Script : Kabayan Never Became Rich

Kabayan Never became Rich

Widya as Kabayan
Rahma as Kavayan's wife
Haura as God
Tsamarah as Narator

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

Goddes            : " Kabayan,"
Wife                : "Look, Kabayan, The Goddes has appeared!!"
Kabayan          : " Wow, unbeliveable! Praise The Goddes!"

Goddes            : "Kabayan, You and Your wife have been praying and meditating for long time, now I granted you two wishes. Remember, it's only two. You better talk it over with your wife before you make them.”

Kabayan          : “Only two? But even Genie in Alladion story granted 3 wishes.”

Goddes            : “Just remember we lived in Tatar Sunda, not Persia.”

And The Goddes disappears. Kabayan and his wife had a lengthy discussion about what they should wish for.

Kabayan          : “We should wish for great amount of money!”
Wife                : “But Kabayan, we need rice for our food…”

Kabayan          : “We can buy rice if we have money, we can even buy other things like clothes, car, house, or jewelry like you want.”

Wife                : “No, rice is the most important. The others just addition.”

Kabayan          : “Please be understand honey, we suffer like this because we don’t have money.”

Wife                : “You will be more suffering if we don’t have rice, you can’t eat, and you will die!”

Kabayan          : “ Money, we must wish for money.”

Wife                : “Rice!”

Kabayan          : “ Money!”

Wife                : “Rice!”

Kabayan          : “ Money!”

Wife                : “ Rice, I said rice!”

Kabayan          : “Argh! You are so annoying! I wish The God turns you into a monkey!”

Goddes            : “ Your wish has granted!”

As soon as Goddes granted Kabayan’s wish, Kabayan’s wife turns into a monkey. Kabayan was very surprised.

Kabayan          : “Oh my God! What have I done?!”
Goddes             : “ Kabayan, You have one wish left.”
Kabayan          : “What have you done with my wife?! She became a monkey.”
Goddes            : “ That’s your wish. I don’t do anything wrong. So what’s your second wish?”
Kabayan          : “Uh… What should I do? I want a lot of money, but my wife?”
Goddes            : “ You want a lot of money?”
Kabayan          : “NO! Wait a second please…Hmmm,. I want my wife back into a human”
Goddes            : “Your wish has granted.”

Kabayan’s wife turn back into a human. Kabayan was very happy. But..

Wife                : “Have you wish for rice?”
Kabayan          : “Um.. not yet…”
Wife                : “ I know you wish for a lot of money, right?”
Kabayan          : “ No.”
Wife                : “ So what you wish for?”
Kabayan          : “ I wish you turn back into human.”
Wife                : “What?! How fool you are! You are wasting your wishes!

Because of Kabayan’s reckless, they remained poor as long as they lived. The moral value of this story is be careful in making decision, think it wisely, don’t flow by emotion, control it. So that you’ll not regret your decision.