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Senin, 28 November 2011

Narrative Text

The Legend Of Lake Toba



A long time ago, there was a poor farmer. He lived in a small bamboo hut near his rice field. He lived with other farmers in the village.
One day, he want to catch some fish for his dinner. Just as he caught a big and fresh fish, he heard a voice.
“Please don’t kill me. If you let me live and put me into your rice field, you will have your dinner on your dining table.”
“No problem,” said the farmer.
When the farmer went home, he was suprised. His dinner was already set on the table. Another day, he went to the rice field and looked for the fish. He heard the same voice,
“I’m here, near you.”
Suddenly, there was a beautiful girl beside him. Of course, he was very suprised.
“are you the fish that I caught yesterday?”
“yes, I am. Thanks for your help. Now, would you marry me?” replied the girl.
“Of course. I would be honored,” said the farmer happily.
 “but on one condition. Never tell our children that I was once a fish,” added the girl.
“I give you my words,” promised the farmer.
Well, . . . after one year, they had a son. They called him Sam.
A few years later, the mother asked Sam to bring lunch to his father at the rice field. Feeling hungry ,the boy ate his father’s lunch on the way. Knowing this, the farmer was angry.
“you are a naughty boy! You won’t be a good boy because you are actually a son of  a fish!”
The boy cried and went home. He told his mother what his father had said about him. Immediately, the mother went to the rice field, and said angrily to her husband,
“you have broken your promise. Now you must be punished.”
Then, she left her husband. Suddenly, . . . a big tide came and engulfed the village. The flood made a deep vast lake. That’s the end of the story. 
Now people called it Lake Toba