The Legend of Lake Toba and Samosir Island
Once upon a time, there
lived a young man in a village. His name was Toba. Although Toba was dilligent,
he was still poor.
One day he went to the river for fishing. He was in the
bank of the river for almost a day but it seemed that there was not any fish at
all in that river. Suddenly, a big fish ate the bait in his hook.
He was very surprised! The fish spoke like a human being.
“Young man, bring me home. Don’t eat me! You‘ll be very
lucky living with me.” Toba took the fish home. At his home the fish turned
into a beautiful woman. Toba married with her condition that Toba must not tell
anybody what she really was.
A year after marrying they got a very handsome son. They
lived happily year after year.
One day, the beautiful woman asked her son to bring food
for Toba in the rice field. The son was very glad to do it.
On the way, he met his friends and played with them. He
forgot to bring the food for his father. He ate the food with his friends.
Late in the afternoon, he remembered that he had to bring
food for his father. His father must be very hungry. He was afraid of his
father.
His father was
very angry knowing that the son didn’t bring the food for him.
“You! Son of
the fish!” He shouted angrily. Being afraid of his father, the son ran away
quickly to his mother.
“Father said
that I am the son of a fish! Is that right mother?”
“My son! My
son! You are my son!” Shouted the beautiful woman sadly.
“My son, go
away! Quickly! Now!” She cried.
“Go away to
the high mountain, right now” She said once more.
“But mother?”
“You are a
boy. You must take care of your self. Ran away! Quickly!”
After a while
there was a very hard rain. It became a big flood. The water covered all the
land in the village except the mountain where the son was crying for his
mother.
The beautiful
woman turned into a big fish again. When there was a full moon, she became a
beautiful woman who was always longing for her son.
Toba died in
the flood. The land of the village turned into a big lake and the mountain
became a small island in the middle of the lake.
That is the
legend of Lake Toba and Samosir Island.
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