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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