The Legend of Lake Toba

Once upon the time , there was a man who lived around a narrow valley of Toba hill . He was a fisherman . Once , he found a big fish in his bamboo rattan fish trap and it cnge his life . He had naver caught such a big fish before . It was an extraordinary one .

Then he put it in his hut and went out to think about now to cook it in a special way . He went back to the hut . To his surprise , the fish had turned into a beautiful . Then , the man fell in love with the princess . He then proposed her . He asked her : “Would you be my wife ?” she nodded romantically . Then , the man was very happy . The princesssaid said that she would marry him but only on one condition . He should never tell anybody that she had been a fish . The managreed . She told him that if he broke his promise there would be a disaster . Finally , they lived happily and harmoniously with daughter

After the daughter grew up , her mother always asked her to take her father’s lunch to him when he was out working in the field . Unfortunately , she was very greedy . Once , she ate all the food that should have been given to her father , He was very angry when he saw her eating all his food in the street . He shouted at her : “You are rebellious.” You are really are the offspring or a fish .” The princess heard that and felt that he he had broken their promise . She then asked her daughter to go to the hill because there would be a disaster . Then . the princess knelt and prayed to God . After she had been praying for one minute there was an earthquake . A heavy rain fell down on the ground . The princess turned into a stone . Their daughter wandered everywhere . The place turned into Lake Toba and the hill turned into Samosir Island .

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