The Bajang Child Swinging the Moon (155)

She kissed Sukrosono and saw on his chest the campaka flower necklace she had arranged before she left him at the edge of the Jatirasa forest.

"My children, at the time your father took home the golden banana that I desired when I contained you. I chewed it completely, the fruit and its skin. I didn’t taste whether the fruit was sweet or the skin was bitter. I just felt I had to swallow both the sweet and the bitter and enjoy it in my life," said Dewi Sokawati.

Sukrosono suddenly hugged his mother and buried himself in her chest. "Mother, thank you. You didn't throw out the bitter banana skin. If you had thrown it away, I would never be in this world. Despite the caustic and bitter life that I have borne and suffered in, I remained happy, because I could live in the world until I could accompany my older brother to this waiting place," Sukrosono said, sobbing on his mother's chest.