by; mardhiyah Ulfah

Origins of Bonsai Trees

Once upon a time, in a small land, stand a kingdom of peace. The kingdom inhabited by the families living pine trees in harmony. The Kingdom is led by the king and queen were very generous. But one drawback, they cannot remove their arrogant nature. They have a very beautiful daughter named princess pinusia. Pinusia is a cheerful girl. Pinusia never discriminate against her. Since childhood she never arrogant to ordinary people even though she is a princess. Every day she played and sang with a folk-people outside the palace. Not only that, to not feel uncomfortable at all, pinusia faithful heard their complaints, assist them in distress, and her duties as a princess so well that she could tell her people to live in peace and peaceful. She has a best friend since childhood, was none other than maids themselves, ladies lotus. Lotus is the most loved by ladies pinusia because she is very loyal, and always with the princess.

Months turned into months, years turned into years, Princess pinusia has grown up. In accordance with state regulations royal pine trees as well as legislation, the princess has grown up and will inherit the throne of pine, should soon have a partner. The king and queen pine immediately select and sort candidate companion of their daughter. They brought the princes from across the country. Prince Teak from teak forest, Prince Radish from the country of vegetable, and the prince of the kingdom of sugar cane. "I will make all the people of the country will be strong because the pines of our identity" Prince identity with pride. "I'll make sure all the people of the country pine no hunger because I will send the best vegetables from our country if I was married to the princess," said the Prince radishes not want to lose. "There's nothing better than sugar in our country", said the Prince cane. The three princes vying to win the princess. But deep in the heart of the princess, she does not want to marry one of the princes. One day, when she was picking flowers in the garden, she saw the youth across the court with a bucket of water, but his face looks sad. She was approached to him and she asked, "O youth whomever you and why are you sad?”. The young man then said, "My name is Nun, the servant is a search flower seeds for sale to the market. Sadness for poor families as servants of a breakfast every morning sir my lady, servants cannot buy more water than this. Servants are the backbone of the family by two younger servants after the death of our mother and father. " "Then what are you very contrite your heart ?". Asked the princess. "There's nothing more depressing than disappointment brothers look on his slave". Princess pinusia stunned, there was a sense of awe that is in her mind. Then she ordered the ladies lotus to give two buckets of water. The young man then happy matchless then thanked the princess. The princess said, "This is all not free". "I'm not understand the meaning of the princess". Said the young pines. "Every morning you have to come to the palace to accompany me, I do not have the friends in addition to ladies lotus faithful". Answer princess pinusia. "Okay princess, princess for the good of our families, I will devote myself servant to yours."

The next day, the young pine kept his promise to the princess and came to the palace to meet the princess. They passed the time together throughout the day. A walk in the park, eating together, talking, and planting flower seeds together. They enjoy their time together. The next morning, Nun went back to the palace on the orders of the princess. They continue to do activities together, they talked a lot about their daily lives. The days turned into weeks, and weeks turned into months. Nun and Princess pinusia only getting closer. Slowly, Nun began to feel a strange feeling in his heart. He began to not want to lose his princess and did not want to separate from it. In time he began to realize that he has fallen in love with the princess, he was so fascinated by her beauty. So did the princess know Nun closer after she became increasingly fascinated of Nun a humble personality, and wise.
However, the closeness they had already reached the ears of the king and queen pine. They're very angry, how can their only daughter close to a poor boy. Ruled to close the gates of the palace guard for the princess. But because of his love of Nun, princess pinusia always managed to escape from the palace only to find Nun. At that time, they were both very sad, if only because they are different so they cannot be together?. One day the king and queen learn that they are both still often met. Then they make a small space next to the palace and locked their daughter in the living room so that she could not see Nun again. Nun was exiled to a desert island and could not return to the kingdom of pine. The princess was very sad, she cried and cried all day long, making her bitter weeping who heard the feeling of sadness but not with the king and queen. Lotus then came to the princess and said, "Sir daughter, servants participated sad to see girls like this, but what can be done to the palace as a maid servant? '. "Meet the two younger Nun and treat them for me, then give this letter to the Nun". Lotus goes to the Nun house and invited the Nun brothers to stay at her home. Then she immediately set out to meet Nun in exile and the princess gave a letter to the Nun. Nun read it with a very melancholy heart. He never thought that his fate will be like this. Not strong enough to bear his deep sadness, Nun fell ill, after a time Nun finally breathed his last, before he left he had sent a final letter to the princess. The princess read it with a very poignant and heart broken. Since the day of the death of Nun, the Princess looking increasingly gloomy, every day she cut the branch and the trunk itself until it becomes smaller and smaller. The king and queen who knows that the princess cut the stem itself and become smaller so sad then asked, "My dear daughter, we are so sad to see you like this, why did you cut your stems my dear". The daughter then said, "My father and my lovely mom, happiness has been snatched destiny, my life was not free, why would I have a high body and good if my life has been destroyed, listen to your daughter, “I'll never be great again, even after I got married with the Prince, my shoots options at a later date will be the same like me, keep a small.
The princess married to the prince teak finally, after some time passed she gave birth to new shoots are small. Her words proved true. The king and queen who saw suffering and fate in natural daughter finally realized that pride is they who make their own daughter were suffering. The king and queen are now being very discreet and never cocky again, they become more and more prosperous country. But the days of the princess endured in a small pot because of its small size. Since then she looked at all the shoots that sprout small and named them as bonsai tree means the tree is small, and the descendants of the princess shoots will remain a small tree up to now.