I Sugih and I Tiwas

Hi! Now, I really want to share a lot of folklore of Balinese for you. This story first I read when I was in elementary school. From this story, I think we can learn a lot of thing that nothing to loose when you love and nice to people. Have fun to read this story!

Once upon a time, there lived a woman named I Sugih (sugih means rich) and I Tiwas (tiwas means poor). I Sugih was really rich but really stingy. She really easy to felt jealous to her friends. She also never nice to poor people. That's a lot of people don't like to be frient with her. I Tiwas was a really poor, but she was always nice to people. She always collect firewood in the forest. So he can sell it for some money.

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One day, I Tiwas went to I Sugih's house to asked for fire from her kitchen to light her firewood so she can cook at home. But, I Sugih said that she will give her the fire once she help her to clean her hair from her head lice. I Tiwas agreed and helped her to do it till noon. After I Tiwas finished, I Sugih Gave her the fire that she asked before and some rice to cook. 

After I Tiwas left, I sugih still felt itchy on her head. Then, she found an lice left. She was really angry. She thought that I Tiwas did not do her job properly. He went to I Tiwas's house and showed the lice that she found by herself. I Sugih said that she will take the fire and the rice back. Then, I Tiwas said. "But I already cooked it." Then I Sugih said. "It's not a big problem. I will take the rice that you cooked and some your firewood instead of the fire". After I Sugih took them, she left I Tiwas 's house. I Tiwas could not do anything. She just can't believed I Sugih could do that to her.

Another day, I sugih went to I Tiwas's house and told her to her to pounding all of her rice and she will give her two cups of rice once she finished. I Tiwas Agreed. I Tiwas did pounding the rice until the sun went down. After she finished, I Sugih gave her two cups of rice. I Tiwas really happy and cooked the rice at home. 

After I Tiwas left, I Sugih saw some rice not pounding well. So, again she was very angry to I Tiwas. Then, She went to I Tiwas's house to get her rice back. But, the rice already cooked. Again, I Sugih did such a rude things again to I Tiwas. She took the rice that already cooked by I Tiwas. She even took the place of the rice as well,

One day, I Tiwas went to a forest to collect some firewood and fand to cook at home. While she was collecting the firewood, she saw a deer. The deer came to her and asked her. "What are you doing?" Then, I Tiwas answer. "I am collecting some firewood and fand to cooked." Then, The deer asked her again for help. "Could you help me to get something stuck in my butt? You can have it once you can take it out." Then, she took the things out. She was really surprised. It was a bunch of gold! She really thankful to the deer. Now, I Tiwas became a rich woman. Now she could wearnig a nice clothes and some jewelry. 

One day, I Sugih met with I Tiwas. I Sugih was really surprised by her appearance now. Then, I Sugih asked her how she could become richer. I Tiwas love to sharing. So, she told I Sugih the truth. Then, I Sugih got an idea to do the same thing as I Tiwas did. She dress up like a poor woman and went to the forest. She did meet the deer. She was very happy. She couldn't stop thinking that if she can get the gold, she may be the richest person in her village. But, when she touched the deer's butt and put in her hand into the deer's rectum, The deer made her hand stuck inside. Then, The deer ran around the forest so fast and made I Sugih really hurt. 

I Sugih begged to the deer to let her go, but the deer didn't listen. I Sugih said that she won't do this kind of thing again. She again and again and again begged to the deer. Then, the deer threw I Sugih into a cliff. I Sugih got a really serious injury. After She woke, She realised that she could not walking properly. So she went home by crawling. After that, she had to just stay at home for a long time and doing nothing to heal herself.

The end