Trapped inside the metal box,the corrupt king Sri Pamekas is drowned in the river.

Monkey Tooth’s revenge

One day, the old fisherman and the boy were walking through the forest.  They found a monkey tooth.  The fisherman told the boy what it was, and the boy decided to call himself Siung Wanara.

Time passed and Siung Wanara grew up.  One day he asked the fisherman where he came from. Afraid of what might happen to the boy, the latter told him that his kinsman, a blacksmith in the city of Pajajaran, knew the answer.  The old man hoped that the boy would forget the matter and not have the curiosity and courage to investigate further.

But he did.  He went to the city on his own and found the blacksmith, whom he addressed as uncle.  The blacksmith, as it happened, was looking for a young assistant, and so Siung Wanara became his apprentice.  He learned the craft of forging iron so diligently that he could use his knee as an anvil, his fist as a hammer, and his fingers as tongs.  Many passersby would stop to watch the young blacksmith hammer the scorching iron with his bare fist on his raised knee.

One day the uncle took his apprentice to the marketplace. At that time king’s attendants were busily bathing Sri Pamekas’ favorite elephant in the river. When the elephant saw Siung Wanara it turned and knelt before him.  The young blacksmith stroked the elephant’s trunk in recognition of the animal’s homage.

At that moment, King Pamekas appeared to open the season’s festivities.  He liked to watch the contests between his soldiers.  Siung Wanara sat down on the king’s bench, but no one noticed or tried to challenge him.  Then the young man went to the royal palace.  When he entered the palace the guards tried to stop him, but he simply brushed them aside.  Then he sat down on the king’s personal couch.

The couch was very unusual.  It was connected by numerous wires to a gamelan orchestra, so the instruments began to play as soon as the king sat on it.  Siung Wanara sat down so suddenly that thunderous music could be heard even in the marketplace.  The king, who was still at the festivities, heard the sound and became angry.  “Go find out who is making that noise!” he ordered. “Then arrest and execute him.”