A long time ago in central
Kalimantan, a great hunter named Sangi lived. Every time he went to the jungle
to go hunting, he brought a lot of animals home. Sangi lived with his family on
a riverside.
As always, Sangi went to the
jungle. He saw some footprints of a wild hog. He slowly followed the
footprints. The footprints ended in a big tree. Sangi thought the hog was
behind the tree. Slowly he walked around the tree then he was really amazed. He
saw a big dragon was trying to swallow a wild hog. The hog was so big that the
dragon could not swallow it easily.
After several times trying to
swallow, finally the dragon gave up. Suddenly, the dragon looked at Sangi. He
was really shocked! He wanted to run fast. He tought the dragon would eat him
alive.
Though Sangi had tried to
run, his feet could not move at all. The dragon slowly came to him. Then they
were face to face. When the dragon was exactly in front of him, it turned into
smoke. When the smoke was gone, there was a handsome man. He said, “Eat that
wild hog. This is your punishment for seeing me try to eat.” “ I can’t. I am a human. I can not eat a wild
hog that big,” said Sangi. “Yes, you can. If you are a dragon, you can eat the
hog,” said the man.
Then Sangi changed into a
dragon. After that, he ate the hog. Later, he changed back as a human. “What happened
to me? Why could I change as a dragon?” said Sangi. “It also happened to me
years ago. I did what you did. I saw a dragon ate then the dragon made me a
dragon. It is great to be like us. We are half dragon and half human. You can
change to be a dragon or human anytime you like. Besides that, you can be
forever young. I’m more than 100 years old but I still look young right?” said
the man.
He continued, “There is one
condition you have to do. Don’t tell anyone that you are a half a dragon half
human. If you did, you could be a dragon forever and unable to change back as
human,” said the man. After that, he disappeared. Since then, Sangi had to lives,
people always the secret, but he never told them why he could look young
forever.
On his 150th birthday,
people could not stand it anymore. More and more people asked him. Sangi gave
up. He told them that he was actually half dragon half human. People were
laughing at him. They did not believe that. “I am a dragon!” screamed Sangi. He
was upset because they did not believe him. Right after Sangi finished saying
that, his body was shaking. Slowly he changed as a dragon. People were scared.
They were running away.
Sangi was really sad. He
regretted for telling them his secret. He knew he could not live in the village
with his family anymore. He went to the river and lived there. Since then,
people named the river Sangi River.
Taken from http://indonesianfolklore.blogspot.com
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