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Under the New Order dictatorship that ruled by terror for over three decades in the aftermath, perpetrators of the killings were celebrated as national heroes while survivors were systemically silenced. In her fourth poetry collection, Cynthia Dewi Oka performs a lyric accounting of the anti-Communist genocide of 1965, which, led by the Indonesian military and with American assistance, erased and devastated millions of lives in Indonesia. Selected by Aracelis Girmay, A Tinderbox in Three Acts is at once elegy and exegesis, fact and invention. Here is a short visual depiction of this fairy tale, “ The Tinderbox“.This title is available for pre-order. The both lived happily ever after as they both were in love with each other. The dogs were presented as a gift for their wedding. They soon agreed their daughter to get married with the soldier. The dogs frightened everyone who was present there. The soldier took out his tinder-box and struck it thrice. The soldier decided to show a magic with the tinderbox. The soldier was asked his last wish just before he was about to be hanged. The king and the queen sat on their thrones. There were many soldiers outside the prison. The soldier said, “Shoemaker, would you like to make some money? Bring me my tinder-box and I will make you rich!” The shoemaker quickly ran to the soldier’s house to bring the tinder box. Suddenly, he saw a shoemaker walking by his prison window. The soldier was upset as he had left the tinderbox behind. Next morning, the soldier was caught and put into the prison. The dog didn’t see the grains on his way. He took her to the soldier who now wished to marry her. At night, the dog came again and carried the princess on it’s back. She cut it a bit so that the grains would fall on the way.

She tied a necklace filled with wheat grains to the princess’s neck. But they were confused to see as all the doors had the crosses on them. Next morning, her parents with the guards went to find that place where their daughter had been taken. He made a cross mark on every door so that each door will look the same. When the dog was coming back after leaving the princess to the palace, he saw a cross mark on the door. The old lady ran behind the dog and she marked a cross on the door where the princess was taken to. In the meanwhile, the soldier again wished to see the princess. So the very next day, an old lady was appointed to take care of the princess. She told them about the dog and the soldier. In the morning, the princess told her parents about the strange dream she had had the previous night. Then, the dog took her back to the palace. She was so lovely that the prince kissed her. The soldier ordered, “Get me the princess! I want to see her!” The dog disappeared and immediately returned with the princess. He stuck the box again and the dog with big eyes stood before him. One night, the soldier decided to see the princess.

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He ordered, “Bring me some money!” Without any hold, his pockets were full of money once again. They would bring anything he ordered for. The dog asked, “What is your order, Sir?” Now the soldier understood that if he struck the tinderbox once, the dog from the copper chest would come, if he struck the box twice, the dog from the silver chest would appear, and if he struck the box thrice, the dog from the golden chest would come to him. Suddenly, the box opened and the dog with big eyes stood before him. One evening, he took out the tinderbox and struck a few sparks.

Only the King can go there as he fears that his daughter will marry a common soldier.” The soldier said, “I want to see her!” By now, he had spent all his money.

The soldier asked, “Why can’t I see the princess?” They replied, “Oh! You can never see the princess as she lives in the palace which is surrounded by the towers from all sides.

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