THE FROG-PRINCE

One fine evening a young princess put on her bonnet and clogs, and went out to take a walk by herself in a wood; and when she came to a cool spring of water, that rose in the midst of it, she sat herself down to rest a while. Now she had a golden ball in her hand, which was her favourite plaything; and she was always tossing it up into the air, and catching it again as it fell. After a time she threw it up so high that she missed catching it as it fell; and the ball bounded away, and rolled along upon the ground, till at last it fell down into the spring. The princess looked into the spring after her ball, but it was very deep, so deep that she could not see the bottom of it. Then she began to bewail her loss, and said, ‘Alas! if I could only get my ball again, I would give all my fine clothes and jewels, and everything that I have in the world.’
Whilst she was speaking, a frog put its head out of the water, and said, ‘Princess, why do you weep so bitterly?’
‘Alas!’ said she, ‘what can you do for me, you nasty frog? My golden ball has fallen into the spring.’ The frog said, ‘I want not your pearls, and jewels, and fine clothes; but if you will love me, and let me live with you and eat from
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off your golden plate, and sleep upon your bed, I will bring you your ball again.’ ‘What nonsense,’ thought the princess, ‘this silly frog is talking! He can never even get out of the spring to visit me, though he may be able to get my ball for me, and therefore I will tell him he shall have what he asks.’ So she said to the frog, ‘Well, if you will bring me my ball, I will do all you ask.’ Then the frog put his head down, and dived deep under the water; and after a little while he came up again, with the ball in his mouth, and threw it on the edge of the spring. As soon as the young princess saw her ball, she ran to pick it up; and she was so overjoyed to have it in her hand again, that she never thought of the frog, but ran home with it as fast as she could. The frog called after her, ‘Stay, princess, and take me with you as you said,’ But she did not stop to hear a word.
The next day, just as the princess had sat down to dinner, she heard a strange noise—tap, tap—plash, plash— as if something was coming up the marble staircase: and soon afterwards there was a gentle knock at the door, and a little voice cried out and said:
’Open the door, my princess dear, Open the door to thy true love here! And mind the words that thou and I said
By the fountain cool, in the greenwood shade.’


Then the princess ran to the door and opened it, and there she saw the frog, whom she had quite forgotten. At this sight she was sadly frightened, and shutting the door as fast as she could came back to her seat. The king, her father, seeing that something had frightened her, asked her what was the matter. ‘There is a nasty frog,’ said she, ‘at the door, that lifted my ball for me out of the spring this morning: I told him that he should live with me here, thinking that he could never get out of the spring; but there he is at the door, and he wants to come in.’
While she was speaking the frog knocked again at the door, and said:
’Open the door, my princess dear, Open the door to thy true love here! And mind the words that thou and I said
By the fountain cool, in the greenwood shade.’

Then the king said to the young princess, ‘As you have given your word you must keep it; so go and let him in.’ She did so, and the frog hopped into the room, and then straight on—tap, tap—plash, plash— from the bottom of the room to the top, till he came up close to the table where the princess sat. ‘Pray lift me upon chair,’ said he to the princess, ‘and let me sit next to you.’ As soon as she had done this, the frog said, ‘Put your plate nearer to me,


that I may eat out of it.’ This she did, and when he had eaten as much as he could, he said, ‘Now I am tired; carry me upstairs, and put me into your bed.’ And the princess, though very unwilling, took him up in her hand, and put him upon the pillow of her own bed, where he slept all night long. As soon as it was light he jumped up, hopped downstairs, and went out of the house. ‘Now, then,’ thought the princess, ‘at last he is gone, and I shall be troubled with him no more.’
But she was mistaken; for when night came again she heard the same tapping at the door; and the frog came once more, and said:
’Open the door, my princess dear, Open the door to thy true love here! And mind the words that thou and I said
By the fountain cool, in the greenwood shade.’

And when the princess opened the door the frog came in, and slept upon her pillow as before, till the morning broke. And the third night he did the same. But when the princess awoke on the following morning she was astonished to see, instead of the frog, a handsome prince, gazing on her with the most beautiful eyes she had ever seen, and standing at the head of her bed.


He told her that he had been enchanted by a spiteful fairy, who had changed him into a frog; and that he had been fated so to abide till some princess should take him out of the spring, and let him eat from her plate, and sleep upon her bed for three nights. ‘You,’ said the prince,
‘have broken his cruel charm, and now I have nothing to wish for but that you should go with me into my father’s kingdom, where I will marry you, and love you as long as you live.’
The young princess, you may be sure, was not long in saying ‘Yes’ to all this; and as they spoke a gay coach drove up, with eight beautiful horses, decked with plumes of feathers and a golden harness; and behind the coach rode the prince’s servant, faithful Heinrich, who had bewailed the misfortunes of his dear master during his enchantment so long and so bitterly, that his heart had well-nigh burst.
They then took leave of the king, and got into the coach with eight horses, and all set out, full of joy and merriment, for the prince’s kingdom, which they reached safely; and there they lived happily a great many years.

THE TWELVE DANCING PRINCESSES

There was a king who had twelve beautiful daughters. They slept in twelve beds all in one room; and when they went to bed, the doors were shut and locked up; but every morning their shoes were found to be quite worn through as if they had been danced in all night; and yet nobody could find out how it happened, or where they had been.
Then the king made it known to all the land, that if any person could discover the secret, and find out where it was that the princesses danced in the night, he should have the one he liked best for his wife, and should be king after his death; but whoever tried and did not succeed, after three days and nights, should be put to death.
A king’s son soon came. He was well entertained, and in the evening was taken to the chamber next to the one where the princesses lay in their twelve beds. There he was to sit and watch where they went to dance; and, in order that nothing might pass without his hearing it, the door of his chamber was left open. But the king’s son soon fell asleep; and when he awoke in the morning he found that the princesses had all been dancing, for the soles of


their shoes were full of holes. The same thing happened the second and third night: so the king ordered his head to be cut off. After him came several others; but they had all the same luck, and all lost their lives in the same manner.
Now it chanced that an old soldier, who had been wounded in battle and could fight no longer, passed through the country where this king reigned: and as he was travelling through a wood, he met an old woman, who asked him where he was going. ‘I hardly know where I am going, or what I had better do,’ said the soldier; ‘but I think I should like very well to find out where it is that the princesses dance, and then in time I might be a king.’ ‘Well,’ said the old dame, ‘that is no very hard task: only take care not to drink any of the wine which one of the princesses will bring to you in the evening; and as soon as she leaves you pretend to be fast asleep.’
Then she gave him a cloak, and said, ‘As soon as you put that on you will become invisible, and you will then be able to follow the princesses wherever they go.’ When the soldier heard all this good counsel, he determined to try his luck: so he went to the king, and said he was willing to undertake the task.


He was as well received as the others had been, and the king ordered fine royal robes to be given him; and when the evening came he was led to the outer chamber. Just as he was going to lie down, the eldest of the princesses brought him a cup of wine; but the soldier threw it all away secretly, taking care not to drink a drop. Then he laid himself down on his bed, and in a little while began to snore very loud as if he was fast asleep. When the twelve princesses heard this they laughed heartily; and the eldest said, ‘This fellow too might have done a wiser thing than lose his life in this way!’ Then they rose up and opened their drawers and boxes, and took out all their fine clothes, and dressed themselves at the glass, and skipped about as if they were eager to begin dancing. But the youngest said,
‘I don’t know how it is, while you are so happy I feel very uneasy; I am sure some mischance will befall us.’ ‘You simpleton,’ said the eldest, ‘you are always afraid; have you forgotten how many kings’ sons have already watched in vain? And as for this soldier, even if I had not given him his sleeping draught, he would have slept soundly enough.’
When they were all ready, they went and looked at the soldier; but he snored on, and did not stir hand or foot: so they thought they were quite safe; and the eldest went up


to her own bed and clapped her hands, and the bed sank into the floor and a trap-door flew open. The soldier saw them going down through the trap-door one after another, the eldest leading the way; and thinking he had no time to lose, he jumped up, put on the cloak which the old woman had given him, and followed them; but in the middle of the stairs he trod on the gown of the youngest princess, and she cried out to her sisters, ‘All is not right; someone took hold of my gown.’ ‘You silly creature!’ said the eldest, ‘it is nothing but a nail in the wall.’ Then down they all went, and at the bottom they found themselves in a most delightful grove of trees; and the leaves were all of silver, and glittered and sparkled beautifully. The soldier wished to take away some token of the place; so he broke off a little branch, and there came a loud noise from the tree. Then the youngest daughter said again, ‘I am sure all is not right—did not you hear that noise? That never happened before.’ But the eldest said, ‘It is only our princes, who are shouting for joy at our approach.’
Then they came to another grove of trees, where all the leaves were of gold; and afterwards to a third, where the leaves were all glittering diamonds. And the soldier broke a branch from each; and every time there was a loud noise, which made the youngest sister tremble with fear;


but the eldest still said, it was only the princes, who were crying for joy. So they went on till they came to a great lake; and at the side of the lake there lay twelve little boats with twelve handsome princes in them, who seemed to be waiting there for the princesses.
One of the princesses went into each boat, and the soldier stepped into the same boat with the youngest. As they were rowing over the lake, the prince who was in the boat with the youngest princess and the soldier said, ‘I do not know why it is, but though I am rowing with all my might we do not get on so fast as usual, and I am quite tired: the boat seems very heavy today.’ ‘It is only the heat of the weather,’ said the princess: ‘I feel it very warm too.’ On the other side of the lake stood a fine illuminated castle, from which came the merry music of horns and trumpets. There they all landed, and went into the castle, and each prince danced with his princess; and the soldier, who was all the time invisible, danced with them too; and when any of the princesses had a cup of wine set by her, he drank it all up, so that when she put the cup to her mouth it was empty. At this, too, the youngest sister was terribly frightened, but the eldest always silenced her. They danced on till three o’clock in the morning, and then all their shoes were worn out, so that they were


obliged to leave off. The princes rowed them back again over the lake (but this time the soldier placed himself in the boat with the eldest princess); and on the opposite shore they took leave of each other, the princesses promising to come again the next night.
When they came to the stairs, the soldier ran on before the princesses, and laid himself down; and as the twelve sisters slowly came up very much tired, they heard him snoring in his bed; so they said, ‘Now all is quite safe’; then they undressed themselves, put away their fine clothes, pulled off their shoes, and went to bed. In the morning the soldier said nothing about what had happened, but determined to see more of this strange adventure, and went again the second and third night; and every thing happened just as before; the princesses danced each time till their shoes were worn to pieces, and then returned home. However, on the third night the soldier carried away one of the golden cups as a token of where he had been.
As soon as the time came when he was to declare the secret, he was taken before the king with the three branches and the golden cup; and the twelve princesses stood listening behind the door to hear what he would say. And when the king asked him. ‘Where do my twelve


daughters dance at night?’ he answered, ‘With twelve princes in a castle under ground.’ And then he told the king all that had happened, and showed him the three branches and the golden cup which he had brought with him. Then the king called for the princesses, and asked them whether what the soldier said was true: and when they saw that they were discovered, and that it was of no use to deny what had happened, they confessed it all. And the king asked the soldier which of them he would choose for his wife; and he answered, ‘I am not very young, so I will have the eldest.’—And they were married that very day, and the soldier was chosen to be the king’s heir.

Ucapan Ajaib dari Peri

Dahulu, ada seorang janda yang memiliki dua anak perempuan. Anak yang sulung angkuh dan pemarah seperti ibunya, sedangkan yang bungsu manis dan lemah lembut.

Sang ibu sangat memanjakan anaksulung nya yang memiliki sifat yang mirip dengannya, dan memperlakukan si bungsu dengan sangat buruk. Si bungsu disuruhnya melakukan hamper semua pekerjaan di rumah. Salah satu dari tugas si bungsu yang malang adalah berjalan kaki 1 kilometer jauhnya ke sebuah mata air dan membawa pulang air dalam sebuah ember besar.

Pada suatu hari saat si bungsu sedang mengambil air di mata air, seorang wanita tua datang dan meminta air untuk minum.


“Tunggu sebentar, akan kuambilkan air yang bersih untuk Ibu,” kata si bungsu kepada wanita tua itu. Diambilnya air yang paling jernih dan bersih, lalu diberikannya kepada wanita tua itu dengan menggunakan teko air agar dapat dengan mudah diminum.

Wanita tua yang sebenarnya adalah seorang peri itu berkata, “Kamu sangat sopan dan suka menolong, jadi akan kuberikan keajaiban untukmu. Setiap kata yang kamu ucapkan akan mengeluarkan sekuntum bunga, batu permata, dan mutiara dari mulutmu.”

Si bungsu tidak mengerti maksud wanita tua itu. Ia hanya tersenyum lalu berpamitan dan berjalan pulang.



Sesampainya di rumah, ibunya memarahinya karena terlalu lama membawakan air. Si bungsu meminta maaf kepada ibunya dan menceritakan kejadian yang dia alami, bahwa ia menolong seorang wanita tua yang kemudian memberinya keajaiban. Selama si bungsu bercerita, bunga-bunga, batu permata dan mutiara terus berjatuhan keluar dari mulutnya.

“Kalau begitu, aku harus menyuruh kakakmu pergi kesana.” Kata sang ibu. Lalu disuruhnya si sulung untuk pergi ke mata air dan apabila bertemu dengan seorang wanita tua, disuruhnya si sulung untuk bersikap baik dan menolongnya.

Si sulung yang malas tidak mau pergi berjalan kaki sejauh itu. Namun dengan tegas, ibunya menyuruhnya pergi, “Pergi kesana sekarang juga!!!” sambil menyelipkan wadah air dari perak ke dalam tas si sulung.

Sambil menggerutu si sulung berjalan menuju mata air. Saat tiba disana, ia berjumpa dengan wanita tua itu. Tapi kali ini wanita tua itu berpakaian indah bagaikan seorang ratu. Lalu, wanita tua itu meminta minum kepada si sulung

“Apa kamu kira aku datang sejauh ini hanya untuk memberimu minum? Dan jangan pikir kamu bisa minum dari wadah air perakku. Kalau mau minum ambil saja sendiri di mata air itu!” kata si sulung kepada wanita tua itu.

Karena sikapnya yang kasar, wanita tua yang sebenarnya seorang peri itu mengutuknya. “Untuk setiap kata yang kamu ucapkan, seekor katak atau ular akan berjatuhan keluar dari mulutmu!”

Saat tiba di rumah, si sulung menceritakan apa yang dialaminya kepada ibunya. Saat bercerita, beberapa ekor ular dan katak berjatuhan keluar dari mulutnya.

“Astaga!”, teriak ibunya jijik. “Ini semua gara-gara adikmu. Di mana dia?”

Sang ibu lalu pergi mencari si bungsu. Karena ketakutan, si bungsu lalu lari dan bersembunyi di hutan.

Seorang Pangeran yang sedang berburu terkejut melihat seorang gadis yang sedang menangis sendirian di hutan. Ketika Pangeran itu bertanya, dengan tersedu-sedu si bungsu menceritakan apa yang terjadi. Saat bercerita, bunga-bunga, mutiara serta batu permata pun berjatuhan dari mulutnya.

Pangeran jatuh hati kepada gadis yang baik itu. Dan Pangeran juga tahu ayahnya tidak akan keberatan mendapatkan seorang menantu yang baik seperti itu, apalagi dengan mutiara serta batu permata yang terus dihasilkannya. Maka Pangeran pun membawa si bungsu ke istana, lalu mereka menikah dan hidup berbahagia.

Sementara itu di rumah, sikap si sulung menjadi semakin memuakkan, dan ia pun terus menerus mengeluarkan katak serta ular dari mulutnya, sampai-sampai ibunya pun mengusirnya dari rumah.

Karena ia tidak tahu harus kemana dan tidak ada seorangpun yang mau menampungnya karena sifatnya yang buruk, ditambah dengan katak-katak dan ular-ular yang terus keluar dari mulutnya, maka akhirnya ia pun tinggal sendirian di tengah hutan.

Dongeng anak “Ucapan Ajaib dari Peri”, disadur dari berbagai sumber.

PUTRI MELATI WANGI

Di sebuah kerajaan, ada seorang putri yang bernama Melati Wangi. Ia seorang putri yang
cantik dan pandai. Di rumahnya ia selalu menyanyi. Tetapi sayangnya ia seorang yang
sombong dan suka menganggap rendah orang lain. Di rumahnya ia tidak pernah mau jika
disuruh menyapu oleh ibunya. Selain itu ia juga tidak mau jika disuruh belajar memasak.
"Tidak, aku tidak mau menyapu dan memasak nanti tanganku kasar dan aku jadi kotor",
kata Putri Melati Wangi setiap kali disuruh menyapu dan belajar memasak.
Sejak kecil Putri Melati Wangi sudah dijodohkan dengan seorang pangeran yang bernama
Pangeran Tanduk Rusa. Pangeran Tanduk Rusa adalah seorang pangeran yang tampan dan
gagah. Ia selalu berburu rusa dan binatang lainnya tiap satu bulan di hutan. Karena itu ia
dipanggil tanduk rusa.
Suatu hari, Putri Melati Wangi berjalan-jalan di taman. Ia
melihat seekor kupu-kupu yang cantik sekali warnanya. Ia
ingin menangkap kupu-kupu itu tetapi kupu-kupu itu segera
terbang. Putri Melati Wangi terus mengejarnya sampai ia
tidak sadar sudah masuk ke hutan. Sesampainya di hutan,
Melati Wangi tersesat. Ia tidak tahu jalan pulang dan
haripun sudah mulai gelap.
Akhirnya setelah terus berjalan, ia menemukan sebuah gubuk yang biasa digunakan para
pemburu untuk beristirahat. Akhirnya Melati Wangi tinggal digubuk tersebut. Karena
tidak ada makanan Putri Melati Wangi terpaksa memakan buah-buahan yang ada di hutan
itu. Bajunya yang semula bagus, kini menjadi robek dan compang camping akibat
tersangkut duri dan ranting pohon. Kulitnya yang dulu putih dan mulus kini menjadi hitam
dan tergores-gores karena terkena sinar matahari dan duri.
Setelah sebulan berada di hutan, ia melihat Pangeran Tanduk Rusa datang sambil
memanggul seekor rusa buruannya. "Hai Tanduk Rusa, aku Melati Wangi, tolong antarkan
aku pulang," kata Melati Wangi. "Siapa? Melati Wangi? Melati wangi seorang Putri yang
cantik dan bersih, sedang engkau mirip seorang pengemis", kata Pangeran Tanduk Rusa. Ia
tidak mengenali lagi Melati Wangi. Karena Melati Wangi terus memohon, akhirnya
Pangeran Tanduk Rusa berkata," Baiklah, aku akan membawamu ke Kerajaan ku".
Setelah sampai di Kerajaan Pangeran Tanduk Rusa. Melati Wangi di suruh mencuci,
menyapu dan memasak. Ia juga diberikan kamar yang kecil dan agak gelap. "Mengapa
nasibku menjadi begini?", keluh Melati Wangi. Setelah satu tahun berlalu, Putri Melati
Wangi bertekad untuk pulang. Ia merasa uang tabungan yang ia kumpulkan dari hasil
kerjanya sudah mencukupi. Sesampainya di rumahnya, Putri Melati Wangi disambut
gembira oleh keluarganya yang mengira Putri Melati Wangi sudah meninggal dunia.
Sejak itu Putri Melati Wangi menjadi seorang putri yang rajin.
Ia merasa mendapatkan pelajaran yang sangat berharga selama
berada di hutan dan di Kerajaan Pangeran Tanduk Rusa.
Akhirnya setahun kemudian Putri Melati Wangi dinikahkan
dengan Pangeran Tanduk Rusa. Setelah menikah, Putri Melati
Wangi dan Pangeran Tanduk Rusa hidup berbahagia sampai hari
tuanya.

cinderella

Di sebuah kerajaan, ada seorang anak perempuan yang
cantik dan baik hati. Ia tinggal bersama ibu dan kedua
kakak tirinya, karena orangtuanya sudah meninggal dunia.
Di rumah tersebut ia selalu disuruh mengerjakan seluruh
perkerjaan rumah. Ia selalu dibentak dan hanya diberi
makan satu kali sehari oleh ibu tirinya. Kakak-kakaknya
yang jahat memanggilnya "Cinderela". Cinderela artinya gadis yang kotor dan penuh dengan debu. "Nama yang cocok buatmu !" kata
mereka.
Setelah beberapa lama, pada suatu hari datang pengawal kerajaan yang menyebarkan
surat undangan pesta dari Istana. "Asyik! kita akan pergi dan berdandan secantikcantiknya.
Kalau aku jadi putri raja, ibu pasti akan gembira", kata mereka. Hari yang
dinanti tiba, kedua kakak tiri Cinderela mulai berdandan dengan gembira. Cinderela
sangat sedih sebab ia tidak diperbolehkan ikut oleh kedua kakaknya ke pesta di Istana.
"Baju pun kau tak punya, apa mau pergi ke pesta dengan baju sepert itu?", kata kakak
Cinderela.
Setelah semua berangkat ke pesta, Cinderela kembali ke kamarnya. Ia menangis sekeraskerasnya
karena hatinya sangat kesal. "Aku tidak bisa pergi ke istana dengan baju kotor
seperti ini, tapi aku ingin pergi.." Tidak berapa lama terdengar sebuah suara. "Cinderela,
berhentilah menangis." Ketika Cinderela berbalik, ia melihat seorang peri. Peri tersenyum
dengan ramah. "Cinderela bawalah empat ekor tikus dan
dua ekor kadal." Setelah semuanya dikumpulkan
Cinderela, peri membawa tikus dan kadal tersebut ke
kebun labu di halaman belakang. "Sim salabim!" sambil
menebar sihirnya, terjadilah suatu keajaiban. Tikustikus
berubah menjadi empat ekor kuda, serta kadalkadal
berubah menjadi dua orang sais. Yang terakhir,
Cinderela berubah menjadi Putri yang cantik, dengan
memakai gaun yang sangat indah.
Karena gembiranya, Cinderela mulai menari berputar-putar dengan sepatu kacanya
seperti kupu-kupu. Peri berkata, "Cinderela, pengaruh sihir ini akan lenyap setelah
lonceng pukul dua belas malam berhenti. Karena itu, pulanglah sebelum lewat tengah
malam. "Ya Nek. Terimakasih," jawab Cinderela. Kereta kuda emas segera berangkat
membawa Cinderela menuju istana. Setelah tiba di istana, ia langsung masuk ke aula
istana. Begitu masuk, pandangan semua yang hadir tertuju pada Cinderela. Mereka sangat
kagum dengan kecantikan Cinderela. "Cantiknya putri itu! Putri dari negara mana ya ?"
Tanya mereka. Akhirnya sang Pangeran datang menghampiri Cinderela. "Putri yang cantik,
maukah Anda menari dengan saya ?" katanya. "Ya!," kata Cinderela sambil mengulurkan
tangannya sambil tersenyum. Mereka menari berdua dalam irama yang pelan. Ibu dan
kedua kakak Cinderela yang berada di situ tidak menyangka kalau putri yang cantik itu
adalah Cinderela.
Pangeran terus berdansa dengan Cinderela. "Orang seperti andalah yang saya idamkan
selama ini," kata sang Pangeran. Karena bahagianya, Cinderela lupa akan waktu. Jam mulai
berdentang 12 kali. "Maaf Pangeran saya harus segera pulang..,". Cinderela menarik
tangannya dari genggaman pangeran dan segera berlari ke luar Istana.
Di tengah jalan, sepatunya terlepas sebelah, tapi
Cinderela tidak memperdulikannya, ia terus berlari.
Pangeran mengejar Cinderela, tetapi ia kehilangan jejak
Cinderela. Di tengah anak tangga, ada sebuah sepatu kaca
kepunyaan Cinderela. Pangeran mengambil sepatu itu. "Aku
akan mencarimu," katanya bertekad dalam hati. Meskipun
Cinderela kembali menjadi gadis yang
penuh debu, ia amat bahagia karena bisa pergi pesta.
Esok harinya, para pengawal yang dikirim Pangeran datang ke rumah-rumah yang ada anak
gadisnya di seluruh pelosok negeri untuk mencocokkan sepatu kaca dengan kaki mereka,
tetapi tidak ada yang cocok. Sampai akhirnya para pengawal tiba di rumah Cinderela.
"Kami mencari gadis yang kakinya cocok dengan sepatu kaca ini," kata para pengawal.
Kedua kakak Cinderela mencoba sepatu tersebut, tapi kaki mereka terlalu besar. Mereka
tetap memaksa kakinya dimasukkan ke sepatu kaca sampai lecet. Pada saat itu, pengawal
melihat Cinderela. "Hai kamu, cobalah sepatu ini," katanya. Ibu tiri Cinderela menjadi
marah," tidak akan cocok dengan anak ini!". Kemudian Cinderela menjulurkan kakinya.
Ternyata sepatu tersebut sangat cocok. "Ah! Andalah Putri itu," seru pengawal gembira.
"Cinderela, selamat..," Cinderela menoleh ke belakang, peri sudah berdiri di belakangnya.
"Mulai sekarang hiduplah berbahagia dengan Pangeran. Sim salabim!.," katanya.
Begitu peri membaca mantranya, Cinderela berubah menjadi seorang Putri yang
memakai gaun pengantin. "Pengaruh sihir ini tidak akan
hilang walau jam berdentang dua belas kali", kata sang
peri. Cinderela diantar oleh tikus-tikus dan burung yang
selama ini menjadi temannya. Sesampainya di Istana,
Pangeran menyambutnya sambil tersenyum bahagia.
Akhirnya Cinderela menikah dengan Pangeran dan hidup
berbahagia.

putri tidur

Dahulu kala, terdapat sebuah negeri yang dipimpin oleh raja yang sangat adil dan
bijaksana. Rakyatnya makmur dan tercukupi semua kebutuhannya. Tapi ada satu yang
masih terasa kurang. Sang Raja belum dikaruniai keturunan. Setiap hari Raja dan
permaisuri selalu berdoa agar dikaruniai seorang anak. Akhirnya, doa Raja dan permaisuri
dikabulkan. Setelah 9 bulan mengandung, permaisuri melahirkan seorang anak wanita yang
cantik. Raja sangat bahagia, ia mengadakan pesta dan mengundang kerajaan sahabat
serta seluruh rakyatnya. Raja juga mengundang 7 penyihir baik untuk memberikan
mantera baiknya.
"Jadilah engkau putri yang baik hati", kata penyihir
pertama. "Jadilah engkau putri yang cantik", kata penyihir
kedua. "Jadilah engkau putri yang jujur dan anggun", kata
penyihir ketiga. "Jadilah engkau putri yang pandai
berdansa", kata penyihir keempat. "Jadilah engkau putri
yang panda menyanyi," kata penyihir keenam. Sebelum
penyihir ketujuh memberikan mantranya, tiba-tiba pintu istana
terbuka. Sang penyihir jahat masuk sambil berteriak, "Mengapa aku tidak diundang ke
pesta ini?".
Penyihir terakhir yang belum sempat memberikan mantranya sempat bersembunyi dibalik
tirai. "Karena aku tidak diundang, aku akan mengutuk anakmu. Penyihir tua yang jahat
segera mendekati tempat tidur sang putri sambil berkata,"Sang putri akan mati tertusuk
jarum pemintal benang, ha ha ha ha!..". Si penyihir jahat segera pergi setelah
mengeluarkan kutukannya.
Para undangan terkejut mendengar kutukan sang penyihir jahat itu. Raja dan permaisuri
menangis sedih. Pada saat itu, muncullah penyihir baik yang ketujuh, "Jangan khawatir,
aku bisa meringankan kutukan penyihir jahat. Sang putri tidak akan wafat, ia hanya akan
tertidur selama 100 tahun setelah terkena jarum pemintal benang, dan ia akan terbangun
kembali setelah seorang Pangeran datang padanya", ujar penyihir ketujuh. Setelah
kejadian itu, Raja segera memerintahkan agar semua alat pemintal benang yang ada di
negerinya segera dikumpulkan dan dibakar.
Enam belas tahun kemudian, sang putri telah tumbuh menjadi seorang gadis yang cantik
dan baik hati. Tidak berapa lama Raja dan Permaisuri melakukan perjalanan ke luar negeri.
Sang Putri yang cantik tinggal di istana. Ia berjalan-jalan keluar istana. Ia masuk ke
dalam sebuah puri. Di dalam puri itu, ia melihat sebuah kamar yang belum pernah ia lihat
sebelumnya. Ia membuka pintu kamar tersebut dan ternyata di dalam
kamar itu, ia melihat seorang nenek sedang memintal
benang. Setelah berbicara dengan nenek tua, sang Putri
duduk di depan alat pemintal dan mulai memutar alat
pemintal itu. Ketika sedang asyik memutar alat pintal, tibatiba
jari sang Putri tertusuk jarum alat pemintal. Ia
menjerit kesakitan dan tersungkur di lantati. "Hi hi hi...
tamatlah riwayatmu!", kata sang nenek yang ternyata adalah si
penyihir jahat.
Hilangnya sang Putri dan istana membuat khawatir orang tuanya. Semua orang
diperintahkan untuk mencari sang Putri. Sang putri pun ditemukan. Tetapi ia dalam
keadaan tak sadarkan diri. "Anakku ! malang sekali nasibmu" ratap Raja. Tiba-tiba
datanglah penyihir muda yang baik hati. Katanya, "Jangan khawatir, Tuan Putri hanya akan
tertidur selama seratus tahun. Tapi, ia tidak akan sendirian. Aku akan menidurkan kalian
semua," lanjutnya sambil menebarkan sihirnya ke seisi istana. Kemudian, penyihir itu
menutup istana dengan semak berduri agar tak ada yang bisa masuk ke istana.
Seratus tahun yang panjang pun berlalu. Seorang pangeran dari negeri seberang
kebetulan lewat di istana yang tertutup semak berduri itu. Menurut cerita orang desa di
sekitar situ, istana itu dihuni oleh seekor naga yang mengerikan. Tentu saja Pangeran
tidak percaya begitu saja pada kabar itu. "Akan ku hancurkan naga itu,"
kata sang Pangeran. Pangeran pun pergi ke istana. Sesampai di
gerbang istana, Pangeran mengeluarkan pedangnya untuk
memotong semak belukar yang menghalangi jalan masuk.
Namun, setelah dipotong berkali-kali semak itu kembali
seperti semula. "Semak apa ini ?" kata Pangeran keheranan.
Tiba-tiba muncullah seorang penyihir muda yang baik hati.
"Pakailah pedang ini," katanya sambil memberikan sebuah yang
pangkalnya berkilauan.
Dengan pedangnya yang baru, Pangeran berhasil masuk ke istana. "Nah, itu dia menara
yang dijaga oleh naga." Pangeran segera menaiki menara itu. Penyihir jahat melihat
kejadian itu melalui bola kristalnya. "Akhirnya kau datang, Pangeran. Kau pun akan
terkena kutukan sihirku!" Penyihir jahat itu bergegas naik ke menara. Ia menghadang
sang Pangeran. "Hai Pangeran!, jika kau ingin masuk, kau harus mengalahkan aku terlebih
dahulu!" teriak si Penhyihir. Dalam sekejap, ia merubah dirinya menjadi seekor naga
raksasa yang menakutkan. Ia menyemburkan api yang panas.
Pangeran menghindar dari semburan api itu. Ia menangkis
sinar yang terpancar dari mulut naga itu dengan pedangnya.
Ketika mengenai pangkal pedang yang berkilau, sinar itu
memantul kembali dan mengenai mata sang naga raksasa.
Kemudian, dengan secepat kilat, Pangeran melemparkan
pedangnya ke arah leher sang naga. "Aaaa..!" Naga itu jatuh
terkapar di tanah, dan kembali
ke bentuk semula, lalu mati. Begitu tubuh penyihir tua itu lenyap, semak berduri yang
selama ini menutupi istana ikut lenyap. Di halaman istana, bunga-bunga mulai bermekaran
dan burung-burung berkicau riang. Pangeran terkesima melihat hal itu. Tiba-tiba penyihir
muda yang baik hati muncul di hadapan Pangeran.
"Pangeran, engkau telah berhasil menghapus kutukan atas istana ini. Sekarang pergilah ke
tempat sang Putri tidur," katanya. Pangeran menuju ke sebuah ruangan tempat sang Putri
tidur. Ia melihat seorang Putri yang cantik jelita dengan pipi semerah mawar
yang merekah. "Putri, bukalah matamu," katanya sambil
mengenggam tangan sang Putri. Pangeran mencium pipi sang
Putri. Pada saat itu juga, hilanglah kutukan sang Putri.
Setelah tertidur selama seratus tahun, sang Putri
terbangun dengan kebingungan. "Ah! apa yang terjadi?
Siapa kamu? Tanyanya. Lalu Pangeran menceritakan semua
kejadian yang telah terjadi pada sang Putri.
"Pangeran, kau telah mengalahkan naga yang menyeramkan. Terima kasih Pangeran," kata
sang Putri. Di aula istana, semua orang menunggu kedatangan sang Putri. Ketika melihat
sang Putri dalam keadaan sehat, Raja dan Permaisuri sangat bahagia. Mereka sangat
berterima kasih pada sang Pangeran yang gagah berani. Kemudian Pangerang
berkata, "Paduka Raja, hamba punya satu permohonan.
Hamba ingin menikah dengan sang Putri." Raja pun
menyetujuinya. Semua orang ikut bahagia mendengar hal
itu. Hari pernikahan sang Putri dan Pangeran pun tiba.
Orang berbondong-bondong datang dari seluruh pelosok
negeri untuk mengucapkan selamat. Tujuh penyihir yang
baik juga datang dengan membawa hadiah.