DAIK LINGGA KINGDOM

Along time ago in Riau, the people in Daik Lingga kingdom lived happily. It was peaceful and
no criminals would dare to do bad things there. The criminals were afraid of Apek Huang Tai.
He was a master of martial arts. He was old and had many students. They learned martial arts
from him. One of the students was Mahmud. Mahmud was an intelligent student. In a very short
time he already mastered all the skills and techniques of martial arts. Apek Huang Tai felt that it
was time for Mahmud to stop learning from him. He suggested Mahmud to go to other place.
Before he left, Apek Huang Tai gave him an advice. “Remember, wherever you go, use your
martial arts skills wisely. Use it only when it is necessary, because it can hurt people,” said Apek
Huang Tai. Mahmud did not have any place to go. He just Listened to his heart. He Finally
arrived in Palembang. It was in mid day, he heard a cock crowing He was curious. Normally,
cocks crowed in the morning. He then had funny idea, he imitated the crow. Suddenly, some
soldiers were in front of him and cornered him. “Because you have just crowed, then you have to
fight my Commander.” “I don’t understand. What do you mean? I am new here,” said Mahmud.
“You heard a cock crowing right? Well, it was not a cock. The crow was made the Commander
of the palace. His nick name is Commander Cock Crowing. He always challenges people to fight
him. If someone responds to his crow, he has to fight him. You respond, then you have to fight
him!” Mahmud knew he just made a mistake. However, he did not want to run away. He wanted
to be responsible. The soldiers later brought him to the open field. The commander was waiting
for him. Without waiting any longer, the commander attacked him. Mahmud was
bleeding. He remembered his teacher’s advice. He thought he had to use his martial art skills,
otherwise he would be killed! Mahmud fought back. He used all the skills he mastered. He
attacked the commander. The commander gave up He asked Mahmud to stop attacking him. The
king saw the fight. He knew that Mahmud was more powerful than the commander. The king
then asked Mahmud to be the new commander. Right after Mahmud was appointed to be the new
commander, he stayed in
the palace. The new life in
palace changed
Mahmud. He was
now arrogant.
Nobody dared
to remind
him, and that
included the
king.
Mahmud did
whatever he
wanted. The
king finally
met Mahmud’s
teacher. The
king asked him
to talk to
Mahmud to do
good things.
“Why are you
here, old man? I
don’t need you
anymore. I am the
commander here. I can ask my soldiers
to get rid of you!” said Mahmud to Apek
Huang Tai.
“You have changed. Remember my
advice, I’ve told you to use the skills
wisely.”
The fight could not be avoided.
Mahmud and Apek Huang Tai fought
courageously. Mahmud thought he
could beat Apek Huang Tai. He was
wrong. Even though Apek Huang Tai
was old, he still had a lot of energy. And
he knew Mahmud’s weaknesses. And
Mahmud gave up! He apologized to his
teacher. He knew he was wrong and he
promised to be good again.