Long
time ago, lived a farmer and his wife in a village by the side of a forest.
They lived simply and they like to help other people, especially one who in
afflictions. One night, the farmer and his wife were resting in their house.
The farmer was sitting beside his sleeping wife. Suddenly, a white centipede
came out from the wife’s head. The farmer was amazed. He then followed the
centipede until they reach a small pond not far from their house. Then the
centipede suddenly disappeared. The farmer went home and found his wife still
soundly asleep.
In
the morning, the wife told his husband about the dream she had last night. “I
was walking through a vast field, and I came to a lake. I saw a giant hedgehog
in the lake. It was glaring at me, so I ran away.” After he heard his wife’s
dream, the farmer went back to the small pond. In the pond, he saw something
very shiny. He came to the shiny object and took it. It was a golden hedgehog statue.
It was very beautiful. Its eyes were made of diamond. The farmer then brought
the statue home.
At
night, the farmer had a dream. A giant hedgehog came to him, “Please let me
stay in your home. As return, I will give you everything you want. Just caress
the statue’s head and say the prayer. There are two kinds of prayers, one is to
start your wish and the second is to stop your wish. Now memorize the prayers.”
In
the next day, the farmer told his wife about his dream. They really wanted to
prove it. The farmer slowly caressed the statue's head. He said the prayer and
asked for rice. Suddenly, rice came out of the mouth of the statue. The rice
kept on coming out from the statue's mouth. The farmer immediately said the
prayer to stop it. The rice then stopped coming out from the statue.
The
farmer and his wife then asked for other things, jewelry and other stuff they
needed. They became very rich. But they still like to help other people. A lot
of poor came to them for help. Unfortunately, a thief found out about the
secret of the golden hedgehog statue. Pretending to be a poor asking for help,
he stole the statue from the farmer’s house.
The
thief blurred to the district area of Ngabang. There was a drought in the area.
The thief wanted sympathy from the people, so he said to them that he would
provide them with water. The thief then caressed the hedgehog statue and said
the prayer. Water came out of the statue’s mouth. All the people were so happy.
But the water kept on coming out. The thief didn’t know the prayer to stop the
wish. People who saw the incident were really scared. They ran away to avoid
the water as it was started to flood the area. The thief also wanted to run
away, but he cannot move his legs. In his vision, there was a giant hedgehog holding
both his legs. Water kept coming from the statue and slowly it became a river.
The thief was drowned in the river. People then named the river as Hedgehog
River or Sungai Landak.
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