Mousedeer and Crocodiles
The dog was so furious that it ran after the mousedeer but it couldn't catch him
because the mousedeer hid behind the bush smartly. The dog barked and
could only say, "You are liar!
You told me that I would be the farmer's son
in law ..., the fact that Mr. Farmer would slaughter you to be made satay!"
because the mousedeer hid behind the bush smartly. The dog barked and
could only say, "You are liar!
You told me that I would be the farmer's son
in law ..., the fact that Mr. Farmer would slaughter you to be made satay!"
Despite
his small body, mousedeer had always brilliant ideas so that he hid under
thick bushes in order not to be seen. If it were racing with the dog, mousedeer
would surely lose. "What a stupid dog!" the mousedeer said in laughter.
He carefully covered the traces of
his feet with the dust so that the
dog wouldn't know where the mousedeer
was.
When it was safe the mousedeer came out of the bushes
and ran in different direction with the poor dog. This time he arrived in the bank
of a deep river. "It seems that it is a very deep river", he said to himself
and thought for a few minutes to find the way to cross it. "I've got an idea",
he whispered. Then he walked toward a group of banana trees, he pushed them strongly till
they fell down one by one.
Several
minutes later he tied several logs
and the rowing boat was ready to
cross the river. "How heavy it is", he thought while dragging it into
the river.
He was not aware that several hungry crocodiles were watching him from the
distance. Suddenly a big crocodile caught him from behind ... but this time he was late. His left leg had
been stabbed with the sharp teeth of the crocodile. "Auch ... hey ... wait
a minute Mr. Crocodile!" the mousedeer begged.
"Wait
for what? I am starving!" the crocodile said.
"Don't
worry, Mr. Crocodile, it is impossible for me to fight with you, I'm starving, too. My stomach is empty, my body
contains no meat, let me look for food first!" the
mousedeer said.
The
crocodile agreed, he took his sharp teeth off the mousedeer's leg. "Then, what do you want?" the crocodile
asked. "You have a lot of friends, don't you?" the mousedeer
asked. "Yes, you're right, I'll call my friends".
Then in a short time, a great number of crocodiles rose on the surface of the
river. "One of you must take me
to cross this river to seek some meal so that my body is fat enough for
you all to eat", the mousedeer said.
"Hey, the mousedeer, don't try to trick me, will
you?" Mr. Crocodile
warned him. "How do I dare to
trick you, you are so strong and powerfull no one dares to trick you!" the
mousedeer convinced.
"Well,
ok, I'll take you there and you must eat a lot of food to make you fat",
the crocodile agreed. The mousedeer jumped on the crocodile's back hurriedly
and the crocodile swam across the river with him. "Wow what a nice
sailing!" the mousedeer shouted cheerfully. "For the time being,
enjoy your trip but by and by I'll swallow you", the crocodile thought.
"Remember little mousedeer, don't try to trick
me", Mr. Crocodile
reminded him while waiting on the river bank. After eating a lot of fruits and
cucumber, the mousedeer backed to the
river bank where there was the crocodile waiting. The mousedeer was so full that he looked a little
bit fatter than he used to be. "Mr.
Crocodile, how many friends of yours are there in the river?" the
mousedeer started to play a trick
again. "Many!" the crocodile answered. "How many are there
precisely?" the mousedeer asked again. "I can't count them, there are
a great number, and also I've never counted
them!" the crocodile shouted angrily. "It's too bad, how can you share and devide my body if you don't know the number of
your friend?" the mousedeer asked. "Well, if so, I myself will
count the number of your friends, and now you must form a line across this
river.
"That's right, I agree with you, remember I'm the
leader in this river so that
I have the right to have your delicious tight", the crocodile claimed. In
a few minutes the crocodiles have made a
formation of a line across the river. Later, the mousedeer jumped on the crocodiles back one by one while counting
them ... one, two, three ... arriving
in another side of the river, the mousedeer waved his hard happily saying thanks to all crocodiles who could
only stare at him.
"Hey ... stop!!! don't go away! I've not
eaten you, yet!" but the mousedeer kept
running away from them. He didn't care of them anymore and walked into
the jungle.
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