Story Telling
Story Telling
Story Telling
Guessing what he was about to do, the Once upon a time, there was a man who
Ant quickly bit him on the heel. Feeling the was living in north Sumatra. He lived in a
pain, the hunter droipped his net. The Dove simple hut in a farming field. He did some
was quick to fly away to safety. gardening and fishing for his daily life.
One day, while the man was fishing, he
caught a big golden fish in his trap. It was the
3. The Legend of Surabaya biggest catch he ever had in his life.
A long time ago on East Java, there Surprisingly, this fish turn into a beautiful
were two strong animals, Sura and Baya. Sura princess. He fell in love with her and proposed
was a shark and Baya was a crocodile. to her as his wife. She said; “Yes, but you
Actually they were friend, but when they were have to promise not to tell anyone about the
hungry, they were very greedy and did not secret that I was once a fish, otherwise there
want to share their food. They fought for it will be a huge disaster”. The man deal and
and never stop. they got married, lived happily and had a son.
One day Sura and Baya were looking Few years later, this son would help bring
some food, but they did not want to share and lunch to his father out in the fields. One day,
they fought again. After several hours Sura his son was so hungry that he ate his father’s
and Baya had plan to stop their fought. Sura lunch. Unfortunately, he found out and got
live and look for food in the sea and Baya live furious, and shouted; “You damned son of a
and look for food on the land. fish”. The son ran home and ask her mother.
The mother started crying, feeling sad that her
But one day, Sura went to the land and husband had broken his promise.
look for food in the river. Baya was angry
when he knew that Sura was broke the Then she told her son to run up the hills
promise. Than Sura and Baya fought again because a huge disaster was about to come.
and finally Sura was gave up and he went When her son left, she prayed. Soon there was
back to the sea. 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.