First Condensation

_{Bahasa Indonesia}

Dendam yang Membatu

Bandung Bondowoso menguasai kerajaan ayahku, yang dibunuhnya di medan tempur. Lalu ia datang ke istana dan terpesona padaku, entah karena cinta atau nafsu, namun rasa dendamku menjadi dinding penghalang untuknya.

"Bangunlah seribu candi untukku, selesaikan sebelum matahari terbit", itu permintaanku yang mustahil kepadanya. Ia menyiasatinya dengan mengerahkan pasukan dari bangsa jin. Aku gelisah, andai pagi segera menjelang, pikirku.

Pelayan-pelayan setiaku mengumpulkan jerami, lalu membakarnya, padi-padi juga mereka tumbuk dengan lesung. ayam-ayam jantan pun tertipu karenanya dan berkokok keras, mengejutkan para jin, "kita harus pergi!" teriak mereka.

Kegagalan dan kemarahannya menyihirku menjadi candi. Biarlah aku membatu bersama dendamku.

_English

Petrified Grudge

Bandung Bondowoso took over my father's kingdom, whom killed on the battlefield. He came to palace and fascinated with me, whether for love or lust, but my grudge became a barrier.

"Build a thousand temples for me, finish them before sunrise", my impossible request. He asked the jinns to help. In restlessness, I hoped morning came soon.

My servants gathered straw and burned it, rices also pounded, the roosters were fooled and crowed loudly, startling the jinns, "we must go!" they shouted.

His failure and anger bewitched me into a temple. Let me be petrified with my grudge.

---

---

Reflection

• I put the story from the perspective of a Roro Jonggrang, which is different from the first version of the story that I told from the side of an innocent viewer of a mythical movie.

• A new title that shows the main core of the conflict in the story, I pulled out to provide a dramatic story presentation for the reader, where the word "grudge" is also repeated in the initial paragraph and the final paragraph to create reinforcement and connection to the story.

• There was no need to change the plot and situation of the story, I just changed and looked for the right words to modify the story to better represent the feelings of a woman.

---

This is my offering for task 1 in week 3 of the microwrite learning workshop, hopefully my teachers @joslud and @solperez are happy with my first condensation.