THE LEGEND OF LAKE TOBA
Once upon a time, there was a fisherman whose name is
batara guru sahala who lived in batak land. One day he caught a fish. He was
surprised to find that the fish could talk like human being. It begged sahala
to let her free. He did accordingly.
As soon as the fish was
free, it changed into a woman. She was so beautiful that sahala fell in love
her at once. She asked her to marry him. The woman agreed to marry sahala.
However, she told him that he must never let out the secret that she once a
fish. Sahala promised her that he could not tell anyone about it.
They married happily, and
had two daughters. Every morning sahala went out fishing. His daughters would
bring him his lunch. One day, however instead of bringing the food to their
father, the two girls ate it.
When sahala knew that
they had done with meal, he got very angry. He shouted at them saying, “you
behaved exactly like the daughters of fish!”
The daughters did not
know that what their father meant. They went home and asked their mother about
it. Their mother was very annoyed. Though sahala apologized to her later. She
would not forgive him for breaking his promise.
Then the earth began to
shake, and volcanoes started to erupt. The earth cracked and formed a big hole.
People said that the hole became lake toba.
Ahmad jamil
X RPL 1
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