Once upon a time in Borneo, there lived a poor widow and her daughter. The girl was really beautiful. However, she was very lazy and spoiled. She loved to dress up every day, but never helped her mother.
One day, they went down to a village for buy something. A market was far away from their house. They walked there.
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The girl got dressed very nice and walked in front of her mother. While the mother walked behind, carried a basket, wore dirty clothes. Nobody knew they were mother and daughter.
While entering the nearby village, people looked at them. Young men were so fascinated by girl’s beauty. However, she was in contrast to a woman walking behind her. It made people wonder.
Some young men asked her whether woman was her mother. But the girl arrogantly replied that the old woman was her maid. More people asked her along the way to market. She gave a same answer that her mother was her slave.
Eventually, the mother was really hurt to hear her daughter’s answer. Mother prayed to God to punish her ungodly daughter.
Suddenly, girl stopped then slowly turned to be a stone. The daughter cried and apologized to her mother.
But it was too late. The pretty girl was turned into a stone forever but continued to tear her regret to her mother.
Answer these following questions!
1. The girl in the Legend of Crying Stone was beautiful but...
2. Where did the girl and her mother go in the story?