The Story of Lake Toba

The Story of Lake Toba

Once upon a time, there was a man who was living in north Sumatra. He lived in a
simple hut in a farming field. He did some gardening and fishing for his daily life.
One day, while the man was do fishing, he caught a big golden fish in his trap. It was
the biggest catch which he ever had in his life. Surprisingly, this fish turned into a beautiful
princess. He felt in love with her and proposed her to be his wife. She said; "Yes, but you
have to promise not to tell anyone about the secret that I was once a fish, otherwise there will
be a huge disaster". The man made the deal and they got married, lived happily and had a
daughter.
Few years later, this daughter would help bringing lunch to her father out in the fields.
One day, his daughter was so hungry and she ate his father’s lunch. Unfortunately, he found
out and got furious, and shouted; “You damned daughter of a fish”. The daughter ran home
and asked her mother. The mother started crying, felt sad that her husband had broken his
promise.
Then she told her daughter to run up the hills because a huge disaster was about to
come. When her daughter left, she prayed. Soon there was 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.

The Tortoise and the Hare

One day, there was the Hare which was once boasting of his speed before the other animals. “I
have never been beaten,” he said arrogantly, “if i run with my full speed. I challenge everyone
here to against me in a racing.”

The Tortoise replied quietly, “I will accept your challenge.”

“is that a joke?” said the Hare again; “I could dance round you all the way from the start to
the finish spot.”

“Keep your boasting till you win,” the Tortoise answered. “Shall we start?”

So a course was agreed and a starting point was made. at once The Hare darted almost out
of sight, but soon he stopped and to show his contempt for the Tortoise, he lay down to have a
nap soundly. The Tortoise plodded on and plodded on as the time going, and when the Hare
awoke from his nap, he was shocked to see the Tortoise just near the winning-post and could
not run up in time to save the race.

Then the Tortoise said: “Slow but steady process will win the race.

Kelinci dan kura-kura

Suatu hari, ada seekor kelinci yang sedang membualtentang kecepatannya berlari dibandingkan
hewan – hewan lain. “Saya tidak pernah terkalahkan,” katanya angkuh, “jika saya berjalan
dengan kecepatan penuh saya.” Saya menantang semua orang di sini untuk melawan saya di
arena balap.”

Kura-kura menjawab dengan tenang, “Aku akan menerima tantanganmu.”

“Apakah ini lelucon?” kata Kelinci lagi; “Aku bisa menari mengelilingimu sepanjang jalan dari
awal sampai titik finish.”

“Teruslah membual sampai kamu menang,” jawab kura-kura. “Bagaimana kalau kita mulai?”

Kemudian peerjanjian disepakati dan titik awal dibuat. Seketika si kelinci melesat hampir
tidak terlihat, tapi ia kemudian berhenti dan menunjukkan penghinaan untuk kura – kura, ia
berbaring untuk tidur siang dengan nyenyak. Seiring waktu berlalu, kura-kura terus berusaha
dengan susah payah, dan ketika Kelinci terbangun dari tidur, ia terkejut melihat kura-kura telah
mendekati titik kemenangan dan ia tidak bisa berlari dalam waktusesingkat itu memenangkan
balapan.

Kemudian Kura-kura berkata: “Proses yang lambat tapi stabil akan memenangkan
perlombaan.”