Central Java Story telling (Kancil dan Harimau)
Mouse Deer and Tiger
Kancil dan Harimau
Once upon a time, there
was a mouse deer living in a forest. Although he was small, he wasn’t afraid of
the other bigger animals who wanted to eat him. He was so smart; he always
managed to ditch them. One day, a tiger was wandering around for food. He
hadn’t been eating for days. He was really hungry. While he was walking in the
forest, he saw Mouse Deer. The tiger wanted to eat him.
Tiger slowly ducked,
crawled, approaching Mouse Deer, then…”Gotcha!” said Tiger. He caught Mouse
Deer. “Hello, Mouse Deer! I’m really hungry right now. You’ll be my lunch!”
said Tiger. Mouse Deer didn’t want to be his lunch. He tried to be calm. He
looked around and saw some buffalo’s dung. He had an idea. “I’m sorry, Tiger. I
can’t be your lunch now. The King has ordered me to guard his cake,” said Mouse
Deer calmly. “His cake?” said Tiger curiously. “Yes, there it is. It’s very delicious.
The King doesn’t want anyone else to eat it, so he ordered me to guard it,”
Mouse Deer pointed the buffalo’s dung. “Can I taste it?” Tiger asked. “Of
course you can’t. The King would be very angry,” said Mouse Deer refused. “Just
one little bite, Mouse Deer! The King will never know,” said Tiger. “Well,
okay, Tiger. But first let me run far away, so the King won’t blame me,” said
Mouse Deer. “All right, Mouse deer. You can go now.” Mouse Deer ran quickly out
of sight. Tiger then took a big mouthful of the ‘cake’. “Phoooey!” He spit it
out. “Yuck, that’s not cake. That’s buffalo’s dung.”
Tiger ran through the
forest. He caught up with Mouse Deer. “Mouse Deer, you tricked me. But now you
will be my lunch.” Mouse Deer looked around and saw a wasp nest in a tree. “I’m
sorry, Tiger. I can’t be your lunch now. The King has ordered me to guard his
drum,” said Mouse Deer calmly. “His drum?” said Tiger curiously. “Yes, there it
is. It has the best sound in the world. The King doesn’t want anyone else to
hit it,” Mouse Deer pointed the wasp nest. “Can I hit the King’s drum?” Tiger
asked. “Of course you can’t. The King would be very angry,” said Mouse Deer
refused. “Just one little hit, Mouse Deer! The King will never know,” said
Tiger. ”Well, all right, Tiger. But first let me run far away, so the King
won’t blame me,” said Mouse Deer. “All right, Mouse Deer. You can go now.”
Mouse Deer ran quickly out of sight. Tiger then reached up and hit the wasp
nest. Bzzzzzzz…! “Ouch…ouch! That’s not a drum. That a wasp nests!”
Tiger ran away. But the
wasps keep following him. He came to the river. He jumped in and stayed
underwater as long as he could. At last the wasps went away. Then he jumped
out. He ran through the forest till he found Mouse Deer. “Mouse Deer, you tricked
me again. But now you will be my lunch.” Mouse Deer looked around and saw a
cobra. The snake was coiled asleep on the ground. “I’m sorry, Tiger. I can’t be
your lunch now. The King has ordered me to guard his belt,” said Mouse Deer
calmly. “His belt?” said Tiger curiously. “Yes. There it is. It’s the best belt
in the world. The King doesn’t want anyone else to wear it,” Mouse Deer pointed
the cobra. “Can I wear it?” Tiger asked. “Of course you can’t. The King would
be very angry,” said Mouse Deer refused. “Just for one moment, Mouse Deer! The
King will never know,” said Tiger. ”Well, all right, Tiger. But first let me
run far away, so the King won’t blame me,” said Mouse Deer. “All right, Mouse
Deer. You can go now.” Mouse Deer ran quickly out of sight. Tiger then took the
snake and started to warp it around himself. The cobra woke up. It squeezed
Tiger and bit him. SSssssstt! “Oouch! Ow! Ooow! That’s not a belt! That’s a
cobra! Help! Mouse Deer! Help!” But Mouse Deer was already far away. He laughed
aloud. Mouse Deer was safe from Tiger now.***
Moral yang di dapat:
Jangan Mudah percaya kepada seseorang, Jadilah seseorang yang cerdik untuk mengatasi hambatan hidup.
Untuk properti bisa disiapkan:
- Gambar harimau atau baju harimau
- Gambar Kancil atau baju kancil
- Gambar Ular
- Gambar Sarang lebah
- Gambar (maaf, kotoran kerbau)
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