Hai Everyone! now i will tell you a story from Indonesia:))
Once upon a time there was a prosperous village in a far
away island called Sumatra. In northern part of the island, lived a farmer
whose name was Toba. He lived alone in a hut by a small forest. He worked on
his farmland to grow rice and vegetables that he sells to local market. Once
day he wanted to catch some fish so he went to a river and fished there. He was
very surprised when he got a big fish. The fish was as big as human being. Soon
he went home and put the fish in his kitchen. He planned to cook the fish for
his dinner that night. When he got to his house that afternoon he took a bath.
Then as he walked into his bedroom after taking a bath Toba was very shocked.
Do you want to know what happened?
There stood in his living room a very beautiful girl. The
girl greeted him nicely. For a moment Toba was speechless. When he could
control his emotion he asked her.
‘Who are you? What’s your name? Why suddenly you are here in
my house?’
‘Pardon me if I surprised you Mr. Toba, but you took me
here. I was the fish that you caught in the river. Now that I become a human
being again, I would like to thank you and I will be your servant to express my
thankfulness’
‘Were you the fish?’
‘Yes, I was the fish. Look at your kitchen’.
Toba immediately rushed to his kitchen and the fish was
nowhere to be seen. He saw some gold coins instead.
‘Whose coins are these? Why there are some coins here?’
‘Those coins are mine. As I changed into human being my
scales changed into gold coins’
‘Ok you can live here and work for me. Your room is over
there’
‘Thank you very much Mr. Toba’
Since that day the beautiful girl lived in Toba’s house.
Since she was very beautiful Toba fell in love with her and not long after that
they got married. The girl married to Toba on one condition that he would never
tell anybody about her past. Toba agreed to the condition. Several months later
Toba’s wife delivered to a baby boy. Their son was healthy. Soon he grew up
into a handsome boy. Toba named him Samosir. Unfortunately Samosir was a lazy
boy. He did not want to work at all. When his father worked hard in his rice
field and farm, Samosir just slept. When he was awake he talked a lot and he
ate a lot. Toba was very disappointed with his son’s nature. He hoped that one
day Samosir would change into a diligent boy. Day in and day out but Samosir
never changed.
Toba used to go to his farm and rice field early in the
morning. Then at midday his wife would bring him food. They used to eat lunch
at their farm. As he was a teenager Toba and his wife tried to change his
behavior. They ordered Samosir to bring food for his father for lunch while her
mother stayed at home to do household chores. But Samosir never did his duty
well. He always woke up very late. He woke up after midday. Then one day his
mother forced him to bring the food.
‘Sam, wake up. Go to the farm and bring the food for your
father. He must be very tired and hungry now’.
But Mom, I am tired and hungry too’
‘What makes you tired? You just wake up. Go now. You father
needs the food’
Toba reluctantly went to the farm. But he did not go to the
farm immediately. He stopped somewhere in the street and ate the food. It was
already late afternoon when he got to the farm. His father was disappointed.
Then he was angry as he realized that his son had eaten his food. He said
sarcastically.
‘O, you are stupid lazy boy. You are son of a fish!’
Samosir was hurt. He went home right away and as he got home
he told his mother about his father’s words. Samosir’s mother was shocked. She
was also deeply hurt.
‘O Toba. You break your promise so I cannot live with you
here anymore. Now you have to accept to consequence of what you did. Samosir,
now go to the hill, find the tallest tree and climb it’
‘Why mom? What will happen?’
‘Just do it, never ask any question. Good bye’
As soon as she finished saying that suddenly the weather
changed. Sunny day suddenly turned into cloudy day. Not long after that the
rain poured heavily. The rain last for several days. Consequently the area was
flooded. The whole area became a big lake. Then it was called Lake Toba and in
the middle of the lake there is an island called Samosir Island. Meanwhile
Toba’s wife disappeared.
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| Toba Lake |
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| Samosir Island from the top |
