Seven Princesses From Heaven Folktales from Maluku - Part II

Seven Princesses From Heaven Folktales from Maluku - Part I.
The prince carefully takes one pair of wings, than sneaks away.whoops!!! they almost saw hit; the seven goddesses are coming this away! Prince djafar’s heart is pounding! It seems that they have finished their bath and will soon be returning to the heavens (before the sun set and the rainbow disappears). With his arms fll of the stolen pair of wings, he hides behind the tree. His heart is still beating rapidly. This is the first time he has ever stolen anything, and he is sweating with fear. He tries to calm himself.
The seven goddesses wil soon disappear. They do not want to be cut off from the heavens when their rainbow ladder fades. They want to get home safely. One of the most beautiful goddesses is nervously looking for her wings. “oh, where are my wings” how can they have disappeared?”. “where didi you put them little sister yome?” asks one one of them. “over here, where all you elder sister put yours!” said the goddess yome. “little sister yome, are you sure you didn’t put them some where else?” “I am sure" “Okay, hurry up
everybody, we will help Little Sister Yome look for her wings.” “But Elder Sister, the rainbow will disappear soon. If we do not go home, our father the king will worry. He will not know where to find us. We did not ask his permission to come down here, did we?” asked another goddess. “Right. Sorry Little Sister Yome, we must leave you here alone. Take care of yourself and if the rainbow comes back to this place, we will come back forr you.”
They embraced tearfully, and then flew up to the heavens. Yome waved after them, she was very sad to be left behind by her sic sisters. She could not stop crying. She did not know when she would ever be able get back ome to see her father, who loved her very much. She cried woefully. As it begin to get dark, djafar siddiq emerged from his hiding place. Slowly, he approached the goddess yome. He bowed his head and respectfully addressed her. As the day slipped into months, yome laiwui began to fall in love with djafar sidiq. Then, she saw only his kindness to her, his politeness, and his devoutness. Later, they agreed to be married. The sultan of ternate was very happy and blessed their marriage. He gave yome laiwui a new name, nursyafah. Fifteen years later, djafar and nursyafah had three children. They thought their children well, and they were smart and devoutly religius. One day, nursyafah was giving their youngest child a bath in baileo house. She was washing him indoors because it was raining. To make si Bungsu (name of their youngest child) happy, she fetched a big tub and filled it with water. He usually bathed in the river behind their house. Si bungsu played happily in the tub.
To be Continued...