The Mouse Deer and The Elephant

One day, there was a mouse deer. He was trapped in a hole that had been made by a group of
hunters.
The mouse deer screamed for help but no one heard him. It was hopeless for him to escape from
the trap. He waited and waited and finally an elephant came. He was happy and asked for help but
the elephant was not smart enough to help him. The elephant did not know how to do.
In the end, the mouse deer got a bright idea. He said to the elephant, “Come down here! Come
down to this hole so you can help me get out!” Foolishly The elephant agreed and followed the
mouse deer’s order. The elephant jumped down to the hole.
Of course the mouse deer quickly hopped on the elephant’s body and then hopped out of the hole.
He was free and leaving the elephant trapped in the hole in turn.
 Si Kancil dan Gajah

Suatu hari, hidupla kancil. Ia sedang terjebak didalam sebuah lubang yang telah dibuat oleh
sekelompok pemburu.
Kancil tersebut berteriak meminta tolong, tapi tidak ada yang mendengarnya. Tidak ada harapan lagi
baginya untuk bisa lepas dari perangkap lobang itu. Iapun menunggu dan menunggu dan akhirnya
seekor gajah datang. Kancil tersebut merasa senang dan meminta pertolongan gajah tapi gajah itu
tidak cukup cerdas untuk bisa membantunya. Gajah itu tidak tahu bagaimana cara menolongnya.
Pada akhirnya, kancil pun punya ide cemerlang. Ia berkata kepada gajah, “Ayo ke sini! Ayo masuklah
ke lubang ini sehingga kamu bisa membantu aku keluar dari lobang ini” Bodohnya Gajah itu,
menyetujui dan mengikuti perintah kancil tersebut. Gajah itupun melompat kedalam lubang.
Tentu saja kancil tersebut dengan cepat melompat ke atas tubuh gajah tersebut kemudian melompat
keluar dari lubang. Iapun bebas dan meninggalkan gajah sendirian terjebak di dalam lubang itu.
 The Crow and The Jug

On a hot day, a thirsty crow flew over a field looking for water. For a long time, she could not find
any. She left very exhausted. She almost gave up.
Suddenly, she saw water jug below her. She flew straight down to see if there was any water inside.
It was surprised because there was some water inside the jug.
The crow tried to push her head into the jug. Sadly she found that the neck of the jug was too
narrow. Then she tried to push the jug down for the water to flow out but she found that the jug
was too heavy.
The crow thought hard for a while. Then she was looking around. She saw some pebbles. She
suddenly had a good idea. She started picking up the pebbles one by one, dropping it into the jug.
As more and more pebbles filled the jug, the water level kept rising. Soon it was high enough for
the crow to drink. “It’s working” she said.
 Gagak dan Botol Air

Pada suatu hari yang panas, seekor gagak yang haus terbang di atas lapangan mencari air. Untuk
waktu yang lama, dia tidak bisa menemukan apapun. Diapun pergi dengan rasa lelah yang sangat. Dia
hampir menyerah.
Tiba-tiba, dia melihat sebuah kendi air di bawahnya. Dia terbang lurus ke bawah untuk melihat
apakah masih ada air didalam kendi itu. Dia terkejut ternyata masih ada air sedikit di dalam kendi.
Gagak itu mencoba untuk mendorongkan kepalanya ke dalam kendi. Sayang sekali, dia mendapati
bahwa leher kendi itu terlalu sempit. Kemudian dia mencoba untuk membalikkan kendi itu dan
mengalirkan airnya keluar tapi kendi itu terlalu berat.
Gagakpun berpikir keras beberapa saat. Lalu dia melihat sekeliling. Dia melihat beberapa kerikil. Dia
tiba-tiba punya ide yang cemerlang. Dia mulai mengambil kerikil satu per satu, menjatuhkannya ke
dalam kendi. Karena semakin banyak kerikil didalam kendi, tingkat air terus naik. Tak lama setelah
itu, tingkat air didalam kendi itu sudah cukup tinggi. Burung gagak itupun bisa minum. “Berhasil” dia
berkata.
 The Smart Monkey And The Dull Crocodile

One day there was a monkey. He wanted to cross a river. There he saw a crocodile so he asked the
crocodile to take him across the other side of the river. The crocodile agree and told the monkey to
jump on its back. Then the crocodile swam down the river with the monkey on his top.
Unluckily, the crocodile was very hungry, he stopped in the middle of the river and said to the
monkey, “My father is very sick. He has to eat the heart of the monkey. So he will be healthy
again.”
At the time, the monkey was in dangerous situation and he had to think hard. Then he had a good
idea. He told the crocodile to swim back to the river bank. “What’s for?” asked the crocodile.
“Because I don’t bring my heart,” said the monkey. “I left it under a tree, near some coconuts in
the river bank.”
The crocodile agreed and turned around. He swam back to the bank of the river. As soon as they
reached the river bank, the monkey jumped off the crocodile’s back. Then he climbed up to the top
of a tree.
“Where is your heart?” asked the crocodile. “You are foolish,” said the monkey to the crocodile.
“Now I am free and I have my heart.”
 Monyet Pintar dan Buaya Bodoh

Suatu hari, ada seekor monyet. Ia ingin menyeberangi sungai. Di sana ia melihat buaya sehingga ia
meminta buaya untuk membawanya kesisi lain dari sungai itu. Buayapun setuju dan mengatakan
kepada monyet untuk melompat di punggungnya. Kemudian buaya berenang menyusuri sungai
dengan monyet di atas punggungnya.
Akan tetapi saat buaya itu merasa sangat lapar, ia berhenti di tengah-tengah sungai dan berkata
kepada monyet, “Ayah saya sangat sakit. Dia harus makan jantung monyet supaya bisa sehat kembali.
”
Saat itu, monyet itu ada dalam situasi yang sangat berbahaya. Ia harus berpikir keras. Kemudian ia
memiliki ide yang bagus. Iapun mengatakan kepada buaya supaya berenang kembali ke tepi sungai.
“Apa?” Tanya buaya. “Karena aku tidak membawa hati saya,” kata monyet. “Aku meninggalkannya
di bawah pohon, dekat pohon kelapa, di tepi sungai itu.”
Buayapun setuju dan berbalik, berenang kembali ke tepi sungai. Begitu sampai di tepi sungai,
monyetpun melompat dari punggung buaya. Kemudian ia naik ke atas pohon.
“Dimana hatimu?” Tanya buaya. “Dasar buaya bodoh,” kata monyet. “Sekarang saya bebas dan tetap
mempunayi jantung.”
 The Ugly Duckling And New Friend

One upon time, a mother duck sat on her eggs. She felt tired of sitting on them. She just wished the
eggs would break out. Several days later, she got her wish. The eggs cracked and some cute little
ducklings appeared. “Peep, peep” the little ducklings cried. “Quack, quack” their mother greeted
in return.However the largest egg had not cracked. The mother duck sat on it for several days.
Finally, it cracked and a huge ugly duckling waddled out. The mother duck looked at him in
surprise. He was so big and very gray. He didn’t look like the others at all. He was like a turkey.
When the mother duck brought the children to the pond for their first swimming lesson. The huge
grey duckling splashed and paddled about just as nicely as the other ducklings did. “That is not a
turkey chick. He is my very own son and quite handsome” the mother said proudly. However, the
other animals didn’t agree. They hissed and made fun of him day by day. Even his own sisters and
brothers were very unkind. “You are very ugly” they quacked. The little poor duckling was very
unhappy. “I wish I looked like them” he thought to himself. One day, the ugly duckling run away
and hid in the bushes. The sad duckling lived alone through the cold and snow winter.
Finally the spring flowers began to bloom. While he was swimming in the pond, he saw three large
white swans swimming toward him. “Oh, dear. these beautiful birds will laugh and peck me too”
he said to himself. But the swans did not attack him. Instead, they swam around him and stroked
him with their bills. As the ugly duckling bent his neck to speak to them, he saw his reflection in
the water. He could not believe his eyes. “I am not an ugly duckling but a beautiful swam” he
exclaimed.
He was very happy. From that day on, he swam and played with his new friends and was happier
than he had never been.
 Bebek Buruk Rupa dan Teman Barunya

Suatu kala, seekot ibu bebek duduk sedang mengerami telur-telurnya. Dia sudah merasa lelah
selalu mendudukinya dan berharap telur-telur akan segera menetas. Beberapa hari kemudian,
harapannya pun terwujud. Telur itu retak dan beberapa bebek kecil yang lucu muncul dari
dalamnya. “Peep , peep” bebek kecil menangis. “Quack, quack” ibu bebek mnyambutnya.
Akan tetapi satu telur terbesar masih belum menetas. Ibu bebek pun mengerami lagi selama
beberapa hari. Akhirnya, telur terbesar itupun retak dan muncullah seekero itik yang besar
bertampang buruk rupa berjalan tertatih-tatih keluar dari telur itu. Ibu bebek pun menatapnya
dengan heran. Ia begitu besar dan berwarna abu-abu. Ia tidak terlihat seperti saudara lainnya
sama sekali. Ia mirip seperti kalkun.
Ketika ibu bebek membawa anak-anaknya ke kolam untuk belajar renang pertama kalinya.
Dia memercik dan mendayung sama baiknya seperti bebek lainnya. “Dia itu bukan kalkun.
Dia adalah anak ku yang cukup tampan” kata ibunyadengan bangga. Namun, hewan lain
tidak setuju. Mereka mendesis dan mengolok-oloknya hari demi hari. Bahkan saudara-
saudara sendiri juga tidak berlaku baik kepadanya. “Kau sangat jelek” kata mereka. Diapun
merasa sangat tidak nyaman. “Aku berharap punya rupa seperti mereka” pikirnya. Suatu
waktu Dia sudah tidak tahan lagi dan berlari, bersembunyi di semak-semak. Dia merasa sedih
dan tinggal sendirian ditengah musim dingin yang bersalju.

Akhirnya musim semipun tiba. Ketika dia sedang berenang di kolam, ada tiga angsa putih
besar berenang ke arahnya. “Astaga. burung itu pasti akan menertawakanku dan mematuk
aku juga” katanya dalam hati. Ternyata angsa itu tidak menyerangnya. Sebaliknya, para
angsa itu berenang disekitaranya dan mengelus-elusnya. Ketika dia sedang membungkukkan
lehernya untuk berbicara kepada para angsa itu, ia melihat bayangannya sendiri didalam air.
Diapun tidak bisa percaya apa yang dilihatnya. “Aku bukanlah si itik buruk rupa tapi aku
adalah sekeor angsah yang cantik” serunya.

Dia merasa sangat senang. Sejak hari itu,dia berenang dan bermain dengan teman-teman
barunya dan merasah lebih bahagia dari pada sebelumnya.
 The Mouse Deer And The Tiger

One day, there was a mouse deer. He was thirsty so he wanted to drink on the river.
When the mouse deer came next to the rive, a tiger approached him and wanted to eat him. Of course
the mouse deer tried to escape, but the tiger run faster and caught him. In that dangerous situation the
mouse deer thought hard how to escape the tiger. Then he got idea and said to the tiger, “Listen! Your
mightiness and toughness are all great! But I have my own king. He has a greater strength than yours!
I am sure that nobody can match his powers!” Because the tiger felt taunted, he declared that he
would challenge the mouse deer’s king.
Next the mouse lead the tiger to the river, and said, “Now Look at the water. You will see my king”
Foolishly the tiger looked in the river and surely saw another tiger in the water. Then he growled, but
the tiger in the river imitated to growl too. Because of his too high self pride, the tiger jumped into the
water, and wanted to fight. He was believing there was another tiger in the water.
The mouse deer took that opportunity to escape. After fighting with himself in the river, the tiger
realized that he was fooled by the mouse deer.
 Kancil Dan Harimau

Suatu hari, ada seekor kancil. Dia merasa haus dan ingin minum di sungai.
Ketika kancil tiba di pinggir sungai itu, seekor harimau mendekat dan ingin memakannya. Tentu saja
kancil mencoba melarikan diri, namun harimau berjalan lebih cepat dan menangkapnya. Dalam situasi
berbahaya seperti itu, kancil berpikir keras bagaimana cara untuk melepaskan diri dari harimau itu.
Lalu ia mendapat ide yang bagus dan berkata kepada harimau, “Dengar! Binatang yang tangguh dan
besar! Tapi saya punya raja sendiri. Dia memiliki kekuatan yang lebih besar dari Anda! Saya yakin
tidak ada yang bisa menandingi kekuatannya!” Karena harimau merasa terhina, ia menyatakan bahwa
ia akan menantang raja kancil itu.
Maka kancil pun mengajak harimau ke sungai, dan berkata, “Sekarang Lihatlah kedalam air itu. Anda
akan melihat raja saya” Bodohnya harimau itu, tentu saja ia melihat bayangan sekor harimau lain di
sungai itu. Lalu ia menggeram, dan harimau yang tampak di sungai juga ikut menggeram. Karena
kesombongan, harimau itu melompat ke dalam air untuk melawan. Ia percaya ada harimau lain di
dalam air sungai itu.
Kancil pun mengambil kesempatan yang baik itu untuk melarikan diri. Setelah bertarung dengan
bayangannya sendiri di sungai, harimau itu baru menyadari bahwa ia tertipu oleh kancil.