The Stone Flower

A long long time ago, the people of Wanakerta kingdom were very worried because Queen Dewi Kalasekti had suffered from a strange illness for a long time. Doctors and shamans were ordered to cure the Queen, but she wasn’t healed.
Meanwhile, the high priest of the kingdom was praying to God, when he heard a voice echoing,” The Queen can be cured by the stone flower. This flower has no leaves and or stem. It is white. It grows on a stone hill in the same direction of the sunset.”
Well, the Queen then ordered Tumenggung Arungbinang to search for the flower. Tumenggung Arungbinang was a brave, honest, and loyal nobleman.
It so happened then, Tumenggung Arungbinang followed the direction of the sunset. Finally he arrived at a steep hill slope near the South Sea. What happened then? He climbed up the hill. But alas ! as he was climbing up the hill, he slipped and slid down, he rolled over and fell down unconscious.
Slowly, he woke up and you know what? He saw a beautiful princess treating his wound gently. Then, she fed him with some hot soup
“ Who are you? Are you a princess?”, asked Tumenggung Arungbinang.
“ I am Dewi Tisnawati, the guardian fairy who guards the stone flower garden.”, said Dewi Tisnawati gently. “It’s God’s will that the first man who comes here will be husband to be. I’ve been waiting for you for a long time”.
“But….but… I have to get the stone flower for my queen, princess. She is terribly ill”, said Arungbinang.
“Don’t worry. You’ll recover soon and I’ll show you the way to get the flower.”
So to cut a long story, Tumenggung Arungbinang managed to get the stone flower with the help of Dewi Trisnawati. Do you know what the stone flower was? It was actually a swallow’s nest ang made of the bird’s saliva when it was sleeping. The nest was stuck on the cave wall of Karangbolong hill.
“Would you come back to marry me after you have finished your task?”, said Dewi Trisnawati. “Yes you have my word, Dewi,” replied Tumenggung Arungbinang.
Arungbinang took the flower to the Queen and the stone flower was made into soup and given to the Queen. Day by day, the Queen was getting healthier and healthier. The Queen touched by Arungbinang’s story and give her blessing for Arungbinang to marry Dewi Trisnawati.
So in the end, Tumenggung Arungbinang and Dewi Trisnawati got married and lived happily ever after at Kalangbolong hill.