her if the story was true. Of course the queen denied, but Raden Putra
won’t listen. “Please Your Majesty, have mercy. I really didn’t do anything,”
cried the queen in her tears. Raden Putra’s anger ended in a decision. The
queen should be banished to the woods and terminated. He did not know that the
queen was already pregnant. Raden Putra commanded one of his general to do the
punishment. The queen was banished to the woods, but the wise general didn’t
have the heart to kill her. He built a simple house in the woods for her. On
his way back to the palace, he smeared his sword with rabbit blood, so Raden
Putra would believe that he had killed the queen.
After
the general left, the queen lived by herself in the woods. Several months
later, she gave birth to a healthy baby boy. The baby was named Cindelaras. He
grew up as a nice, healthy, and handsome boy. One day, while Cindelaras helped
her mother to collect some fire woods, an eagle dropped an egg. Cindelaras
brought the egg to be brooded by a chicken behind their house. The egg hatched
into a chick and then it slowly became a strong rooster. The rooster is no
ordinary rooster. The rooster could sing. Every morning, the rooster woke
Cindelaras up with its beautiful song, “My master is Cindelaras. His house is
in the woods. He’s the son of Raden Putra.” The rooster often sang that song.
Cindelaras
always woke up early in the morning and listen happily to his rooster’s song.
He didn’t realize the meaning of the song until one day, he started to think.
“Who is Raden Putra?” he asked his mother. The queen then told him the whole
story. She also told him why they were banned from the kingdom and lived in the
woods. Cindelaras was very surprised. He decided to go to the palace to meet
the king, his father. Cindelaras asked her mother’s permission to go to the
kingdom and to tell the king what really happened. He also brought his rooster
that grew bigger and stronger each day.
On
his way, Cindelaras stopped at a village. There, he met some people who were
involved in cockfighting. They challenge him to see how strong his rooster was.
“If your rooster wins, you’ll get a reward,” said the man who challenged him.
Cindelaras accepted the challenge. In a few minutes, his rooster defeated the
opponent’s rooster. He was challenged again by other man, and one more time,
his rooster won. He won again and again.
The
news about Cindelaras’ rooster quickly spread to the whole Jenggala kingdom and
made Raden Putra curious. So, he invited Cindelaras to the palace. “What is
your name, boy?” Raden Putra asked as Cindelaras arrived in the palace. “My
name is Cindelaras, Your Majesty,” Cindelaras answered. He felt both thrilled
and happy to see Raden Putra.
Raden
Putra challenged Cindelaras with one condition. If Raden Putra’s rooster won,
Cindelaras’ head would be cut off. But if Cindelaras’ rooster won, Raden Putra
would share half of his wealth. Cindelaras accepted the condition. The
competition was held in the front yard of the palace. The two roosters fought
bravely. But in just a few minutes, Cindelaras’ rooster won the fight! Raden
Putra shook his head and stared at Cindelaras from his seat, “That rooster is
no ordinary rooster, and the boy is not an ordinaty boy either. Who is he
exactly?” he thought. Raden Putra was about to asked when suddenly Cindelaras’
rooster sang the song, “My master is Cindelaras. His house is in the woods.
He’s the son of Raden Putra.”
Raden
Putra was surprised. “Is it true?” he asked. “Yes, My Majesty. My name is
Cindelaras and my mother was the queen,” said Cindelaras. Raden putra called
the general who had banished the queen. The general then confessed that he
never killed the queen. Later, the royal healer also admitted his mistake.
Raden Putra was so shocked. He immediately went to the woods to pick up the
queen. Ever since, Cindelaras and his parents lived happily together. As for
the concubine, she was sent to the jail as punishment.
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