The Legend Of Lake Toba

Once upon a time, there was a young man named Toba. He lived alone and had no wife. He decided being single and didn’t get married, although his age was mature enough to a family.
He had a narrow farm and a small hut not far from a lake. If the day was getting dark, he would go to the lake for fishing. He liked fishing and he could do this activity until night has come.
One day, after worked on his small farm, he decided to go fishing. He wanted to look for some fish for his dinner. He waited for a long time, but his hook didn’t catch any fish. He waited and waited patiently.
Suddenly, his fish bait made some movement. He was sure he would get a fish for his dinner. And that was true, a pretty big fish stuck on his bait. He took the fish and then put it on a fish basket. Then, he went home.
He was so happy to get a fish for his dinner. He imagined that his dinner tonight would be nice because the fish was pretty big and fresh.
Arriving at home, he put his fish basket beside the fire place. And then, he set fire of the fire place. But, he realized that he forgot to look for some woods for his fire place. Without the woods, of course he couldn’t cook the fish for his dinner.
He went out to look for some woods. He left the fish in the kitchen. He didn’t worry about the fish because he was sure that the fish was safe in the place.
After getting some woods, he went back home, but, he was to surprised as the fish basket was empty. The fish was gone, he just found some scales which in the form of gold pieces. Toba was confused. He convinced himself that the gold pieces he hold was the scales of the fish he caught this afternoon.
He stepped to his room. But, again he was shocked as he saw a beautiful girl with long hair in his room. The girl sat in toba’s bed. Toba didn’t make any movement. He was so shock and wondered who the girl was.
Suddenly the girl turn her head and looked at toba. Toba was so amazed with the girl’s beauty. He looked at the girl and admired her beauty. For some moments, they looked each other. Was that a possibility that this beautiful girl is an angel? toba thought.
Toba was so speechless and couldn’t say anything. For breaking the ice, the girl said something. She approached toba and said.
“Hi, toba. It was getting dark, could you turn on the lamp” the girl asked.
“Ooo… hhhiii… Alright, I will turn the lamp on,” Toba said, his body was trmebled because of fear.
“Don’t be afraid, Toba. I will not hurt you,” said the girl.
“But, who are you ? are you kind of genie or something ?”
The girl smiled and said.
“I am the incarnation of the fish you caught this afternoon,” the girl answered.
“Really, Oh.. God. Is that true?” toba was so surprised.
“Yes, but you don’t have to be afraid. I will help you to do some house hold activity. I will cook for you and prepare your daily meal, ”  the girl offered.
Toba was so happy to hear that.
“By the way, the gold pieces is my scales,” the girl said.
“Ooo.. well.. that’s why I didn’t found my fish in the basket,” toba said.
And then the girl went to the kitchen and cooked dinner for toba.
Everyday toba was accompanied by the girl. Toba was happy for that. Until one day, he asked the girl to get married. But, the girl gave a requiretmen. 
“I am agree to be your wife, but don’t ever tell my secret, my condition that I was a fish,” said the girl.
Toba agreed the girl’s requiretmen. And then they got married. Toba was happy to have such a beautiful wife. They lived happily because they loved each other.
Years gone by. Toba’s wife was pregnant and then not so long after that she gave birth. Toba was so happy. The baby was a boy. Named Samosir. They took care their only child. They showered the boy with love. It seemed that they were happy family.
7 years later
The mother spoiled the boy too much. No wonder, samosir became spoiled child. He didn’t want to help his father to work on farm. He only stayed at home doing nothing. He was a very lazy boy.
One day the mother asked samosir to bring lunch for his father who worked in a farm. Usually the mother did his job. But, because she was very busy, she didn’t have time to bring the lunch for his husband.
“Samosir my dear, please take this lunch for your father in the farm. He must be very hungry now. I can’t bring it for him, there is something else I want to do!” asked the mother.
“No, I can’t!” samosir refused.
“Why, don’t you want ho help me?” asked the mother.
“I want to play with my frieds, mother!” said samosir.
Mother was angry to hear this. She was so upset and threatened samosir if he didn’t do what she’s asked. She wouldn’t give samosir lunch. 
Because of his mother’s anger, he felt forced to do what his mother’s request.
“All right, mom. I will bring it to my father,” samosir said. Samosir went to his father’s farm. But he grumbled continuosly as she wanted to play with his friends.
On the way to his father’s farm, he ate the lunch little by little. He felt hungry, too. Because of this, there’s just a little lunch left. Meanwhile, the day was getting hot. Toba decided to rest under the tree. He felt thirsty and hungry. He asked himself why his wife didn’t bring lunch for him.
Waiting in a hungry was such a terrible thing for Toba. He got angry that time. Finally he saw somebody in a distance. He hoped the somebody was his wife who brought lunch for him.
But, he was surprised to see samosir, his son, who came to the farm.
“What do you do here, my son. Where is your mother? Why she didn’t  bring my lunch?” Toba said angrily.
“Mother is busy to do other things. So, she asked me to bring this lunch for you” said Samosir while gave the lunch to his father.
Toba took the lunch quickly as he couldn’t bear his hunger anymore. But, when he saw the lunch box, he was surprised. The lunch was no more left.
“What? Where is the lunch ? Why this box is empty ?” Toba said angrily.
“I am sorry, father. On the way here, I ate your lunch little by little. I am so hungry.” Samosir answered with anxiety.
“You’re really a bad boy. Why are you doing this ? I am really hungry, you know ? ” Toba snapped at Samosir.
“I am sorry, dad. I am really sorry for that!” Samosir said apologize.
“You are rebellious child. You are lazy, useless!!!” Toba got angry.
He felt really upset whit his son. And, suddenly he said something rude that actually was forbidden.
“Your manner is like a little animal. It is because your mother spoiled you. You are so naughty. Well, it is because your mother is a fish. So you are like her. Go away from here” Toba didn’t realize that what he said was so rude. He was forbidden to tell about Samosir’s mother’s origin.
Samosir was so sad to hear what his father’s said. He was badly hurt. He cried continuosly. His mother asked why Samosir cried. Samosir said that his father was angry to him. It’s because he ate his father’s lunch. Samosir also told what his father had said to him.
“Father said that I was a little animal because I didn’t obey his advice and he also said that mother is a fish.”
Samosir said this to his mother.
“What ??? How excessive he is! He was not supposed to tell that to you. You are his son. I will tell him.” The beautiful girl was so angry. 
“Why he’s so rude to his own child. He promised that he wouldn’t tell my origin. Why he did this to me.” The beautiful girl said sadly.
“Calm down, Samosir. Don’t cry anymore. Now, all you have to do is climb the highest tree and stay there. There will be a huge flood and this velley will be sink and disappear. There will be great disaster here,” the beautiful girl said.
“Really, mother ! How do you know ?” Samosir asked.
“Well, you must obey my advice without complaining ” the beautiful girl told his son.
After that, Samosir went away and climbed the highest tree in the village. He stayed there, obeyed his mother’s instruction. He still didn’t know why his mother told him to do this. He just waited what happened next.
The beautiful girl was really sad. He thought that Toba didn’t love her anymore. Toba was changed. He broke his promise to her. So, the girl thought there was no use she lived. She decided to do suicide by jumping to a lake.
Suddenly, the sky was getting dark upon the valley. Not so long after that, the rain poured the earth. It was a huge rain. The thunder and the lightning were so scary.
The rain was so heavy and make a huge flood. The valley was like  a sea. Just as the girl said, there was a great disaster in that village.
Meanwhile, Toba, who was still in his farm shocked with this disaster. He couldn’t save himself. He was drown by the flood and finally died.
And, the spoiled child, Samosir, although he climbed the highest tree, he still couldn’t save himself from this great disaster. He died as his parents. His body was floating. And then baceme small island which now was called Samosir Island.
And, the village was sink and became a huge lake. This lake was named as Toba’s name, that is Lake Toba.
Lake toba is located in North Sumatra.

Sekali waktu, ada seorang pemuda bernama Toba. Dia tinggal sendirian dan tidak punya istri. Dia memutuskan menjadi lajang dan tidak menikah, meskipun usianya cukup dewasa untuk sebuah keluarga.

Dia memiliki sebuah peternakan sempit dan sebuah gubuk kecil tak jauh dari danau. Jika hari mulai gelap, ia akan pergi ke danau untuk memancing. Dia menyukai memancing dan dia bisa melakukan kegiatan ini sampai malam telah datang.

Suatu hari, setelah bekerja di pertanian kecilnya, ia memutuskan untuk pergi memancing. Dia ingin mencari beberapa ikan untuk makan malamnya. Dia menunggu untuk waktu yang lama, tapi kait tidak menangkap ikan. Dia menunggu dan menunggu dengan sabar.

Tiba-tiba, umpan ikan nya membuat beberapa gerakan. Dia yakin dia akan mendapatkan ikan untuk makan malamnya. Dan itu benar, ikan cukup besar terjebak pada umpan nya. Dia mengambil ikan dan kemudian meletakkannya di keranjang ikan. Kemudian, ia pulang ke rumah.
Dia sangat senang untuk mendapatkan ikan untuk makan malam nya. Dia membayangkan bahwa makan malam itu akan menjadi bagus karena ikan itu cukup besar dan segar.

Sesampainya di rumah, ia meletakkan keranjang ikan nya di samping tempat api. Dan kemudian, ia membakar dari tempat api. Namun, ia menyadari bahwa ia lupa untuk mencari beberapa kayu untuk tempat api nya. Tanpa hutan, tentu saja dia tidak bisa memasak ikan untuk makan malam nya.

Dia pergi keluar untuk mencari beberapa hutan. Dia meninggalkan ikan di dapur. Dia tidak khawatir tentang ikan karena ia yakin bahwa ikan itu aman di tempat.

Setelah mendapatkan beberapa hutan, ia kembali pulang, namun, ia harus terkejut karena keranjang ikan itu kosong. Ikan itu hilang, dia hanya menemukan beberapa skala yang dalam bentuk keping emas. Toba bingung. Dia meyakinkan dirinya sendiri bahwa keping emas yang ia pegang adalah sisik ikan ia tertangkap sore ini.

Dia melangkah ke kamarnya. Tapi, sekali lagi ia terkejut ketika ia melihat seorang gadis cantik dengan rambut panjang di kamarnya. Gadis itu duduk di tempat tidur toba itu. Toba tidak membuat gerakan apapun. Dia begitu terkejut dan bertanya-tanya siapa gadis itu.

Tiba-tiba gadis itu menoleh dan menatap toba. Toba begitu kagum dengan keindahan gadis itu. Ia menatap gadis itu dan mengagumi kecantikannya. Untuk beberapa saat, mereka tampak satu sama lain. Apakah itu suatu kemungkinan bahwa gadis cantik ini adalah seorang malaikat? toba berpikir.

Toba begitu terdiam dan tidak bisa berkata apa-apa. Untuk memecahkan es, gadis itu mengatakan sesuatu. Dia mendekati toba dan berkata.

"Hai, toba. Hari sudah mulai gelap, bisa Anda menghidupkan lampu "tanya gadis itu.

"Ooo ... hhhiii ... Baiklah, aku akan menyalakan lampu," kata Toba, tubuhnya trmebled karena takut.

"Jangan takut, Toba. Aku tidak akan menyakiti Anda, "kata gadis itu.

"Tapi, siapa kau? kau jenis jin atau sesuatu? "

Gadis itu tersenyum dan berkata.

"Saya inkarnasi dari ikan Anda tertangkap sore ini," jawab gadis itu.

"Sungguh, Oh .. Tuhan. Apakah itu benar? "Toba sangat terkejut.

"Ya, tetapi Anda tidak perlu takut. Saya akan membantu Anda untuk melakukan beberapa aktivitas rumah tangga. Aku akan memasak untuk Anda dan mempersiapkan makanan Anda sehari-hari, "menawarkan gadis itu.

Toba sangat senang mendengarnya.

"Omong-omong, potongan-potongan emas skala saya," kata gadis itu.

"Ooo .. baik .. itu sebabnya aku tidak menemukan ikan saya dalam keranjang, "kata toba.

Dan kemudian gadis itu pergi ke dapur dan memasak makan malam untuk toba.

Setiap hari toba didampingi oleh gadis itu. Toba senang untuk itu. Sampai suatu hari, ia meminta gadis itu untuk menikah. Tapi, gadis itu memberi requiretmen a.

"Saya setuju untuk menjadi istri Anda, tapi jangan pernah memberitahu rahasia saya, kondisi saya bahwa saya adalah ikan," kata gadis itu.

Toba setuju requiretmen gadis itu. Dan kemudian mereka menikah. Toba senang untuk memiliki istri yang cantik. Mereka hidup bahagia karena mereka saling mencintai.

Tahun berlalu. Istri Toba sedang hamil dan kemudian tidak begitu lama setelah itu ia melahirkan. Toba sangat senang. Bayi itu adalah anak laki-laki. Dinamakan Samosir. Mereka mengambil peduli anak tunggal mereka. Mereka menghujani anak dengan cinta. Tampaknya bahwa mereka adalah keluarga bahagia.

7 tahun kemudian

Ibu manja anak itu terlalu banyak. Tak heran, samosir menjadi anak manja. Dia tidak ingin membantu ayahnya untuk bekerja di pertanian. Dia hanya tinggal di rumah melakukan apa-apa. Dia adalah anak yang sangat malas.

Suatu hari sang ibu meminta samosir untuk membawa makan siang untuk ayahnya yang bekerja di sebuah peternakan. Biasanya ibu melakukan tugasnya. Tapi, karena dia sangat sibuk, dia tidak punya waktu untuk membawa makan siang untuk suaminya.

"Samosir sayangku, silahkan mengambil makan siang ini untuk ayahmu di ladang. Dia harus sangat lapar sekarang. Aku tidak bisa membawanya untuknya, ada sesuatu yang lain yang ingin saya lakukan "tanya! Ibu.

"Tidak, aku tidak bisa!" Menolak samosir.

"Kenapa, kau tidak mau ho membantu saya?" Tanya ibu.

"Saya ingin bermain dengan frieds saya, ibu!" Kata samosir.

Ibu marah mendengar ini. Dia begitu marah dan mengancam samosir jika ia tidak melakukan apa yang dia minta. Dia tidak akan memberikan makan siang samosir.

Karena kemarahan ibunya, ia merasa dipaksa untuk melakukan apa permintaan ibunya.

"Baiklah, ibu. Aku akan membawanya ke ayah saya, "kata samosir. Samosir pergi ke peternakan ayahnya. Tapi dia menggerutu terus menerus saat ia ingin bermain dengan teman-temannya.

Dalam perjalanan ke peternakan ayahnya, ia makan siang sedikit demi sedikit. Dia merasa lapar, juga. Karena itu, hanya ada sedikit yang tersisa siang. Sementara itu, hari sudah mulai panas. Toba memutuskan untuk beristirahat di bawah pohon. Ia merasa haus dan lapar. Ia bertanya dalam hati mengapa istrinya tidak membawa bekal baginya.

Menunggu dalam lapar adalah suatu hal yang mengerikan bagi Toba. Dia marah waktu itu. Akhirnya ia melihat seseorang di kejauhan. Dia berharap orang itu istrinya yang membawa makan siang untuknya.

Tapi, ia terkejut melihat samosir, anaknya, yang datang ke peternakan.

"Apa yang Anda lakukan di sini, anakku. Dimana ibumu? Mengapa ia tidak membawa makan siang "kata? Toba marah.

"Ibu sedang sibuk melakukan hal-hal lain. Jadi, dia meminta saya untuk membawa makan siang ini untuk Anda "kata Samosir sambil memberikan makan siang kepada ayahnya.

Toba mengambil makan siang cepat karena ia tidak tahan rasa laparnya lagi. Namun, ketika ia melihat kotak makan siang, ia terkejut. Makan siang adalah tidak lebih kiri.

"Apa? Dimana makan siang? Mengapa kotak ini kosong? "Kata Toba marah.

"Saya minta maaf, ayah. Dalam perjalanan ke sini, aku makan siang Anda sedikit demi sedikit. Aku sangat lapar. "Jawab Samosir dengan kecemasan.

"Kau benar-benar anak nakal. Mengapa Anda melakukan ini? Saya benar-benar lapar, Anda tahu? "Toba Samosir bentak.

"Saya minta maaf, ayah. Aku benar-benar minta maaf untuk itu "kata! Samosir meminta maaf.

"Kau adalah anak durhaka. Anda malas, tidak berguna! "Mendapat! Toba marah.

Dia merasa benar-benar marah sedikit pun anaknya. Dan, tiba-tiba ia mengatakan sesuatu yang benar-benar kasar dilarang.

"Anda adalah cara yang seperti binatang kecil. Hal ini karena ibumu manja Anda. Anda sangat nakal. Nah, itu karena ibumu adalah ikan. Jadi Anda seperti dia. Pergi dari sini "Toba tidak menyadari bahwa apa yang dia katakan begitu kasar. Ia dilarang untuk menceritakan tentang asal ibu Samosir yang ini.

Samosir sangat sedih mendengar apa yang dikatakan ayahnya. Dia terluka parah. Dia menangis terus menerus. Ibunya bertanya mengapa Samosir menangis. Samosir mengatakan bahwa ayahnya marah kepadanya. Itu karena ia makan siang ayahnya. Samosir juga mengatakan apa yang ayahnya berkata kepadanya.
"Ayah mengatakan bahwa saya adalah binatang kecil karena saya tidak menuruti nasihatnya dan dia juga mengatakan bahwa ibu adalah ikan."
Samosir mengatakan hal ini kepada ibunya.

"Apa??? Bagaimana berlebihan dia! Dia tidak seharusnya mengatakan bahwa untuk Anda. Anda anaknya. Saya akan mengatakan kepadanya "Gadis cantik itu sangat marah..

"Kenapa dia begitu kasar kepada anak sendiri. Dia berjanji bahwa ia tidak akan memberitahu asal saya. Mengapa ia melakukan ini padaku "kata. Gadis cantik sedih.

"Tenang, Samosir. Jangan menangis lagi. Sekarang, yang perlu anda lakukan adalah memanjat pohon tertinggi dan tinggal di sana. Akan ada banjir besar dan ini Velley akan tenggelam dan menghilang. Akan ada bencana besar di sini, "kata gadis cantik.

"Sungguh, ibu! Bagaimana Anda tahu? "Tanya Samosir.

"Nah, Anda harus mematuhi saran saya tanpa mengeluh" gadis cantik kepada anaknya.

Setelah itu, Samosir pergi dan naik pohon tertinggi di desa. Dia tinggal di sana, mematuhi instruksi ibunya. Dia masih tidak tahu mengapa ibunya menyuruhnya untuk melakukan hal ini. Dia hanya menunggu apa yang terjadi selanjutnya.

Gadis cantik itu benar-benar sedih. Dia berpikir bahwa Toba tidak mencintainya lagi. Toba berubah. Ia melanggar janjinya padanya. Jadi, gadis berpikir tak ada gunanya ia tinggal. Dia memutuskan untuk melakukan bunuh diri dengan melompat ke danau.

Tiba-tiba, langit mulai gelap pada lembah. Tidak begitu lama setelah itu, hujan menuangkan bumi. Itu adalah hujan besar. Guntur dan petir yang begitu menakutkan.

Hujan begitu berat dan membuat banjir besar. Lembah itu seperti laut. Sama seperti gadis itu berkata, ada bencana besar di desa itu.

Sementara itu, Toba, yang masih berada di ladangnya terkejut dengan bencana ini. Dia tidak bisa menyelamatkan dirinya sendiri. Dia tenggelam oleh banjir dan akhirnya mati.

Dan, anak manja, Samosir, meskipun ia memanjat pohon tertinggi, ia masih tidak bisa menyelamatkan diri dari bencana yang besar. Ia meninggal sebagai orang tuanya. Tubuhnya mengambang. Dan kemudian baceme pulau kecil yang sekarang disebut Pulau Samosir.

Dan, desa itu tenggelam dan menjadi danau besar. Danau ini dinamai sebagai nama Toba, yaitu Danau Toba.