Nama : Subekti Diaz Agustian

No Absen : 28

Kelas : XI BROAD A

Mapel : Bahasa Inggris

Narrative Text

1. THE LEGEND OF TANGKUBAN PERAHU

Long time ago in West Java, there lived a woman named Dayang Sumbi. She was thirsting for a
husband. Along her life she kept praying and praying. At last, God heard her pray. A male dog picked
her up and Dayang Sumbi got married to the dog and called the dog ‘Tumang’. After years, Dayang
Sumbi gave a birth to baby and named him Sangkuriang. Unfortunately, Dayang Sumbi never told
Sangkuriang who his father was.

One day, Sangkuriang was hunting with Tumang in the forest and he found nothing except a little
animal. He blamed Tumang for the failure and then he killed Tumang. When Dayang Sumbi knew that
she hit Sangkuriang’s head with a big spoon and expelled him.

Many years later, Sangkuriang wandered and found an old house in the forest. Sangkuriang came
closer to the house and there was an old beautiful woman. The woman, Dayang Sumbi, recognized the
wanderer as Sangkuriang.

Unintentionally, Sangkuriang forced Dayang Sumbi to marry him. Dayang Sumbi agreed to marry him
but Sangkuriang had to build a vast boat, just in one night.

At night, Sangkuriang called his friends, ghosts and fairies to help him. Feared with the boat to
complete, Dayang Sumbi asked other women in her village to help her. Then the women punched the
grains with grain puncher to make noise which disturbed the ghosts and fairies.

The morning came before Sangkuriang completed the boat. Unfortunately the fairies and the ghosts
also left Sangkuriang alone. Finaly Sangkuriang got very angry and kicked away the boat to the
downside, which finally turned into a mountain, called Tangkuban Parahu.

2. 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 trembled 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 requirement.

“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 requirement. 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 friends, 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.

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., 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.

3. THE LEGEND OF MALIN KUNDANG

A long time ago, in a small village near the beach in West Sumatra, a woman and her son lived. They
were Malin Kundang and her mother. Her mother was a single parent because Malin Kundang’s father
had passed away when he was a baby. Malin Kundang had to live hard with his mother.

Malin Kundang was a healthy, diligent, and strong boy. He usually went to sea to catch fish. After
getting fish he would bring it to his mother, or sold the caught fish in the town.

One day, when Malin Kundang was sailing, he saw a merchant’s ship which was being raided by a
small band of pirates. He helped the merchant. With his brave and power, Malin Kundang defeated the
pirates. The merchant was so happy and thanked to him. In return the merchant asked Malin Kundang
to sail with him. To get a better life, Malin Kundang agreed. He left his mother alone.

Many years later, Malin Kundang became wealthy. He had a huge ship and was helped by many ship
crews loading trading goods. Perfectly he had a beautiful wife too. When he was sailing his trading
journey, his ship landed on a beach near a small village. The villagers recognized him. The news ran
fast in the town; “Malin Kundang has become rich and now he is here”.

An old woman ran to the beach to meet the new rich merchant. She was Malin Kundang’s mother. She
wanted to hug him, released her sadness of being lonely after so long time. Unfortunately, when the
mother came, Malin Kundang who was in front of his well dressed wife and his ship crews denied
meeting that old lonely woman. For three times her mother begged Malin Kundang and for three times
he yelled at her. At last Malin Kundang said to her “Enough, old woman! I have never had a mother
like you, a dirty and ugly woman!” After that he ordered his crews to set sail. He would leave the old
mother again but in that time she was full of both sadness and angriness.

Finally, enraged, she cursed Malin Kundang that he would turn into a stone if he didn’t apologize.
Malin Kundang just laughed and really set sail.

In the quiet sea, suddenly a thunderstorm came. His huge ship was wrecked and it was too late for
Malin Kundang to apologize. He was thrown by the wave out of his ship. He fell on a small island. It
was really too late for him to avoid his curse. Suddenly, he turned into a stone.