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The Legend of Surabaya

A long time ago, there were two animals, Sura and Baya. Sura was the name of a shark and Baya was a crocodile. They lived in the sea.

Once Sura and Baya were looking for some food. Suddenly, Baya saw a goat "Yummy, this is my lunch," said Baya. "No way! This is my lunch. You are greedy,” said Sura. Then they fought for the goat. After several hours, they were very tired.

Feeling tired of fighting, they lived in different places. Sura lived in the water and Baya lived in the land. The border was the beach, so they would never fight again.

One day, Sura went to the land and looked for some food in the river. He was very hungry and there was not much food in the sea. Baya was very angry when he knew that Sura broke the promise. They fought again.

They both hit each other. Sura bit Baya's tail. Baya did the same thing to Sura. He bit very hard until Sura finally gave up and went back to the sea, and Baya was happy.

Terjemahan:

Dahulu kala, ada dua binatang, bernama Sura dan Baya. Sura adalah nama seekor hiu dan Baya adalah seekor buaya. Mereka tinggal di laut.

Suatu ketika Sura dan Baya sedang mencari makanan. Tiba-tiba, Baya melihat seekor kambing "Enak, ini makan siangku," kata Baya. "Tidak mungkin! Ini makan siangku. Kamu serakah," kata Sura. Kemudian mereka berebut kambing. Setelah beberapa jam, mereka sangat lelah.

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Merasa lelah berperang, mereka tinggal di tempat yang berbeda. Sura tinggal di air dan Baya tinggal di darat. Perbatasannya adalah pantai, jadi mereka tidak akan pernah bertengkar lagi.

Suatu hari, Sura pergi ke darat dan mencari makanan di sungai. Dia sangat lapar dan tidak banyak makanan di laut. Baya sangat marah saat mengetahui Sura mengingkari janji. Mereka bertengkar lagi.

Mereka berdua saling memukul. Sura menggigit ekor Baya. Baya melakukan hal yang sama pada Sura. Dia menggigit sangat keras sampai Sura akhirnya menyerah dan kembali ke laut, dan Baya pun senang.

The Legend of Lake Toba

In the past, there lived a young orphan farm in the northern part of the island of Sumatra. Syahdan, the young man made his life from farming and fishing.

One day while he was fishing he got a fish which was so beautiful in golden brown. While he was holding it, the fish turned into a beautiful princess.

The princess was a woman who was condemned for violating the prohibitions and it would turn into a kind of creature who first touched it. Because at that time the human touched it, then it turned into a princess.

Fascinated by her beauty, the young man asked her to be his wife. The application was accepted on condition that the young man was not allowed to tell the origin of the princess who came originally from fish.

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