A long time ago in East Java
there were two strong animals, Sura and Baya. Sura was a shark and Baya was a
crocodile. When they were hungry, they did not want to share their food. They
would fight for it and never stop fighting until one of them gave up. One day Sura
and Baya were looking for some food. Suddenly, Baya saw a goat.
Baya : “hey. I saw a goat”
Sura : “now turn I eat Baya!”
Baya : “no! this is my lunch” said Baya.
Sura : “No way! This is my lunch. You are greedy! I had not eaten for
two days!” said Sura.
Then
Sura and Baya fought again. After several hours, they were very tired. Sura had
a plan to stop their bad behavior.
Baya : “sura I’m tired”.
Sura : “Me too. I’m tired of fighting, Baya” said Sura.
Baya : “What should we do to stop fighting? Do you have any idea?”
asked Baya.
Sura : “Yes, I do. Let’s share our territory. I live in the water, so I
look for food in the sea. And you live on the land,
right?”.
Baya : “So, I look for the food also on the land. The border is the
beach, so we will never meet again. Right?”
Sura : “Hmm... thats right. OK, I agree. From today, I will never go to
the land again. My place is on sea”
Then
they both lived in the different places. Sura lived in the water and Baya lived
in the land. The border was the beach, so they would never fight again.
But
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.
Baya : “Hey, what are you doing here? This is my place. Your place is
in the sea!”
Sura : “But, there is water in the river, right? So, this is also my
place!”
Baya : “What? The river is place on the land! So the river is my area"
Sura : “But I'm never tell
you that the water is just in the sea, but also in the river”
Baya : “You purposely
asking for trouble, Sura?"
Sura : “No, I think my reason
is quite strong and I did the part that is true!"
Then
Sura and Baya 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.
Baya : “haha, Sura you lose, do not ever come to the land again! Remember
that!”
Sura : “see, I can beat you Baya!”
Then
named the place of the fight as Surabaya, it’s from Sura the shark and Baya the
crocodile. People also put their fight as the symbol of Surabaya city. ***
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