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Kelompok 3 Kelas XI-3

Anggota Kelompok:
1. Ali Muhammad Ar Rasyid 4. Varel Albian Muhaji
2. Andrian Maulana Parel 5. Raziq Hazman
3. Rakha Surya

The Legend of Lake Toba

Once upon a time there was a young farmer whose name was Toba. He lived in a valley
which land was fertile, therefore he was able to support his life by the crops he grew
although he was not a rich man.
One day, he felt like he wanted to eat fish so he went fishing at a river not far from his
house. The river was usually rich with fish, but on that strange day he did not catch any fish
for a long time, so he decided to just go home. Just as he was preparing to leave, his rod and
line still in the water caught a big fish. As he lifted the fish, it suddenly talked. The fish cried
and begged him to release it.
Surprised to see a talking fish, he released it to the river, but suddenly the fish transformed
into beautiful young woman. The young woman said that she was actually a princess cursed
to be a fish. She thanked the young farmer for breaking her curse and to show her gratitude,
she was willing to be his wife under the condition that the farmer should not tell anybody
about her being a fish once or a terrible disaster would be fallen on him. So the farmer and
the woman got married and after a while the woman gave birth to a baby boy. The boy grew
up to be a child of great appetite. He was always hungry and would eat all the food at the
table and would not even leave any food for his parents to eat.
One day the boy was asked to bring food to his father who was working on the field. But on
the way, the boy ate up the food he carried. At the field, his father was very hungry and
tired after working, but he found out there was no food left for him to eat. This made the
farmer lose his temper and in anger, he hit the boy and called him a son of the fish.
Crying, the boy ran home and asked his mother if he really was a son of a fish. Shocked and
sad to hear that, his mother told the boy to climb to the hill near their house and to climb to
the top of the tallest tree. She herself hurried up to the river where he met the young
farmer the first time and disappeared.
The sky turned black and thunder and lightning roared and heavy rain fell onto the valley.
The rain was so hard and so long that the valley started to flood. The water got higher and
higher until the valley was gone. It had turned into a lake. People named the lake after the
farmer, Toba. The hill became an island in the middle of the lake, and it was named Samosir
Island.
Question and Answer

1. What type of text does the story "Legend of Lake Toba" belong to?
Answer:
The Legend of Lake Toba is belong to the legend story because it tells the origin of a
place, namely "Lake Toba”, but its truth is still questionable.

2. What was the condition the young woman set for marrying Toba?
Answer:
The condition was that Toba should not tell anybody about her previous form as a
fish, or else a terrible disaster would befall him.

3. What did the young boy do on the way to deliver food to his father?
Answer:
The young boy ate all the food he was supposed to deliver to his father, leaving him
hungry and angry.

4. What did the mother told the boy to do after he asked her about his true heritage?
Answer:
The mother instructed the boy to climb to the hill near their house and to climb to
the top of the tallest tree.

5. What were the geographical changes that occurred after the disastrous event in the
story?
Answer:
The valley where Toba lived turned into a lake, named Lake Toba, while the hill near
their house became an island in the middle of the lake, named Samosir Island.

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