THE LEGEND OF LAKE TOBA

Once upon time there was a poor fisherman. He living in North Sumatra. One day, while he was fishing in a river, a big fish was nailed. The fish had gold color all over its body. It was beautiful . The fisherman was very excited. He imagined a delicious dinner he would have. Soon he put the fish in his basket and went home happily. The next day The fisherman went fishing again, but this time he could not get any fish. He went home with nothing in his hand. He was starving and walked home slouching. He was surprised when he saw smoke was came out from his kitchen. " Who is cooking my kitchen?" the fisherman was confused. He peeped in and was surprised knowing that there was a beautiful girl cooking in the kitchen the fisherman entered the room. " Who are you?" he asked the girl "I'm the fish" the girl said. The fisherman looked into the wash basin and saw nothing in it, "the fish?" he as incredoulous, " yes, you did not kill me and I very thankful, I will return your kindness,"the girl said. "That's all right. I did not ask any return" said the fisherman. " but I have to.." the girl insisted. " Well , I live alone. I don't have a family, if you want to be my wife, I will be be very happy" The fisherman ask the firl . The girl smiled and said " I'd love to, but you have to promise me that if we have a kid, you will not tell him about me" And so, the fisherman and the girl were married. And then they had a child. The child's name Samo. Samo was very naughty. He always played had never helped his parents. One day, Samo's mother ask him to deliver lunch to his father. On his way. he met his friends and forgot to deliver his father's lunch. Samo played with his friends . When he was tired and hunfry he took a rest under a tree and ate his father's lunch. Meanwhile, his father waited for him starving and tired. His father went home and saw Samo played. The fisherman was very furiously because knowed he's lunch be ate Samo. His father yelled and evicted Samo from his house . His father broken the promise he say " You...fish's son" Suddenly. the sky got dark and the storm was rumbling . The rain felt from the sky like a huge hose sprayed water all over the place water also came out from the earth and got harder. Samo's mother very sad " I told you not to tell him about me" she said to her husband, " Now I am going back to a fish again " Good bye"!" She magically turned into a gold fish and jumped into the water, disappear . Very soon the village was drowned and it formed a lake.

meanwhile, Samo run to he hill and stayed there. The hill was surrounded by the water.and the end the lake named is lake toba and then tle island named samosir island.

LEGENDA DANAU TOBA

Dahulu kala ada seorang nelayan miskin. Dia tinggal di Sumatera Utara. Suatu hari, ketika ia sedang memancing di sungai, ia mendapatkan seekor ikan besar. Ikan itu memiliki warna emas di seluruh tubuhnya. Sangat indah. Nelayan sangat bersemangat. Dia membayangkan makan malam yang lezat. Segera dia memasukkan ikan dalam keranjang dan pulang dengan gembira. keesokan harinya Nelayan pergi memancing lagi, tapi kali ini dia tidak bisa mendapatkan ikan apapun. Dia pulang dengan tangan hampa. Dia kelaparan dan berjalan pulang membungkuk. Dia terkejut ketika ia melihat asap keluar dari dapur. "Siapa yang memasak dapur saya?" nelayan bingung. Dia mengintip dan terkejut mengetahui bahwa ada seorang gadis cantik memasak di dapur nelayan memasuki ruangan. "Siapa kau?" ia bertanya kepada gadis "Aku ikan" kata gadis itu. Nelayan melihat ke wastafel dan melihat apa-apa di dalamnya, "ikan?" tak mungkin , "ya, Anda tidak membunuh saya dan saya sangat bersyukur, saya akan membalas kebaikan Anda," kata gadis itu. "Tidak apa-apa. Aku tidak meminta pengembalian apapun" kata nelayan. "Tapi aku harus .." gadis itu bersikeras. "Yah, aku hidup sendiri saya tidak punya keluarga,. Jika Anda ingin menjadi istri saya, saya akan sangat bahagia" Nelayan meminta kepada gadis tersebut. Gadis itu tersenyum dan berkata "Aku ingin, tapi Anda harus berjanji padaku bahwa jika kita punya anak, Anda tidak akan memberitahu dia tentang aku" Dan demikian, nelayan dan gadis itu menikah. Dan kemudian mereka memiliki anak. Anak mereka bernama Samo. Samo sangat nakal. Dia selalu bermain tidak pernah membantu orang tuanya. Suatu hari, ibu Samo memintanya untuk memberikan makan siang untuk ayahnya. Dalam perjalanan. ia bertemu teman-temannya dan lupa untuk memberikan makan siang ayahnya. Samo bermain dengan teman-temannya. Ketika ia lelah dan lapar ia beristirahat di bawah pohon dan memakan makan siang ayahnya. Sementara itu, ayahnya menunggu dia kelaparan dan lelah. Ayahnya pulang ke rumah dan melihat Samo mempermainkannya. Nelayan itu sangat marah karena ia mengetahui makan siangnya dimakan oleh Samo. Ayahnya berteriak dan mengusir samo dari rumah. Ayahnya melanggar janji dia mengatakan "dasar Kau ... anak ikan" Tiba-tiba. langit menjadi gelap dan badai yang gemuruh. Hujan merasa dari langit seperti selang air besar disemprotkan seluruh air tempat juga keluar dari bumi dengan sangat deras. Ibu Samo sangat sedih "Saya bilang untuk tidak memberitahunya tentang saya" katanya kepada suaminya, "Sekarang saya akan kembali menjadi ikan lagi" Good bye "!" sang ibu berubah menjadi ikan emas dan melompat ke dalam air, menghilang. Segera desa itu tenggelam dan

membentuk danau. Sementara itu, Samo lari ke bukit dan ia tinggal di sana. Bukit itu dikelilingi oleh air.dan danau tersebut disebut danau toba serta pulau tersebut dinamakan pulau samosir