This fable is very famous among children in Malaysia and had been passed down from generations. A mouse deer is always being portrayed as a very pretty and intelligent animal. There are many fables portraying this intelligent animal, and I want to share with you one of the most famous one. It is about how a mouse deer played a trick towards a group of crocodiles. I hope you will enjoy reading it.
A Mouse Deer and Crocodiles
Deep deep in a quiet Tropical jungle, a crocodile was having a blast swimming in the river. He hummed and frolicked by himself while his other friends were napping. After feeling exhausted, he decided to take a rest underneath a durian tree.
In meanwhile, at the nearby area, a mouse deer was scavenging for fruits. But he was having a difficulty as fruits were scarce when he suddenly noticed that there were a lot of fruits on the other side of the river. "Hmmm .. how can I go to the other side of the river? There are a lot of hungry crocodiles in this river. But the fruits are really looking delicious", the mouse deer was saying to himself.
"I need to think of a clever plan". So the mouse deer decided to sit underneath a rambutan tree while munching some fruits. It took him in no more than a few rambutan fruits to concoct a plan since it's a clever animal. "What a clever plan that I've come up, if I say so myself" said the mouse deer with a smile.
"Psttt ... pssttt .... wake up Mr. Crocodile" said the mouse deer to the sleeping crocodile. It took a while for the crocodile to open his eyes. First, he opened his right eye, and when he saw a nice plump looking mouse deer near him, he opened both eyes. He was thinking "hmm ... what a pretty plump nice dinner this deer going to be".
"What do you want, O Little Mousy Deer?" said the crocodile. "I have an important message from our leader the Tiger", said the mouse deer. "He wants to have a party to celebrate his birthday, and he likes to invite every animals in this jungle to attend. But he needs to know how many animals are there in this jungle so that he can prepare enough food for everyone".
"Wow, this is a good news indeed, O Little Mousy Deer. What do you want me to do?" asked the crocodile excitedly. "I would like for all the crocodiles in this river to line up across this river, and then I will count the number one by one", said the deer with a very serious tone.
The crocodile shouted to every sleeping crocodiles and asked them to line up across the river. "Please make sure they don't snap at me when I started to jump and count the number", the mouse deer reminded the crocodile. Then he started to jump.
"One two, little feet"
"Three four, a little bit more"
"Five six, big belly indeed"
The mouse deer repeated the lines until he jumped safely to the other side of the river bank. "How many of us are there?" shouted the crocodile from across the river. "Ohhhh.... just nine stupid crocodiles. I just wanted to cross this river, and there is no party" replied the mouse deer while laughingly running away from the river bank.
The crocodiles were angry for being made a fool by a little mouse deer. Meanwhile, the mouse deer was enjoying the abundance of fruits. However, he needed to think of a way to return back to his home across the river.
The End.
I hope everyone enjoy reading this little story. They are many versions of this pretty fable, but the context remains the same, and I have to admit I did change the details a little bit and using my own little version in writing this fable.
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Can it reaches '5000 view'? :-P
The Story of A Mouse Deer and Crocodiles... this one is the most read blog you have written .. with 3163 views :p
AH_TK ... are you going to start counting every words in my every blogs? OHMY! OHMY! Should I be afraid? :-P
Views: 3033 ... woooow :p
My grander WMW .. @_@ ... A big feast? Are you sure it's a big feast and not a BIG FIST? O_o
Hi dear friend sewar, yes, I think this story can give a chance for every children to come up with their own "story" on how that clever mouse deer can go back to it's home. Thank you for reading. I'm glad that you like this story.
This is a first time I read this lovely story. Actually, I like every story ends with open end. It gives our imagination a great opportunity to look for suitable end. More of that, as a parents, this kind of stories gives us a chance to spend a nice time with our children, arguing and laughing with each other. Thanks my friend.
Hi Sima .. I'm glad this story brought a smile to you. Thank you for reading.
Dear Bala from India .. what are you saying? zzzzzzzzzzz ... LOL. Well, I'm not sure what it's called in other part of the world, but over here, because of its smaller size than a normal deer, it's called a mouse deer.
Yes, we have a lot of fables with regards to the cleverness of this mouse deer, some of them I still remember vividly, but some of them are getting lost with time. Indeed, it's a good story to be told to children, because these fables normally have a very good moral values.
I'm awake because I'm writing another fables. LOL.
hmm This is great and very nice story :)"and made me smile when i read it ..by the way i have to talk with you about important issue Sis :-* see you Sis ....:)" thanks for sharing :)"
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