Once, a fisherman named
Batara Guru Sahala lived in the Batak Land. One day, he caught a fish. He was
surprised to find that the fish could talk. It begged Sahala to set it 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 at once. He asked her to marry him. The woman agreed to
marry Sahala. However, she told him