Kancil and the giant Story

One beautiful morning Kancil decided to fish in a certain river. On the way he met
his friend, Swine, who stopped him for a chat. When Swine heard that Kancil wanted to
go fishing, he asked whether he could join him, Kancil did not object, as Swine
promised to help him with the work. The two of them went on together and soon they
met Tiger and Elephant. When they heard that Kancil and Swine were going to the river,
they decide to go along, too. And so the four animals went together to the river to fish.
Narrative the giant Story
When they arrived at the river bank, Kancil immediately began to give orders left
and right. Elephant had to dam the river with stones and tree trunks. Tiger and Swine
had to throw away the river water while Kancil himself set out to catch the fish left on the
dry river bed. There were, however, few fish, so they decided to go further down the
river to try their lick again. Kancil ordered Swine to stay behind with their catch. He
himself went with Tiger and Elephant further downstream where the tree of them began
their work all over again.
Meanwhile, a giant came to the place where Swine sat. As soon as he saw the
glittering fish, he grabbed them greedily and stuffied them what into his mouth. It was
useless for Swine to protect and the giant did not even listen to him. Swine ran toward
his friends and told them had happened. Of course, the three others were bot very
pleased.
The second time, too, they did not catch enough fish. did not even listen to him.
Ordered Tiger to stay behind with their second catch, while he, Swine and Elephant
went further away to dam the river at another place. As soon as the three of them were
out of sight, the hungry giant came from behind the bushes and ate up all the fish. Tiger
snarled angrily, but he did not dare to fight the giant.
When the other animals came back with their catch they found a very ashamed
Tiger without a single fish. Kancil scolded him until he became red in the face. Now it
was Elephants turn to play guard.
You are so big. Friend Elephant. Certainly, we can trust you to defend our fish,
said Kancil.
For the third time the giant came to eat the fish. When Elephant saw how big he
was, he became afraid and let the giant steal their fish. Kancil and the others came
back, they found the basket empty again. Kancil was very angry with his three friends.
He shouted, Whats the use of having such big and strong bodies, if you cant even
chase away one single giant. This time I will stay here myself. Do you think I am too
small to do this job? Go away , the three of you, and catch as a many fish as you can.
When you come back, you will find that robber lying here in front of me, bound and
helpless.
After Swine, Tiger and Elephant had gone away, Kancil plucked a big bunch of
reeds from the river side. He tied these reeds around his body. Then lying down under
the nearest tree, he bound the reed ends to the roots of the tree. He was very busy
tying himself when the giant came. Kancil pretended not to see him and went on with
his work. The giant became curious and instead of grabbing the fish he stopped to look
sown at Kancil and asked what he was doing.
 Well. Well. Dont you know what is going happen today? asked Kancil in a
surprised tone.
What is going to happen today? asked the giant curiously.
I thought everybody knew about it, answered Kancil. You must have been
asleep when Nabi Sulaiman came into the forest to warn all the animals about the big
flood. The big flood will carry everybody away to the see, unless he takes precaution to
be safe.
Oh, I have not heard about this flood, answered the giant, who believe every
word Kancil said, Tell me, what do you do to avoid being carried away?
Dont you see what I am doing said Kancil. I bind myself to these roots, so that
the water will not drag me away
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Thats a very good idea, said the stupid giant. Wont you help me a little?
Why not? I am always ready to help somebody in need, answered Kancil. But
these reeds are not strong enough to hold your heavy body. Why dont you go into the
forest and collect a big bunch of thick rattan? I shall wait for you here. But hurry, we
dont have much time as the flood will come soon after noon.
Narrative Text Fable - Kancil and the giant Story

The stupid giant, afraid of losing his life, ran into the woods and soon came back with a
big load of rattan. Kancil told him to bind his own legs tightly together with the rattan,
then sit with his back against a big tree so that Kancil could help him tie his body
against the tree trunk. The giant did everything Kancil said. Soon he was sitting boud
and helpless against the tree. To be completely safe, Kancil wound several more
pieces of rattan round him so that the giant could hardly move.
Narrative Text Fable - Kancil and the giant Story
Then the clever little animal called out to his friends who were still busy catching fish
some distance away. Swine, Tiger and Elephant did not have much trouble killing their
enemy.
Of course, Kancil did not tell them that he had tricked the giant, and the other three
animals thought that he had fought with him. They all admired his enormous strength.
They gave Kancil the biggest share of the fish, and after having finished their meal each
of them went his own way.
 The king of the forest
Many years ago, so long ago that no one knows exactly when a lion lived in a
cave in the forest. He was very strong and fierce, with pointed claws and teeth as sharp
as knives. All the animal living in the forest were afraid of him.
He was lazy and did nothing every day except eat and sleep. Mr. Peacock swept
the floor of his cave with his long tail, so that he could have a clean bed to sleep on.
While he slept, Mr. Mouse stroked and massaged his body. When he opened his mouth
to yamn, Mr. Mouse would jump in to clean and polish his teeth.
Mr. Porcupine was the lions chief assistant. He was a brave and hard worker. He
never tired of obeying the lions orders.
Im feeling hungry. The lion told him one day. Go and catch a goat for me.
Mr. Porcupine went and asked Mr. tiger to help him. Mr. Tiger stretched himself.
Ah well, he said. If the King of the forest wants a goat for dinner, Ill have to catch one
for him. He caught a goat and carried it back to the lions cave. Thanks, Mr. Tiger,
said the lion. Im very grateful to you for such a tasty meal.
As soon as all the other animals in the forest heard that Mr. tiger was hunting food
for the lion. They hid themselves in the forest..
After a day or so, the lion felt hungry again. Tell Mr. tiger to catch a deer for me,
he ordered Mr. Porcupine. Mr. Porcupine did as he was told. However, although Mr.
tiger searched everywhere, he was unable to find a single animal.
Finally, he had to tell the king of the forest that he had not been successful.
What! roared the lion. The forest is full of animals, who are all my subjects.
Order all of them to come to my cave at once.
Mr. tiger kept quit. He did not know what to do.
He returned to the forest to continue his search. At the end of the day. He felt tired
and fell asleep.
When he awoke, he saw Mr. Mousedeer passing by.
Where are all the other animals? he asked.
Theyre hiding in the forest, replied Mr. Mousedeer.
Can you show me where they are?
Why do you want to know?
The king of the forests hungry, replied Mr. Tiger
All right, said Mr. Mousedeer. come with me.
He took Mr. tiger with him to meet the other animals.
None of them wanted to go and see the lion. In the end, they decided to draw lots
to see who should go.
Mr. Mousedeer was the unlucky one who was chosen. All his friends felt sorry for
him because they knew what would happen to him.
Mr. Mousedeer followed Mr. Tiger back to the lions cave.
Who have you brought? roared the lion. Who was very hungry by this time.
Its Mr. Mousedeer, Your majesty. Answered Mr. Tiger.
Theres not much flesh on him, said the lion.
Your Majesty, he was the best I could find.
O King of the forest, said Mr. Mousedeer. Ive brought a message for you from
your brother.
 From my brother? asked the lion. I dont have a brother,
But he told me to tell you that he has forbidden all the other animals to come and
see you,
The lion shouted in anger, Ho, ho, ho! We shall see about that. Take me to see
him straight away.
Mr. Mousedeer led him into the forest. He pointed into a deep hole which had been
dug in the ground by a hunter. The lion jumped into it but was unable to climb out. All
the animals came running out of the foreest and dance happily round the hole.
Thank you very much Mr. Mousedeer, they cried. youve saved our lives. Now,
we shant have to worry about the King of the Forest any more, and we can live happily
ever after.
 The monkeys and the men
Long, long ago. There were many monkeys living in the forest around Chiengmai.
Hunters used to go there from Bangkok to catch them. Some were sold to zoos, some
to people who wanted them as pets, and others to people who liked monkey soup.
One day, a hunter caught many monkeys in his traps. They were all screaming
and making a loud noise except one who sat very quite. He must be a very unusual
monkey. The hunter said to himself, Ill keep him for myself.
He sold all the other monkeys and kept this one in a big wooden cage in his
house. He was very proud of him. When his friends came to visit him, he showed them
the monkey. The monkey always sat very quietly in a corner of the cage.
Hes very polite and well-behaved, said his friends. Hes like a human being.
Why dont you let him out of the cage? Were sure he wont run away.
The hunter did this. As soon as he opened the door of the cage. The monkey ran
away to the jungle at the back of the hunters house. He soon met some other monkeys.
They were interested in him, as a monkey who had been caught by hunter seldom
returned.
What happened? they asked him. What was it like living in the monkey hunters
house?
The monkey scratched his head and ate a banana before replying to them. I lived
in a cage, he said. I had a good chance to watch the hunter and his friends very
closely. First of all, they talk a lot. They all talked at the same time. Some of them played
silly games. They threw away food they didnt eat and left it lying around.
The monkeys new friends did not want to hear any more. They expected the
monkey would tell them something more interesting. They started chatting among
themselves and eating bananas and throwing away the skin. Some chased their own
tails and scratched their heads.
Wait, the monkey called to them. I havent finished yet.
we dont want to hear any more, the other monkeys said.
The hunter and his friends dont seem to be any different from us.
 The greedy monkeys
A family of monkeys lived in a forest in south China. They often came out to play.
They liked to drink wine and wear red shoes. A hunter knew they lived in the forest and
wanted to catch them. The monkeys were very clever, they always ran away when they
saw him coming.
One day, the monkeys were all playing together. Suddenly one of them thought he
could smell some wine.
Ai-yaah! What a lovely smell! Where is it coming from? he cried.
The monkeys soon found that it was coming from a large jar at the side of the
path. There were several pairs of red shoes also next to the jar. The leader of the
monkeys said, We must be careful. Im sure the hunter is playing a trick on us.
Another monkey asked, Why should he place such beautiful shoes by the side of
the jar?
As he spoke, he scratched his foot which began to itch. Yet a third monkey advised
them, We have not so far been caught by the hunter because we have been careful.
The old monkey who was their leader said Youre right.
We must be very careful. We dont want the hunter to catch us.
stupid old hunter he cried out loudly. Do you really think you can catch us?
All the other monkeys started to shout, Silly old hunter! Stupid old hunter! until
their throats were quite dry. They all stood in a circle around the wine jar and red shoes.
They did not know what to do. No one wanted to leave. Some of them licked their lips.
Others scratched their feet.
Can we taste just a little of the wine? one of the monkeys asked.
Without saying any more, all the monkeys rushed towards the wine jar and opened
it.
Ai-yaah! What a marvelous smell! Were really very lucky! What wonderful wine!
At first the monkeys tasted the wine with their tongues only. Soon they started to
swallow large quantities of it.
Some of them put on the red shoes and jumped and danced in them. Others who
had drunk too much wine fell to the ground.
Suddenly there was a loud noise from the forest. It was the hunter.
Some of the monkeys tried to run away. But they could not do so because the
shoes were tied together.
It was very easy for the hunter to catch them. He tied all of them up.
were really very unlucky. One of the monkeys said.
Another monkey answered, We can only blame ourselves. We were too greedy.
 The Farmer, the Mousedeer and the Dog

Mr. Farmer went to the field happily while carrying his hoe on his
shoulder. "I am going to check my cucumber field, perhaps I can harvest them
tomorrow", he said to himself. What a surprise when he arrived in his field and
saw what had happened, "What an unbelievable mess!" My cucumbers have been
destroyed!, who has done it! With sad feeling, Mr. Farmer went home. He could
only think what animal liked cucumber. "Yes! It must be "Si Kancil", the
mousedeer", the farmer said. Mr. Farmer tried to look for a trick to trap the
mousedeer. Then he had an idea to make a scare crow completed with very sticky
glue. By the end of dusk, the scare crow had been ready and taken and set in the
middle of the field.
I know the mousedeer is a smart animal, he will mock this
scarecrow but let me see what is going to happen, the farmer thought. That's
true, in the darkness of the night the smart mousedeer was coming toward the
field. The mousedeer laughed to know there was a scare crow. "Just a scare
crow, who is scared?" he said to himself.
Then the mousedeer came and passed the sticky doll, but his behaviour
of rose. Ike hit the scare crow with his front legs. "Auch! Why have my legs
stuck with it?" He cried surprisingly. The sticky glue laid on. it was so strong
that he could not take his legs off. He could only cry all night long. The
following day the farmer came around the corner carryinga bar of bamboo stick
for beating. "Well, well, well, this is the trouble maker, I catch you now!"
"Forgive me Mr. Farmer, I didn't ruin your cucumber. I just ate two
or three cucumbers". The mousedeer told a lie. But Mr. Farmer didn't trust
him anymore. He bend the mousedeer and dragged him home. In the farmer's
house, the mousedeer was put inside a chicken cage. "This stone is heavy enough,
it is impossible for you to slip off, I am going to the market to buy spicy".
"Please forgive me Mr. Farmer. don't eat me", the mousedeer cried. When Mr.
Farmer was away to the market, there was a dog coming toward the cage.
"Hey Cil, why are you caged?", the dog asked him.
"I'll become a son in law of Mr. Farmer", the mousedeer answered. "Yes
I am going to get married with his beautiful daughter", he added. "Where is
Mr. Farmer now?" the dog asked. "He is shopping to prepare delicious food for
a big party", the mousedeer exclaimed.
"It doesn't suit you. Your body is small. I will be better to replace you
to become a son in law of Mr. Farmer", the dog said.
"No way, no way! go away dirty dog", the mousedeer pretended.
 The dog suddenly groaming angrily. "If you don't want to be replaced
now, I will push the stone on top of the cage and I will bite you and break your
neck off, the dog said angrily.
"Easy boy ..., don't be like that. If you want it ... I will do what
you want". The mousedeer now felt that he could trick the dog successfully.
The dog pushed the stone until it fell down off the cage. It made
the mousedeer could lift and open it easily. The mousedeer got out of the
cage then the dog got into the,cage.
"Congratulation on your becoming Mr. Farmer's son in law", the
mousedeer said and ran away satisfactorily.
A few minutes later, Mr. Farmer came, he was surprised to see the
dog inside the cage instead of the mousedeer.
"My regard for you, my father in law, the dog said proudly", the
mousedeer has given his right to me to become your son in law. I am the
strongest and the most courageous dog in this village".
"Then, where is the mousedeer?" Mr. Farmer asked.
"He has gone to the jungle, Mr. Farmer. He is not suitable with
your beautiful daughter. He is not handsome and he is not strong either, but I
am", the dog replied.
"Do you want to become my son in law?" Mr. Farmer asked.
"Yes, Mr. Farmer", the dog answered happily.
"Now, get out of the cage then sit down sweetly, and close your eyes, I
will call my daughter", Mr. Farmer said. The dog waited nervously, then Mr.
Farmer came back not with his daughter but with a cudgel in his hand.
"This is a present for you", the farmer shouted angrily then hit the head
and the back of the dog hard till it cried in pain. "Please forgive me, Mr. Farmer,
what's wrong with me, please don't hit me like that" the dog ran away
creaming.