Narrative Text
Narrative
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The
Legend of Lake Toba |
Once
upon time there was a poor fisherman. He living in North Sumatra. One day,
while he was fishing in a river, a big fish was nailed. The fish had gold color
all over its body. It was beautiful . The fisherman was very excited. He
imagined a delicious dinner he would have. Soon he put the fish in his basket
and went home happily.
The
fisherman went fishing again, but this time he could not get any fish. He went
home with nothing in his hand. He was starving and walked home slouching. He
was surprised when he saw smoke was came out from his kitchen.
"
Who is cooking my kitchen?" the fisherman was confused.
He
peeped in and was surprised knowing that there was a beautiful girl cooking in
the kitchen the fisherman entered the room.
"
Who are you?" he asked the girl
"I'm
the fish" the girl said.
The
fisherman looked into the wash basin and saw nothing in it, "the
fish?" he as incredoulous, " yes, you did not kill me and I very
thankful, I will return your kindness,"the girl said.
"That's
all right. I did not ask any return" said the fisherman. " but I have
to.." the girl insisted. " Well , I live alone. I don't have a
family, if you want to be my wife, I will be be very happy" The fisherman
ask the firl .
The
girl smiled and said " I'd love to, but you have to promise me that if we
have a kid, you will not tell him about me"
And
so, the fisherman and the girl were married. And then they had a child. The
child's name Samo. Samo was very naughty. He always played had never helped his
parents.
One
day, Samo's mother ask him to deliver lunch to his father. On his way. he met
his friends and forgot to deliver his father's lunch. Samo played with his
friends . When he was tired and hunfry he took a rest under a tree and ate his
father's lunch.
Meanwhile,
his father waited for him starving and tired. His father went home and saw Samo
played. The fisherman was very furiously because knowed he's lunch be ate Samo.
His father yelled and evicted Samo from his house . His father broken the
promise he say " You...fish's son"
Suddenly.
the sky got dark and the storm was rumbling . The rain felt from the sky like a
huge hose sprayed water all over the place water also came out from the earth
and got harder.
Samo's
mother very sad " I told you not to tell him about me" she said to
her husband, " Now I am going back to a fish again " Good
bye"!" She magically turned into a gold fish and jumped into the
water, disappear . Very soon the village was drowned and it formed a lake.
meanwhile, Samo run to he hill and stayed there. The hill was surrounded by the
water.
