Story Telling of Kabayan " WHY SI KABAYAN NEVER BECAME RICH"

Si Kabayan and his wife went to Mount Gede for praying and fasting and meditating, so that their wish to become rich might be granted them. One day, in the midst of their meditations, a god appeared to them

“Kabayan,” said the god. “I granted you two wishes. But only two. You had better talk it over with your wife before you make them.”

Kabayan and his wife had a lengthy discussion about what they should wish for. It had simply impossible for them to agree. Kabayan wanted to wish for a great amount of money, but his wife thought they should wish for abundant supply of rice. Finally Kabayan become so annoyed with his wife that he said, “I wish the gods would turn you into a monkey !”

Immediately Kabayan’s wish was granted, and he saw his wife transformed into a monkey before his very eyes. This is he could not bear, and so he wished that his wife would become herself again. His wish was promptly granted.

But these two wishes Kabayan’s chance to ask for wealth was gone, and he and his wife remained poor as long as they lived