The Story of Saidjah part 8
No, he had sublime visions in his mind`s eye. He looked for the Ketapan tree in the clouds when he was still far from...
The Story of Saidjah part 7
He arrived at Batavia, and asked a certain gentleman to take him into his service, which the gentleman did, because Saidjah spoke no Malay—an...
The Story of Saidjah part 6
Neither on the first nor the second day had he realized how lonely he was, because he was captivated by the grand idea of...
The Story of Saidjah part 5
“I will gladly marry you, Saidjah, when you come back. I will spin and weave sarongs and slendangs, and be very diligent all the...
The Story of Saidjah part 4
Afterwards she hoped that the buffalo understood her, for he must have known why she wept when he was taken away, and that it...
The Story of Saidjah part 3
Once when they were in the field, Saidjah called in vain to his buffalo to make haste. The animal did not move. Saidjah grew...
The Story of Saidjah part 2
The buffalo turned willingly, on reaching the end of the field, not losing an inch of ground when plowing backwards the new furrow, which...
The Story of Saidjah part 1
Eduard Douwes Dekker (Multatuli) (1820—1887)
Dekker was for many years an Assistant Resident official of the Dutch government in Java. Out of his bitter experiences...
Falcon part 6
He lay thus, while the herald read aloud the law, “twelve sols in silver—six ounces of flesh from near the heart—thus Sir Enguerrand protects...
Falcon part 5
They formed a semi-circle, plume by plume, shoulder by shoulder, round a bush where the prisoner was tied. As the horse-cloths fluttered in the...
