Si Luncai is a character in classical Malay folklore who is known to be very honest and naive.
This story is often a humorous cautionary tale about the dangers of being too trusting and literal.
This story tells about Si Luncai who met an oil man.
Oil people are mysterious creatures that live in the forest.
Oil people are renowned for their pungent odor and ability to dissipate.
One day, Si Luncai was walking in the forest when he saw an oilman.
The oil man was very tall and muscular, and his skin was black and shining.
Si Luncai was very scared, but he was also curious.
Si Luncai approached the oil man and said, “Are you the oil man?”
The oil man nodded. “Yeah, I’m an oil guy,” he said. “What do you want?”
“I wonder,” said Si Luncai, “why you smell so bad?”
“That’s because I live in the jungle,” said the oil man. “I’m always sweating and there’s no such thing as bathing in the forest.”
Luncai laughed. “That’s not a good reason,” he said. “You can bathe in the river or lake.”
The oil man didn’t laugh. “I can’t take a shower,” he said. “If I take a shower, I will become an ordinary human.”
Luncai was surprised. “So you want to be an oil man?” he asked.
“Yes,” said the oil man. “I’d rather be an oil man than an ordinary man.”
Si Luncai didn’t understand why the oil man would rather be an oil man than an ordinary man.
He thought for a while, then said, “Then, I will help you.”
Si Luncai said to the oil man, “I will find a way to make you an ordinary man.”
The oil man was very grateful to Si Luncai. “Thank you,” he said. “You are the first person who wants to help me.”
Si Luncai went to the village and talked to wise people.
He asks them to help him find a way to make oilmen into ordinary people.
Finally, Si Luncai found a way to make oil people into ordinary people.
He went into the forest and found a magic tree.
The tree can make anyone who eats its fruit into an ordinary human.
Si Luncai brought the fruit from the magic tree to the oil people.
The oil man was very happy.
He ate the fruit, and he turned into an ordinary human.
The oil man was very grateful to Si Luncai. He said, “I will never forget you.”
The oil man lived in the village with Si Luncai.
They become good friends.
The moral of this story is that we should always help others, even if they are different from us.
We must also always believe in ourselves and our ability to do good things.