A Legend of Komodo Island
Once upon the time, on Komodo Island, there lived a princess called Putri Naga. Some called her the Dragon Princess. Putri Naga and her husband, Najo, had two children, a pair of twins.
Putri Naga's children were special, The first was a boy, and she named him Si Gerong. However, Si Gerong's twin was not a human child, but a dragon. Putri Naga named her Oeah. To keep her dragon daughter safe, Putri Naga took her away. So Orah grew up in the forest, far from her brother.
One day, many years later, Si Gerong was hunting in the forests. He was a good hunter, and soon he had killed a deer with his spear. He was about to pick the deer up when a huge dragon came out of the trees and started to eat it.
Si Gerong was surprised, but he didn't back away. He lifted his spear to fight the dragon. Suddenly,a spirit came out of the forest and held him back. It was the spirit of his mother, Putri Naga, who had died many years before. "Stop, Si Gerong!" she said. "Do not kill the dragon. That is your sister. Her name is Orah." Putri Naga told Si Gerong and Orah that they should live on the island together in peace.
That is why, from the day, the people of Komodo Island have always protected these huge dragon. It is also said that no dragon on Komodo Island has ever killed a person living on the island.