LEGEND OF LAKE TOBA

LEGEND OF LAKE TOBA

A long time ago, there lived a young orphan farmer in the north of the island of Sumatra. The area is very dry. The young man lived from farming and fishing mendurung, until one day he mendurung, he had half a day to do the job, but none on the failure by the fish.

So he rushed home because the day started late, but when he was about to leave he saw a huge fish and a beautiful, golden yellow color. He also caught fish and soon she took home the fish, when he got home because it is very hungry and he wanted to cook fish but because the beauty of the fish.

He was thought better to cook the fish, he prefers to keep it, so he put it in a large container and gave her eating, as usual the next day he went to his farm to farm, and until the middle of the day he was coming home, with the goal of going to eat day, but it would surprise him, when he saw his house, his house has been available in the dishes ready to eat, he was astonished surprise, he remembered the stolen fish for fear of people, with a rush he ran back to see fish on the pole overnight.

That fish is still in place, the longer he thinks anyone who does it all, but because the stomach is hungry, he finally ate the food greedily.

And this incident continues over and over again, every time he came home to eat, the food was served at his home. Until the youth has the finesse to peep who's doing all that, the next day he began running tricks, he began hiding among the trees near his home. Long he waited, but the smoke in the kitchen of her yet to be seen, and he intends to return home having been bored a long wait, but that he will come out of hiding, he began to see smoke in the kitchen of her, slowly slowly he walked towards his house backward to see who does all that.

Was surprised himself when he saw who did it, he saw a very beautiful woman and a beautiful long-haired, with a slowly he entered his house, and arrested her. Then he said,

"Hai .. women, whether you are ready, and where you come from? "

The woman bowed silently, and began to shed tears, and then the young man saw his fish was no longer in the container. He asked the woman,

"Hey lady where are the fish in this container?"
The woman wept even more bitterly, but they will continue to force the young man and finally she was told
"I was the fish that you catch yesterday".
The young man was surprised, but due to the young man felt he had hurt her, the young man they will say,

"O lady will you be my wife ..?"

Women TSB surprised, he was silent and bowed, then youth TSB says

"Why are you silent ..!".

Then she TSB said, "I want to be your wife .. but with one condition, whether that condition the young man replied quickly asked, she said,

"Later, if our children are born and grow up, do not you ever say that he was anakni Dekke (baby fish)".

The young man was tsb agree to the terms and vowed never to tell, and they marry.

Until they have a 6 year old child, that child is bandal (jugul) and never heard if the advise, then one day the mother told her son to take the place of rice to the farm of his father, the boy went to his father drove rice, but in Along the way he feels hungry, he also opened food in a wrap for his father, and eat the food.

When finished eating, then he wrapped it back up and continue the journey to the place of his father, when he got in the place of the father he gave the package to sangayah, very happy to accept her father and her father sat down and immediately opened the package rice in Leave her to his son, his father was surprised to see the contents of the package. That was just a fish bone only, the father had asked his daughter

"O my son., Why the contents of this package is only a mere fish bones," his son replied, "in the way my stomach was hungry so I ate it", the father was emotional, with strong she slapped his cheek and said

"Botul maho anakni dekke (son really was you fish),"

The child was crying and ran back home., When he got home his son was asked what he said his father

"Mak .. Olo do na in dokkon amangi, botul do au anakni dekke (mak. dad said it's true, I am a true son of fish) "hear the words of his mother was surprised, with tears in his eyes and said in his heart.

"My husband has broken his vow, and now I have to go back to Alamku,"
So, the sky was getting dark, the lightning was grabbed blazing, rain began to fall with the storm surge, the child and the mother disappeared, from the soles of their feet arise former springs issuing swift rush of water, until it formed a lake area, which was named Lake tuba which means lake not know mercy, but because of the Batak hard to say tuba, the lake is used called LAKE TOBA

at retold by: henripsb.