A long time ago in Sintang, West Ka

A long time ago in Sintang, West Kalimantan, lived a fisherman with his family. The fisherman was poor.

Everyday he went fishing in the river using his fishing rod, because he did not have a net. That was why he always caught a few fish.

In one morning the fisherman rowed his sampan in the river. As always, he brought his fishing rod. He stopped his sampan and put the bait.

He was waiting but no fish caught the bait yet. He changed the bait. He hoped this time a fish would catch the bait. Sadly, he was not lucky yet.

After waiting for a long time, finally he felt that a fish caught his bait.

“Aha!” he said. He slowly pulled the string of his fishing rod. It was hard!

The fisherman could not pulled the string.

"Wow! The fish must be very big!" the fisherman thought.

He was thinking about the size of the fish. He knew that the big fish was very expensive. He hoped he would get a lot of money if he could sell the fish.

After thinking about the money, he suddenly had more power to pull the string of his rod. He pulled the rod with great power, but still, he did not succeed. The fisherman was very tired, he had been pulling with great power. The fisherman decided to get some rest.

It was almost dark, the fisherman thought that he already had enough rest. He hoped that the fish would be weak.

He took a deep breath and counted, one, two, three! He pulled the String, and yes! This time he succeeded! He lifted the fishing rod.

He wanted to see the size of the fish. However, he did not see any fish! Instead, he found some wire on the hook. At first he was very disappointed. But when he looked at the wire carefully, he was so happy. The wire was made of gold. He wanted to sell the wire and had a lot of money. So he pulled the wire, he pulled more and more wire. The wire covered all area in his sampan.

Suddenly, there was a voice.

“Enough, don’t take the wire anymore”.

The fisherman ignored the voice. He wanted to take the gold wire as much as he could. He wanted to be rich.

“Enough! Don’t take the wire anymore, stop now!” Again, the voice asked him to stop.

“No! I don’t want to stop now!” said the fisherman.

He continued pulling the gold wire. The sampan was filled with the gold wire. It could not hold the wire anymore. Slowly, the sampan sunk to the bottom of the river. The fisherman did not realize that because he was busy pulling the wire.

When he found out what happened, it was too late. The sampan was completely sunk and the fisherman panicked! He wanted to save the wire but the sampan sunk very fast. Finally, the fisherman swam to the river side. He regretted his bad behavior.

People heard about the fisherman and his wire. Since then people named the river as Wire River or Sungai Kawat.

Hasil (Bahasa Indonesia) 1:

Lama di Sintang, Kalimantan Barat, tinggal seorang nelayan bersama keluarganya. Nelayan adalah miskin.Setiap hari ia pergi memancing di Sungai menggunakan joran nya, karena dia tidak memiliki jaring. Itulah sebabnya kenapa ia selalu menangkap ikan beberapa.Dalam satu pagi nelayan berdayung sampan nya di sungai. Seperti biasa, dia membawa tongkatnya memancing. Dia berhenti sampan nya dan meletakkan umpan.Ia menunggu tetapi tidak ikan tertangkap umpan belum. Dia mengubah umpan. Dia berharap ini kali ikan akan menangkap umpan. Sayangnya, ia masih tidak beruntung.Setelah menunggu lama, akhirnya ia merasa bahwa ikan tertangkap umpannya."Aha!" katanya. Ia perlahan-lahan menarik tali nya pancing. Itu sulit!Nelayan tidak bisa ditarik string."Wow! Ikan harus sangat besar!"pikir nelayan.Dia berpikir tentang ukuran ikan. Dia tahu bahwa ikan-ikan besar sangat mahal. Dia berharap dia akan mendapatkan banyak uang jika dia bisa menjual ikan.Setelah berpikir tentang uang, dia tiba-tiba memiliki lebih banyak kekuatan untuk menarik serangkaian tongkatnya. Dia menarik batang dengan kekuatan besar, tapi tetap saja, ia tidak berhasil. Nelayan sangat lelah, ia telah menarik dengan kuasa yang besar. Nelayan memutuskan untuk beristirahat.Itu hampir gelap, nelayan mengira bahwa ia sudah memiliki istirahat yang cukup. Dia berharap bahwa ikan akan menjadi lemah.Dia mengambil napas dalam-dalam dan dihitung, satu, dua, tiga! Ia menarik String, dan ya! Kali ini ia berhasil! Ia mengangkat pancing.Dia ingin melihat ukuran ikan. Namun, dia tidak melihat ikan! Sebaliknya, ia menemukan beberapa kawat di hook. Pada awalnya ia sangat kecewa. Tetapi ketika ia melihat kawat dengan hati-hati, ia sangat senang. Kawat terbuat dari emas. Dia ingin menjual kawat dan banyak uang. Jadi ia ditarik kawat, ia menarik lebih banyak dan lebih kawat. Kawat meliputi seluruh daerah di sampan nya.Tiba-tiba, ada suara."Cukup, tidak mengambil kawat lagi".Nelayan mengabaikan suara. Dia ingin mengambil kawat emas sebanyak dia bisa. Dia ingin menjadi kaya."Cukup! Jangan mengambil kawat lagi, berhenti sekarang!" Sekali lagi, suara bertanya kepadanya untuk berhenti."Tidak! Saya tidak ingin berhenti sekarang!"kata nelayan.Dia terus menarik kawat emas. Sampan dipenuhi dengan kawat emas. Itu tidak bisa menahan kawat lagi. Perlahan-lahan, sampan tenggelam ke bawah sungai. Nelayan tidak menyadari bahwa karena dia sedang sibuk menarik kawat.Ketika ia menemukan apa yang terjadi, itu terlalu terlambat. Sampan benar-benar tenggelam dan nelayan panik! Dia ingin menyelamatkan kawat tapi sampan yang tenggelam sangat cepat. Akhirnya, nelayan berenang ke sisi sungai. Dia menyesal atas perilaku buruk.Orang mendengar tentang nelayan dan kawat nya. Sejak itu orang bernama sungai itu sebagai sungai kawat atau Sungai Kawat.