There was once a widow by the name Men Leket (Mrs. Leket), living at the edge of the forest with only her son, I Leket. One day when I Leket went out to catch birds, there came a big monkey to their hut asking for food; thus, Men Leket trembled with fear. She wanted to scream but she knew nobody would come, because nobody lived. She tried to calm herself.

Then she spoke: “Hey, you monkey, go away, I don’t have any rice, I haven’t cooked anything.” When she said that, the monkey didn’t believe her. He forcefully entered the kitchen. Since men Leket truly didn’t cook, the monkey didn’t find anything. There was a dove hung at the edge of the roof of her hut. That bird was asked by the monkey to be grilled.

She spoke: “Hey you, don’t ask me to grill the bird. That’s the only bird belonging to my son. It was only yesterday my son caught it. When he returns, he’ll certainly be angry with me.” The monkey shouted: “Hey, you don’t want to do it? I’ll surely strangle your neck.” When the monkey said so, she did what she was told. Well, when it was cooked, it was given the monkey, he ate it greedily. Soon the monkey went away.

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I Durma, Balinese hero, was a son of Rajapala (a mankind) and Ken Sulasih (angel). When he was a baby, his father sent him to become a servant in king’s palace, and his mother already left him to heaven.

Although as an orphan, I Durma did not have a less confidence, he grown up as a smart and handsome boy. He was honest and just even the king loved him so much.

One day, he heard that his father still alive and stayed in the jungle as a holy man. This newly found fact made him eager to meet his father. He asked a permit to the King to start a journey to find his father, but the king did not allowed him to go because he was too young. I Durma convince the king that he could handle the journey and promised to come back as soon as he met his father.
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