Origin of Surabaya City

Once upona time, in Java Sea in the east of Madura Island, there were two water creatures competed against each other. They were a shark named Sura and crocodile named Buaya. Both of them fought only because of food. They were strong, smart, ferocious and greedy.

When they met accidentally or not, tehy fought until the sea water churned. Nevertheless, there was no winner and looser. In the long run, they were tired and decided to stop their fighting. They finally made an agreement to divide authorities.

" I fully have authority inthe water and seek for food in the water teritory whereas your authority is in the land and you must seek for food in the land. As a boundary between land and water, we will resolve the line, a place which can be reached by sea water in rise and fall,: the shark Sura said.
"Okay, I agree with you," Buaya answered.

By deviding the territorie fairly, there would be no figting between Sura and Buaya anymore. Both of them agreed not to break the agreement and keep their territories in a good way.

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