Once upon a time in the Java Sea, there lived two beasts were equally strong and arrogant. Both of these animals were a shark and a crocodile. Because they livee side by side, between the shark and the crocodile often had a fight for foods. Because they were equally strong, agile, and fierce, the fight continued for such a long time. There was no winner or loser, the fight always ended with draw. However, after countless fight they began to feel bored and tired. Realizing that the fight only caused injury, they made an agreement to divide the territory into two areas.
"Hi Crocs, I am tired fighting you,” The shark said.
"Well, me too, Shark. Then, what should we do to stop this fighting?" Crocodile asked.
"To prevent more fights between us, let’s divided this territory into two areas, the land belongs to you, the sea belongs to mine. I will hunt my prey only on the sea. You also do the same. We cannot enter the other territory. Then, as a limit, we first determine that the ground water that can be achieved when the tidal sea! " The shark proposed.
"Mmm, okay. That is great idea. I agree." Crocodile said.
With this agreement, for a while sharks and crocodiles never had fight anymore. Both agreed to respect each other territory. However, after several years, the shark’s main prey, the fish, were running out in the sea. They feared of the shark and most of them ran to the Brantas River. Realizing that, the shark secretly started looking for prey in the mouth of the Brantas River. Shark did not want the crocodile knew about this. If the crocodile knew, the agreement that they had made would be ruined. However, after several time the shark secretly entered the crocodile’s territory, the crocodile began to know it.
“Shark, how dare you come to my territory? This mouth of the Brantas River is mine. You do not have any authority to come here. You break the agreement that we have both agreed.” Shout the crocodile.
“What? Your territory? Excuse me, Mr. Crocodile. This mouth Brantas River is my territory. It is part of the sea. I do not break the agreement. But, you do. You enter my territory.” Replied the shark.
“I am not dumb, shark. River is part of the land. Your territory is in the sea. It means that the river is my territory.” Said the crocodile.
“Do you see this, dumb crocodile? The river is full of water so as the sea. It means this river is part of the sea. And it is also my territory.” Said the shark.
“Do not mess with me, Shark. You know what I capable of,” the crocodile threaten.
"So you want a fight. Well, come on then. I will protect what is mine. And this time I will win." The Shark replied.
The quarrels between the shark and the crocodile ended with a fierce fight. The fight this time was bigger the other fights that they had done. They both had still equal power. They bit, they hit, and they kicked each other. And in an instant, the river was turned to red because of their blood. They both were heavily wounded. The shark tail almost broke off, so as the crocodile’ tail. After few hours fighting, they stopped. The shark surrendered and returned to the sea. The crocodile stood still and felt satisfied because he could defend his territory. However, not long after that, they both died. They died because of severe injuries from former fight. And to remember the fight between the shark and the crocodile, the place where the great fight happened was named “Surabaya”. Surabaya was taken from word “Sura” means a shark, and “Baya” which means a crocodile.