Dongeng Berbahasa Inggris

Willem and Irene 

Hundreds years ago, in an abandoned village which was located in North Netherland, there lived Hendrik’s and Jansen’s families. Jansen’s familly had a daughter named Irene and Hendrik’s had a son named Willem. Willem and Irene were dilligent kids. Willem always helped his father repairing some broken nets. Irene always helped her mother who was food seller on the beach. Like most of another villagers did, Mr. Jansen and Mr. Hendrik made their living by sailing.

One day, Willem and Irene were waiting for their fathers around the pier. One by one, the fishermans arrived and their families welcomed them. The beautiful morning turned into a windy day. Irene and Willem hadn’t seen any signs that their fathers were coming.

Irene decided to ask a fisherman “Excuse me Sir, did you see our fathers?”

“Oh yes, I did. I saw them in the middle of sea. I think they’re going to north. They said that they wanted to catch more tunas” answered the fisherman.

Seeing the dark sky above her, Irene became silent. She was scared till her knees became weak and she fell down on her knees.

“Oh Daddy” She cried.

“Hey, Don’t worry, Irene” amused Willem “They will be okay”

“Look above, Willem! Can’t you see the dark sky?” Irene cried even more “What if they’re trapped on storm and their boat is drown? Oh, I wish I could help them.”

“Of course we could help our fathers”

“Really? How?” Asked Irene.

“We can pray”  Answered Willem so certainly.

Irene looked at Willem so deeply, “Would God listen to our pray?”

“Of course, Irene. Because  God leads evertyhing. We have to pray so that God will make  those clouds dissapear and the wind will be still”

Then, they knelt and prayed to God so devoulty. Suddenly, the dark clouds dissapeared, and  the wind became still. A momment later, a boat came up.

“Look! That’s our fathers!” Said Irene.

She was right, that was their fathers’s boat. The two kids were so happy. They ran up and hugged they beloved fathers.

Wow, their fathers brought so many tunas! One of them was a giant tuna. No one had ever caught such a giant tuna before. Mr. Jansen and Mr. Hendrik were so blessed. They taught they would be trapped on strom, but suddenly everything went right like something magic happened. Irene and Willem just smiled.

They brought their giant tuna to the fish market and a young men was interested and bought that giant tuna.

“I am going to hold a party tonight” Said the young men. “Will you guys join, and eat this giant tuna together?”

Jansen’s and Hendrik’s accepted the invitation. Mrs. Jansen offered herself to cook the food. Willem and Irene cleaned the tuna. While cleaning the inside of tuna, a glare stuff fell down, Irene  put it.

“OMG! What a beautiful ring it is!” Irene was astonished “It must be so expensive! I really want to own it”

“No, Irene! Don’t!” said Willem “This ring was inside the tuna which has been bought by that young men. So it is his, not ours! Let’s bring it back to him”

Immediatly, they gave the diamond ring to the young men. He was amazed, “Supposed these kids didn’t give it to me, I wouldnt even know that there was a diamond ring inside my tuna. They’re so amazing” Said the young men to his self.

Then, he took off his coat which was covering his royal outfits. Apparently, he was Prince Gregory who was disguising in abandoned place.

He smiled, “You two are honest kids” He said, “I really appreciate it. Tommorow, I would love to take you, Willem, to the palace. You’ll be my private guard. And Irene, My mother is always wishing for a daughter. Will you be my sister?”

And then, because of their honesty, Irene and Willem lived happily in the palace ever after.

Moral value : “Be honest everytime and everywhere”

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