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The Legend Of Malin Kundang

Long time ago, in a small village near the beach in West Sumatera, lived a woman and her son, Malin Kundang. Malin Kundang’s father had passed away when he was a baby, and he had to live hard with his mother.

Malin Kundang was a healthy, dilligent, and strong child. He usually went to the sea to catch fish, and brought it to his mother, or sold it in the town.

One day, when Malin Kundang was sailing as usual, he saw a merchant’s ship which was being raided by a small band of pirates. With his brave and power, Malin Kundang defeated the pirates. The merchant was so happy and asked Malin Kundang to sail with him. Malin Kundang agreed.

Many years later, Malin Kundang became a wealthty merchant, with a huge ship, loads of trading goods, many ship crews, and a beautiful wife. In his journey, his ship landed on a beach. The villagers reconigzed him, and the news ran fast in the town: Malin Kundang became a rich man and now he is here. His mother, in deepful sadnees after years of loneliness, ran to the beach to meet her beloved son again.

When the mother came, Malin Kundang, in front of his well dressed wife, his crews and his own gloriness, denied to meet that old, poor and dirty woman. For three times she begged Malin Kundang and for three times yelled at him. At last Malin Kundang said to her “Enough, old woman! I have never had a mother like you, a dirty and ugly peasant!” Then he ordered his crews to set sail.

Enraged, she cursed Malin Kundang that he would turn into a stone if he didn’t apologize. Malin Kundang just laughed and set sail.

In the quiet sea, suddenly a thunderstorm came. His huge ship was wrecked and it was too late for Malin Kundang to apologized. He was thrown by the wave out of his ship, fell on a small island, and suddenly turned into stone.

Sura And Baya 

A long time ago in East Java there were two strong animals, Sura and Baya. Sura was a shark and Baya was a crocodile. They lived in a sea.

It was a very hot day. Sura and Baya were looking for some food. Suddenly, Baya saw a goat.

“Yummy, this is my lunch,” said Baya.

“No way! This is my lunch.

Then Sura and Baya fought again. After several hours, they were very tired. Sura had a plan to stop their bad behavior.

“I’m tired of fighting, Baya,” said Sura.

“Me too. What should we do to stop fighting? Do you have any idea?” asked Baya.

“Yes, I do. Let’s share our territory. I live in the waterAnd you live on the land, right? The border is the beach, so we will never meet again. Do you agree?” asked Sura.

OK, I agree. Then they both lived in the different places. But one day, Sura went to the land and looked for some food in the river. He was very hungry. Baya was very angry when he knew that Sura broke the promise.

“Hey, what are you doing here? This is my place. Your place is in the sea!”

“But, there is water in the river, right? So, this is also my place!” said Sura.

Then Sura and Baya fought again. They both hit each other. Sura bit Baya's tail. Baya did the same thing to Sura. He bit very hard until Sura finally gave up. He went back to the sea. Baya was very happy.

. People then always talked about the fight between Sura and Baya. They then named the place of the fight as Surabaya, it’s from Sura the shark and Baya the crocodile. People also put their fight as the symbol of Surabaya city.

The Legend OF Tangkuban Perahu

Once, there was a kingdom in priangan land lived from a happy family. The were a father in from of dog. His name is tumang, a mother which was called is dayang sumbi, and a child which was called sangkuriang.

          

      One day, dayang sumbi asked her son to go hunting with his lovely dog. Tumang after hunting all day, sangkuriang began desparate and worried because he hunted no deen then he throught to shot his own dog. Then to took the dog liver and carried home.

         

       Soon dayang sumbi found out that it was not deer lever but tumang`s, his own dog. So, she was very angry and hit sangkuriang `s head scat then cast away from their home.

           

         Years go bye, sangkuriang had travel many place and finally carived at the village. He met a beautiful women and fell in love with her. When they were discussing their wedding plans. The women looked at the wound in sangkuriang`s head. It matched to her son`s wound who had left several year earlier. Soon she realized that she felt in love with her own son.

           

           She couldn`t marry him but how to say it. Then, she found the way. She needed a lake and a bout. Faor celebrating their wedding day. Sangkuriang had to make them in one right. The built a lake. With a down just moment away and the boat  was almost complete. Dayang sumbi had to stop it. Then, she lit up the easterm horizon with flashes of light. It made the cock crowed for a new away.

          

            Sangkuriang realized that he failed to finish the boat. Whit all his anger, he kicked the unfunished boat upside – down. The boat is now known as the mount takuban perahu in sundaness. Takuban mean boat. With the dam forn asunder, the water drained off the lake and made the lake a wide plain. It is now called bandung form the word “ bending “ which mean dam.

The Legend Of Danau Toba

Once upon a time, there was a man who was living in north Sumatra. He lived in a simple hut in a farming field. The did some gardening and fishing for his daily life.

One day, while the man was do fishing, he caught a big golden fish in his trap. It was the biggest catch which he ever had in his life. Surprisingly, this fish turned into a beautiful princess. He felt in love with her and proposed her to be his wife. She said; "Yes, but you have to promise not to tell anyone about the secret that I was once a fish, otherwise there will be a huge disaster". The man made the deal and they got married, lived happily and had a daughter.

Few years later, this daughter would help bringing lunch to her father out in the fields. One day, his daughter was so hungry and she ate his father’s lunch. Unfortunately, he found out and got furious, and shouted; “You damned daughter of a fish”. The daughter ran home and asked her mother. The mother started crying, felt sad that her husband had broke his promise.

Then she told her daughter to run up the hills because a huge disaster was about to come. When her daughter left, she prayed. Soon there was a big earthquake followed by non-stop pouring rain. The whole area got flooded and became Toba Lake. She turned into a fish again and the man became the island of Samosir