One day, Dewi Limaran was walking around in the garden. Suddenly, she saw disgusting ugly snail. “Yuck!” said Dewi Limaran and she threw it away into a river. She did not know that the snail was an old powerful witch.
The witch so angry, she cursed Dewi Limaran into a golden snail and threw the snail into the river.
The golden snail was drifting away in the river and got caught into a net of an old woman who was fishing in that river. The old woman was surprised to see a golden snail and she brought it back home.
When the old woman woke up in the morning, she was surprised to look that her house was cleaned, and she also had food on the table. She was thinking very hard about it. This condition was continued everyday in the morning.
“Who are you, young girl?” asked the old woman
“I am Dewi Limaran, Ma’am. A witched cursed me. I can change back as human only at night. The curse can be broken if I hear the melody from the holy gamelan.” explained Dewi Limaran
The old woman then rushed to the palace. She talked to Prince Raden Putra about her wife. Prince Raden Putra was so happy. Finally, he found her wife. Then he prayed to God to give him the holy gamelan to break up the spell. After several days praying and meditating, finally God granted his wish. After he played it, immediately the golden snail turned into the beautiful Dewi Limaran. The couple was so happy that they could be together again. They also thanked the old woman for her kindness. As a return, they asked her to stay in the palace and they were lived in happy forever after.
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Retell from : http://indonesianfolklore.blogspot.com/2007/10/keong-emas-golden-snail-prince-raden.html