BATU BELAH BATU BERTANGKUP

BATU BELAH
BATU BERTANGKUP

NAMA : NUR ALYA FAQIHAH
BINTI MOHD FAZLI

CLASS: 4 AMETHYST
NAMA GURU : PN. NUREZZATI

Today I want to tell you
about :

Batu Belah Batu Bertangkup

BATU BELAH BATU
BERTANGKUP

This story about a poor widow (Mak
Melur) with two children who are still
small. The eldest is a girl (Melur), while
the youngest was a boy (Pekan).The
mother had to take all responsible to
take care her child after her husband
died. She making all sorts of work like
farming, maid and catch fish. She make a
lot of works to make sure they did not
die from starvation.

One day, Mak Melur was able to catch a Temakul
fish with eggs. Once the fish is cooked, she told his
daughter to give his little son eat because she still had
some work to do. Before going, she remind to her
daughter to keep some fish eggs that have been cooked
because she want to eat when get home. So, the mother
leave them and go to continue her work. Then Melur
serves a dish to Pekan. Her brother love to eat fish
eggs, so he eat all of them and no more except the last
she keep for her mother. Pekan crying and still want
that egg fish, although her sister told that was for the
mother. Melur feel pity for him and give the remaining
fish eggs Temakul to her brother.

When Mak Melur back from work and she upset
when she know, all the egg fish was eaten by her son.
She feel frustrated and sad, so decided to go to the
sides of the stone called " batu belah batu bertangkup".
She ran into the rocks and saying please swallow me, i
really upset with my son. She repeatedly, while running
to the side of that stone. Seeing the situation, Melur
begging to her mother. She said "mother, mother
...please do not, do not leave us". Mak Melur do not listen
to her son and move to the side of that stone. Then she
got swallow by that stone. The sister and brother crying
all the days.

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