True Friends

Once upon a time, there were two close friends who were walking through the forest
together. They knew that anything dangerous can happen any time in the forest. So they
promised each other that they would always be together in any case of danger.

Suddenly, they saw a large bear getting closer toward them. One of them climbed a
nearby tree at once. But unfortunately the other one did not know how to climb up the tree. So
being led by his common sense, he lay down on the ground breathless and pretended to be a dead
man.

The bear came near the one who was lying on the ground. It smelt in his ears, and
slowly left the place because the bears do not want to touch the dead creatures. After that, the
friend on the tree came down and asked his friend who was on the ground, "Friend, what did the
bear whisper into your ears?" The other friend replied,"Just now the bear advised me not to
Believe a false friend".

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 Fox and A Cat

One day, a cat and a fox were having a conversation. The fox, who was a conceited
creature, boasted how clever she was. "Why, I know at least a hundred tricks to get away from
our mutual enemies, the dogs," she said.

"I know only one trick to get away from dogs," said the cat. "You should teach me some
of yours!".

"Well, maybe someday, when I have the time, I may teach you a few of the simpler
ones", replied the fox airily.

Just then they heard the barking of a pack of dogs in the distance. The barking grew
louder and louder - the dogs were coming in their direction! At once the cat ran to the nearest
tree and climbed into its branches, well out of reach of any dog. "This is the trick I told you
about, the only one I know", said the cat. "Which one of your hundred tricks are you going to
use?".

The fox sat silently under the tree, wondering which trick she should use. Before she
could make up her mind, the dogs arrived. They fell upon the fox and tore her to pieces.

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 The Ant and the Dove

One hot day, an ant was seeking some water. After walking around for a moment, she
came to a spring. To reach the spring, she had to climb up a blade of grass. While making her
way up, she slipped and fell unintentionally into the water.

She could have sunk if a dove up a nearby tree had not seen her. Seeing that the ant was
in trouble, the dove quickly put off a leaf from a tree and dropped it immediately into the water
near the struggling ant. Then the ant moved towards the leaf and climbed up there. Soon it
carried her safely to dry ground.

Not long after that, there was a hunter nearby who was throwing out his net towards the
dove, hoping to trap it in this way.

Guessing what he should do, the ant quickly bit him on the heel. Feeling the pain, the
hunter dropped his net and the dove flew away quickly from this net.

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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. Baya was happy.

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 The Legend of Toba Lake

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. The young man agreed to this requirement. Having got married for a
year, the couple got a boy but he had a bad habit that he never felt satisfied while he was eating.
He ate all the food.

One day the boy ate all the food that should be given to his father. The young man then
so angrily said: "basically you are the offspring of fish!" That statement by itself unlocked the
secrets of his wife and broke his promise.

Shortly afterwards, his wife and son magically disappeared. Suddenly in the land of
their former footsteps went out the springs which were very heavy. The water flew from these
springs continuously and the longer it happened the larger it would be. Finally, these springs
became a vast lake. The lake is now called Toba Lake.

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 The Legend of Salatiga

Many years ago there was a very honest sunan. He taught people about the meaning of
life and about religion, he is known as Sunan Kalijaga. He traveled to spread his precious lesson.

One day, Sunan Kalijaga arrived at a village. Sunan went to the village chief's house.
Then Sunan Kalijaga asked for a job without telling his real name. The wife of the chief said he
could help cut the grass.

Sunan Kalijaga started working by cutting grass to feed the chief's horses.

Soon, the chief of the village realized that his employee was Sunan Kalijaga. The chief
was extremely surprised. Then he decided to follow the lesson of Sunan Kalijaga.

To follow the lesson of Sunan Kalijaga, the chief had to leave everything behind. But
the wife didn't agree so she brought her jewelry in bamboo.

When the three of them were taking a rest in a village, a robber approached and took
everything from the wife of the chief. Sunan said that this village would be full of people and
really busy.

Then Sunan named the place Salatiga which means three wrong people. The three
wrong people were the chief, his wife, and also the robber who loves collecting things.

And now, this village is known as Salatiga.

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 The Lion and The Mouse

When he was awakened by a tiny Mouse running across his body, a mighty Lion was
sleeping in his lair. The lion then grabbed the frightened mouse with his huge paws and opened
his mouth to swallow him directly. "Please, King," begged the Mouse, "Spare me this time and
of course I will never forget your kindness. Someday I may be able to repay you. "The Lion
thought that it was such an amusing idea that he let the poor creature go.

Sometimes later the Lion was caught in a net laid by some hunters. Despite his great
strength, the Lion could not break free. Soon the forest echoed with angry loud roars.

The Little Mouse heard the Lion and ran to see what was wrong. As soon as he
succeeded to make the Lion free "There!" said the Mouse proudly, " You laughed at me when I
promised to repay your kindness, but now you know that even a tiny Mouse can help a mighty
Lion."

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