this is the story of lake Toba In ancient times in a village in North Sumatra there lived a farmer named
Toba who aloof in a gently sloping and fertile valley. The farmer is working on his farm for his life, at that
time One afternoon, after returning from the field, he went straight to the river to fish. But for a long time
he had provoked no one to get. Such an event, never experienced before. Because usually the fish in the
river was easy for him fishing. Because it's been too long no one takes bait fishing, he gets upset and
decided to stop fishing. But when he was about to pull his fishing rod, suddenly the fishing rod was
struck by a fish that immediately pulled the fishing rod deep into the river. His heart that had been
annoyed changed to happy, because he knew that the fish that grabbed the fishing rod is a big fish.
Quickly the fish he pulled to the ground so as not to loose. With a cheerful smile his eyes pancing him
out of the fish's mouth. By the time he was releasing the fishing pole, the fish looked at him meaningfully.
Then, after the fish he put it into one place he went into the river to bathe. Her feelings were excited
because she had never had such a big fish. She smiled as she imagined how good it would be if the
fish had been roasted.
suddenly his blood was absorbed because inside the room stood a woman with long hair loose.
The woman was combing her hair while standing facing the mirror that hung on the wall of the room.
A moment later the woman suddenly turned around and looked at the man who was perplexed in the
mouth of the door. The man became very fascinated because the face of the woman standing in
front of him was amazingly beautiful.
the woman asked for the lights to be turned on. After the man turned on the lights, he invited the
woman to accompany him to the kitchen because he wanted to cook rice for them. While waiting
for rice cooked, told by the woman that he is the manifestation of the big fish that had obtained by
the man when fishing in the river. Then he explained also that some gold coins located in the kitchen
is the embodiment of the scales
At first he refused. However, because she was constantly forced by her mother, she went to the rice.
In the middle of the road, most of his rice and side dishes he eats. Arriving in the fields, the remaining
rice is only a little he gave to his father. When he received it, the father was very hungry because his
rice was delivered late. Therefore, the father becomes very angry when he sees the rice given to him
is a remnant
meet her mother at home. To his mom he tells that he was beaten by his dad. All the slurred words his
father had told him were told. Hearing the story of her son, the mother was very sad, especially because
her husband had violated his oath with the words of insults he was saying to his son. The mother told
her son to go immediately up the hill not far from their house and climb the tallest wooden tree on the hill top
he ran to a river that was not so far from their home. When he arrived at the riverbank the lightning
came swooping with the thunderous roar. A moment later he jumped into the river and suddenly turned
into a big fish. At the same time, the river was flooded and also rained heavily. Sometime later, the river's
water was overflowing and flooded the valley where the river flowed. Pak Toba could not save himself,
he was drowned by a puddle of water. Over time, the puddle was widened and turned into a very large
lake which later called the Lake Toba
