Once, a fisherman named Batara Guru Sahala lived in Batakland. One day he caught a fish . He was surprised to find that the fish could Talk.It begged Sahal to set it out free. He did accordingly.As soon as the fish was free it changed into a woman. She was so beautiful that Sahala fell in love with her at once.He asked her to marry him. The woman agreed to marry Sahala.However she told him that he must never let out the secret that she was once a fish.Sahala promised her that he would not tell anyone about it.
They were happily married,and had two daughters.Every morning Sahala went out fishing.His daughter would bring him his lunch.One day however instead of bringing the food to their father the two girls ate it.
When Sahala knew what they had done with the meal he got very angry .He shouted at them saying “You behaved exactlyblike the daughters of a fish!”
The girls did not know what their father meant: they went home and asked their mother about it. Their mother was very annoyed .Although Sahala .apologized to her later she would not forgive him for breaking his promises .Then the earth began to shake and volcanoes started to erupt.The earth cracked and formed a big hole.People said that hole became Lake Toba





1. What is the generic structure from the story?
2. What does the text tell about?
3. What was Sahala?
4. What does the underlined word them in paragraph 4 refer to?
5. What is the moral value from the story?
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