The Twelve Dancing
Princesses.
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Tarian Duabelas Puteri
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There was a king who
had twelve beautiful daughters.
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Ada seorang raja yang
mempunyai dua belas anak perempuan yg cantik.
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They slept in twelve
beds all in one room and when they went to bed, the doors were shut and
locked up.
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Mereka tidur pada
duabelas tempat tidur dalam satu kamar dan bila mereka akan tidur, pintu
ditutup dan dikunci.
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However, every morning
their shoes were found to be quite worn through as if they had been danced in
all night.
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Tapi, setiap pagi
sepatu mereka didapati lusuh seakan telah mereka menari sepanjang malam.
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Nobody could find out
how it happened, or where the princesses had been.
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Tidak ada yg mengetahui
bagaimana hal itu terjadi, atau apa dilakukan puteri ini.
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So the king made it
known to all the land that if any person could discover the secret and find
out where it was that the princesses danced in the night, he would have the
one he liked best to take as his wife, and would be king after his death.
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Hingga sang raja
membuat pengumuman di seantero negeri jika ada orang yg dapat menemukan
rahasia dan mencari tahu di mana para puteri menari pada malam hari, maka
akan mendapatkan yg tercantik sesuai pilihan sendiri untuk jadi istrinya, dan
nanti akan menjadi raja setelah kematiannya.
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But whoever tried and
did not succeed, after three days and nights, they would be put to death.
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Tetapi siapa pun yg
mencoba tidak berhasil, setelah tiga hari tiga malam mereka menghadapi
kematian.
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A king’s son soon
came.
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Seorang anak Raja pun
muncul dgn segera.
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He was well
entertained, and in the evening was taken to the chamber next to the one
where the princesses lay in their twelve beds.
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Dia dijamu dgn baik,
dan pada malam hari dibawa ke salah satu ruangan yg bersebelahan dgn kamar
tempat keduabelas tempat tidur para puteri berada.
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There he was to sit
and watch where they went to dance; and, in order that nothing could happen
without him hearing it, the door of his chamber was left open.
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Di sana mengamati di
mana mereka pergi menari, dan, @yg diatur hingga tidak ada yang kejadian
tanpa dia mendengar, pintu kamar dibiarkan terbuka.
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But the king’s son
soon fell asleep; and when he awoke in the morning he found that the
princesses had all been dancing, for the soles of their shoes were full of
holes.
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Tetapi anak Raja pun
segera jatuh tertidur, dan ketika dia bangun di pagi hari, dia mendapatkan
semuanya puteri telah menari, karena sepatu mereka penuh dengan lubang.
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The same thing
happened the second and third night and so the king ordered his head to be
cut off.
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Hal yang sama terjadi
pada malam kedua dan ketiga hingga Raja memerintahkan kepada kepalanya pun
dipenggal.
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