DANAU TOBA

Dahulu kala hiduplah seorang pemuda bernama “ Toba “ . Dia

memiliki kemampuan memancing dan bertani . Saat mancing toba
sangat lihai dan tidak membutuhkan waktu yang lama untuk
mendapat ikan. Hanya melemparkan kail ke sungai dan dia medapat
ikan yang besar . Dalam hitungan detik setelah melemparkan kailnya
ke sungai , ikan itu langsung menangkap umpannya . Dia segera
memindahkan ikan di ember ke bak air . Dia ingin ikan tetap segar
saat dimasak sehingga rasanya lebih enak . Beberapa jam dia pulang
membawa kayu bakar cukup banyak untuk memasak ikan .

Dia menemukan kepingan emas dan terkejut ada seorang gadis cantik
yang sedang duduk di kamarnya . selanjutnya gadis cantik itu mengatakan
pada toba bahwa dia adalah ikan yang di tangkap olehnya ia di kutuk oleh
penyihir dan potongan potongan emas adalah bagian dari ikan . dia
kemudian meminta gadis cantik itu menikah dengannya . Gadis cantik itu
menyetujui permintaannya , tetapi dia tidak boleh mengungkit masa lalu
gadis cantik itu .

Istrinya dan dia di karuniai seorang anak laki laki yang bernama Samosir .
Anaknya sangat lincah , cerdas dan manja . Ketika anaknya sudah besar ia
bertugas mengantarkan makanan ke sawah ayahnya setiap hari . Suatu
saat anaknya merasa sangat malas mengantar makanan ke sawah dan di
marahi ibunya . Akhirnya anaknya terpaksa mengantarkan makanan ke
sawah . Saat perjalanan ia merasa sangat lapar dan memakan makanannya
hingga tersisa sedikit . Tentu saja ayahnya terkejut dan menanyakan hal itu
pada anaknya . Toba sangat marah mengetahui putranya telah memakan
makanannya . Dia mengatakan bahwa putranya adalah anak ikan dan
putranya pulang sambil menangis . Putranya mengeluh dan membuat
ibunya sangat marah karena beramsumsi bahwa dia telah melanggar
perjanjian . Meski toba telah memohon begitu banyak tetapi istrinya tidak
memaafkannya dan pergi bersama putranya ke sungai . Istri dan putranya
berubah menjadi ikan lagi . Hujan datang sangat deras dan mengguyur
rumah toba hingga tenggelam . Hujan lebat membentuk sebuah danau
yang dikenal sebagai danau toba
 Long ago there lived a young man named "Toba". He has fishing and
farming skills. Toba fishing is very skillful and doesn't take long to
catch fish. Just threw the hook into the river and he caught a big fish.
Within seconds after throwing the hook into the river, the fish
immediately caught the bait. He immediately moved the fish in the
bucket to the water tank. He wants the fish to remain fresh when
cooked so that it tastes better. A few hours later he came home with
enough firewood to cook the fish.

He found gold pieces and was surprised that a beautiful girl was sitting in
his room. Next the beautiful girl told Toba that she was a fish that she had
caught and was cursed by a witch and the pieces of gold were part of the
fish. he then asked the beautiful girl to marry him. The beautiful girl
agreed to his request, but he must not bring up the beautiful girl's past.

His wife and he were blessed with a son named Samosir. The child is very
lively, intelligent and spoiled. When his son was older he was in charge of
delivering food to his father's rice fields every day. One day his son felt too
lazy to deliver food to the rice fields and his mother scolded him. Finally,
his son was forced to deliver food to the rice fields. During the journey he
felt very hungry and ate his food until there was little left. Of course his
father was surprised and asked his son about it. Toba was very angry to
find out that his son had eaten his food. He said that his son was a fish boy
and his son came home crying. The son complained and made his mother
very angry because she assumed that he had violated the agreement. Even
though Toba had begged so much, his wife did not forgive him and went
with his son to the river. His wife and son turned into fish again. The rain
came very hard and poured on Toba's house until it sank. Heavy rain
formed a lake known as Lake Toba