Once upon a time there was a prosperous village in a far away
island called Sumatra. In northern part of the island, lived a farmer whose
name was Toba. He lived alone in a hut by a small forest. He worked on his
farmland to grow rice and vegetables that he sells to local market. Once day he
wanted to catch some fish so he went to a river and fished there. He was very
surprised when he got a big fish. The fish was as big as human being. Soon he
went home and put the fish in his kitchen. He planned to cook the fish for his
dinner that night. When he got to his house that afternoon he took a bath. Then
as he walked into his bedroom after taking a bath Toba was very shocked. Do you
want to know what happened?
There stood in his living room a very beautiful girl. The girl
greeted him nicely. For a moment Toba was speechless. When he could control his
emotion he asked her.
‘Who are you? What’s your name? Why suddenly you are here in my
house?’
‘Pardon me if I surprised you Mr. Toba, but you took me here. I was
the fish that you caught in the river. Now that I become a human being again, I
would like to thank you and I will be your servant to express my thankfulness’
‘Were you the fish?’
‘Yes, I was the fish. Look at your kitchen’.
Toba immediately rushed to his kitchen and the fish was nowhere to
be seen. He saw some gold coins instead.
‘Whose coins are these? Why there are some coins here?’
‘Those coins are mine. As I changed into human being my scales
changed into gold coins’
‘Ok you can live here and work for me. Your room is over there’
‘Thank you very much Mr. Toba’
Since that day the beautiful girl lived in Toba’s house. Since she
was very beautiful Toba fell in love with her and not long after that they got
married. The girl married to Toba on one condition that he would never tell
anybody about her past. Toba agreed to the condition. Several months later
Toba’s wife delivered to a baby boy. Their son was healthy. Soon he grew up
into a handsome boy. Toba named him Samosir. Unfortunately Samosir was a lazy
boy. He did not want to work at all. When his father worked hard in his rice
field and farm, Samosir just slept. When he was awake he talked a lot and he
ate a lot. Toba was very disappointed with his son’s nature. He hoped that one
day Samosir would change into a diligent boy. Day in and day out but Samosir
never changed.
Toba used to go to his farm and rice field early in the morning.
Then at midday his wife would bring him food. They used to eat lunch at their
farm. As he was a teenager Toba and his wife tried to change his behavior. They
ordered Samosir to bring food for his father for lunch while her mother stayed
at home to do household chores. But Samosir never did his duty well. He always
woke up very late. He woke up after midday. Then one day his mother forced him
to bring the food.
‘Sam, wake up. Go to the farm and bring the food for your father.
He must be very tired and hungry now’.
But Mom, I am tired and hungry too’
‘What makes you tired? You just wake up. Go now. You father needs
the food’
Toba reluctantly went to the farm. But he did not go to the farm immediately.
He stopped somewhere in the street and ate the food. It was already late
afternoon when he got to the farm. His father was disappointed. Then he was
angry as he realized that his son had eaten his food. He said sarcastically.
‘O, you are stupid lazy boy. You are son of a fish!’
Samosir was hurt. He went home right away and as he got home he
told his mother about his father’s words. Samosir’s mother was shocked. She was
also deeply hurt.
‘O Toba. You break your promise so I cannot live with you here
anymore. Now you have to accept to consequence of what you did. Samosir, now go
to the hill, find the tallest tree and climb it’
‘Why mom? What will happen?’
‘Just do it, never ask any question. Good bye’
As soon as she finished saying that suddenly the weather changed.
Sunny day suddenly turned into cloudy day. Not long after that the rain poured
heavily. The rain last for several days. Consequently the area was flooded. The
whole area became a big lake. Then it was called Lake Toba and in the middle of
the lake there is an island called Samosir Island. Meanwhile Toba’s wife
disappeared.
Lake Toba is located in the province of North Sumatra, Indonesia.
Today it becomes a tourist destination.
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