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    The Origin of Landak River

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    The farmer finds a golden hedgehog statue with magical powers. The statue grants wishes by having its head caressed and a prayer said. It provides the farmer and his wife with great wealth by producing rice and other goods from its mouth. However, a thief steals the statue and uses its power to provide water to a drought-stricken village, but doesn't know the prayer to stop the flow and causes a flood. The water becomes a river that drowns the thief, and the river is named Landak River after the hedgehog statue.

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    The farmer finds a golden hedgehog statue with magical powers. The statue grants wishes by having its head caressed and a prayer said. It provides the farmer and his wife with great wealth by producing rice and other goods from its mouth. However, a thief steals the statue and uses its power to provide water to a drought-stricken village, but doesn't know the prayer to stop the flow and causes a flood. The water becomes a river that drowns the thief, and the river is named Landak River after the hedgehog statue.

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    The farmer finds a golden hedgehog statue with magical powers. The statue grants wishes by having its head caressed and a prayer said. It provides the farmer and his wife with great wealth by producing rice and other goods from its mouth. However, a thief steals the statue and uses its power to provide water to a drought-stricken village, but doesn't know the prayer to stop the flow and causes a flood. The water becomes a river that drowns the thief, and the river is named Landak River after the hedgehog statue.

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    The Origin of Landak River

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    The farmer finds a golden hedgehog statue with magical powers. The statue grants wishes by having its head caressed and a prayer said. It provides the farmer and his wife with great wealth by producing rice and other goods from its mouth. However, a thief steals the statue and uses its power to provide water to a drought-stricken village, but doesn't know the prayer to stop the flow and causes a flood. The water becomes a river that drowns the thief, and the river is named Landak River after the hedgehog statue.

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    The Origin of Landak River

    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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