Rabu, 25 Februari 2015

The Legend of Lake Toba

            One day, a fisherman named Batara Guru Sahala lived in Batak land. He caught a fish. He was suprised to find that the fish could talk. It begged Sahala to let it free. He did accordingly.
            As soon as the fish was free, it changed into a woman. She was a beautiful that Sahala felt in love her at once. He 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 was once fish. Sahala promised her that he could not tell anyone about it.
            They were happily married, 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 didn’t know that what their father meant. They went home and asked their mother about it. Their mother was very annoyed. Although 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.


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