Once upon time there were
a smart mousedeer. He lived near a river. The mousedeer used to go the river
drink. One day, the mousedeer was thirsty. He wanted to drink in the river but
he knew that crocodiles were staying and waiting underwater to eat him. He
throught hard and got bright idea. He said out loudly. “ I will put in my leg
and find out whether the water is warm or not “ Of course the mousedeer did not
do what he said. He did not put his leg but the mousedeer took a wood stick and
put one end into the water. Blurr...! Surely a crocodile grabbed tghe wood
stick and pulled it underwater. Seeing that, the mousedeer laughed and said “
Stupid crocodile ! Can’t you see the difference between a wood stick and leg? “
Then the mousedeer ran to another side of the river and drink some water.
On the following day, the
mousedeer was hungry. He wanted to eat some grass on the side of the river so
he had to to cross the dangeous river which was full of crocodiles. Again he
thought hard and found another smart idea and said loudly “ Crocodiles come up ! “ then some crocodiles
rose from the water. They looked happy and saw their sharp teeth and said “
Hello, Mousedeer. Do you come to be my lunch? We are hungry “ The mousedeer
jush smiled and replied. “ Sorry, Crocodiles, not today, I come to you to bring
an invitation from the king. You are invited to the party. The king ordered me
to count all crocodiles in this river so he knew how to prepare enough meal for
you.“ All the crocodiles felt happy and said “ Really...? Tell us what to do,”
said a crocodile. “ You have to line up from this side of the river to the
other side, “ said the mousedeer. He ordered to lined up across the river.
The mouse deer then jumped
on the Crocodile’s back. “ One, “ the mousedeer counted. He jumped onto the
next crocodile, “ Two “ and he jumped again on the next crocodile, “ Three “ he
kept jumping until he arrived on the other side of the river. “ Jush enough, “
said the mouseedeer. “ I have counted all of you “ He laught and ran to the
field of grass.
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Suatu
waktu ada seekor kancil yang pintar. Dia tinggal di dekat sungai. Kancil itu
sering pergi ke sungai untuk minum. Suatu hari, kancil merasa haus. Dia ingin
minum di sungai, tapi ia tahu bahwa ada buaya yang tinggal dan menunggu di
bawah air yang bisa memakan dia. Dia berpikir keras dan mendapat ide cemerlang.
Dia berkata dengan nyaring. “ Saya akan memasukkan kaki saya supaya tahu apakah
airnya hangat atau tidak “ Tentu saja kancil tidak melakukan apa yang dia
katakan. Dia tidak memasukkan kakinya ke dalam air sungai itu sebagai gantinya
dia mengambil sebatang tongkat kayu dan memasukkan satu ujung ke dalam air.
Blurr...! Tentu saja buaya itu meraih tongkat kayu dan menariknya ke bawah air.
Melihat itu, kancil tertawa dan berkata “ Buaya bodoh ! Apakah kamu tidak bisa
membedakan antara tongkat kayu dan kaki? “ Kemudian kancil berlari ke sisi lain
dari sungai dan minum air.
Pada
hari berikutnya, Kancil merasa lapar. Dia ingin makan beberapa rumput di sisi
sungai sehingga dia harus menyebrangi sungai yang berbahaya yang penuh dengan
buaya itu. Sekali lagi ia berpikir keras “ Buaya datanglah ! “ Kemudian
beberapa buaya muncul ke permukaan air. Mereka tampak bahagia dan
memperlihatrkan gigi tajam sambil berkata “ Halo, Kancil. Apakah kamu datang
untuk menjadi menu makan siang kami? Kami sudah lapar “ Kancil hanya bisa tersenyum
dan menjawab, “ Maaf, Buaya, tidak hari ini, saya datang kepada kalian untuk
membawa undangan dari raja. Kalian diundang ke pesta. Raja memerintahkan saya
untuk menghitung semua buaya di sungai ini sehingga beliau tahu bagaimana
mempersiapkan makanan bagi kalian nanti. “ semua buaya merasa bahagia dan
mengatakan “ Benar, benarkah? Beritahu kami apa yang harus kami lakukan “ kata
buaya. “ kalian harus berbaris dari sisi sungai ini sampai ke sisi lainnya “
kata kancil. Tak lama setelah itu buaya memanggil semua teman-teman dan
keluarganya. Dia memerintahkan untuk berbaris berjejer dari satu sisi sungai
sampai sisi lannya.
Kancil
itu kemudian melompat di punggung buaya. “Satu,” kancil menghitung. Dia
melompat ke buaya berikutnya. “Dua“ dan ia melompat lagi pada buaya berikutnya,
“Tiga” dia terus melompat sampai tiba di sisi lain sungai.“ Cukup sudah,“ kata kancil. “ Saya
telah menghitung kalian semua “ dia tertawa dan berlari ke lapangan yang penuh
dengan rumput.
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