Fox and A Cat

One day, a cat and a fox were having a conversation. The fox, who was a conceited creature,
boasted how clever she was. “Why, I know at least a hundred tricks to get away from our
mutual enemies, the dogs,” she said.

“I know only one trick to get away from dogs,” said the cat. “You should teach me some of
yours!”.

“Well, maybe someday, when I have the time, I may teach you a few of the simpler ones”,
replied the fox airily.

Just then they heard the barking of a pack of dogs in the distance. The barking grew louder
and louder – the dogs were coming in their direction! At once the cat ran to the nearest tree
and climbed into its branches, well out of reach of any dog. “This is the trick I told you about,
the only one I know”, said the cat. “Which one of your hundred tricks are you going to use?”.

The fox sat silently under the tree, wondering which trick she should use. Before she could
make up her mind, the dogs arrived. They fell upon the fox and tore her to pieces.

The Ant and the Dove

One hot day, an ant was seeking for some water. After walking around for a moment, she
came to a spring. To reach the spring, she had to climb up a blade of grass. While making her
way up, she slipped and fell unintentionally into the water.

She could have sunk if a dove up a nearby tree had not seen her. Seeing that the ant was in
trouble, the dove quickly put off a leaf from a tree and dropped it immediately into the water
near the struggling ant. Then the ant moved towards the leaf and climbed up there. Soon it
carried her safely to dry ground.

Not long after at that, there was a hunter nearby who was throwing out his net towards the
dove, hoping to trap it in this way.

Guessing what he should do, the ant quickly bit him on the heel. Feeling the pain, the hunter
dropped his net and the dove flew away quickly from this net.
 The Legend of Surabaya

A long time ago, there were two animals, Sura and Baya. Sura was the name of a shark and
Baya was a crocodile. They lived in a sea.

Once Sura and Baya were looking for some food. Suddenly, Baya saw a goat “Yummy, this
is my lunch,” said Baya. “No way! This is my lunch. You are greedy” said Sura. Then they
fought for the goat. After several hours, they were very tired.

Feeling tired of fighting, they lived in the different places. Sura lived in the water and Baya
lived in the land. The border was the beach, so they would never fight again.

One day, Sura went to the land and looked for some food in the river. He was very hungry
and there was not much food in the sea. Baya was very angry when he knew that Sura broke
the promise. They fought again.

They both hit each other. Sura bit Baya’s tail. Baya did the same thing to Sura. He bit very
hard until Sura finally gave up and went back to the sea. Baya was happy.

The Story of Toba Lake

Once upon a time, there was a man who was living in north Sumatra. He lived in a simple hut
in a farming field. The did some gardening and fishing for his daily life.

One day, while the man was do fishing, he caught a big golden fish in his trap. It was the
biggest catch which he ever had in his life. Surprisingly, this fish turned into a beautiful
princess. He felt in love with her and proposed her to be his wife. She said; “Yes, but you
have to promise not to tell anyone about the secret that I was once a fish, otherwise there will
be a huge disaster”. The man made the deal and they got married, lived happily and had a
daughter.

Few years later, this daughter would help bringing lunch to her father out in the fields. One
day, his daughter was so hungry and she ate his father’s lunch. Unfortunately, he found out
and got furious, and shouted; “You damned daughter of a fish”. The daughter ran home and
asked her mother. The mother started crying, felt sad that her husband had broken his
promise.

Then she told her daughter to run up the hills because a huge disaster was about to come.
When her daughter left, she prayed. Soon there was a big earthquake followed by non-stop
pouring rain. The whole area got flooded and became Toba Lake. She turned into a fish again
and the man became the island of Samosir.
 The Lion and The Mouse

When he was awakened by a tiny Mouse running across his body, a mighty Lion was
sleeping in his lair. The lion then grabbed the frightened mouse with his huge paws and

opened his mouth to swallow him directly. “Please, King,” begged the Mouse, “Spare me this
time and of course I will never forget your kindness. Someday I may be able to repay you.

“The Lion thought that it was such an amusing idea that he let the poor creature go.

Sometimes later the Lion was caught in a net laid by some hunters. Despite his great strength,

the Lion could not break free. Soon the forest echoed with angry load roars.

The Little Mouse heard the Lion and ran to see what was wrong. As soon as he succeeded to

make the Lion free “There!” said the Mouse proudly, ” You laughed at me when I promised
to repay your kindness, but now you know that even a tiny Mouse can help a mighty Lion.”

True Friends

Once upon a time, there were two close friends who were walking through the forest
together. They knew that anything dangerous can happen any time in the forest. So they
promised each other that they would always be together in any case of danger.

Suddenly, they saw a large bear getting closer toward them. One of them climbed a nearby
tree at once. But unfortunately the other one did not know how to climb up the tree. So being
led by his common sense, he lay down on the ground breathless and pretended to be a dead
man.

The bear came near the one who was lying on the ground. It smelt in his ears, and slowly left
the place because the bears do not want to touch the dead creatures. After that, the friend on
the tree came down and asked his friend that was on the ground, “Friend, what did the bear
whisper into your ears?” The other friend replied, “Just now the bear advised me not to
believe a false friend.”
 Fox and Cat

One day a cat and a fox were having a conversation. The fox, who was a conceited creature,
boasted how clever she was. ‘Why, I know at least a hundred tricks to get away from our
mutual enemies, the dogs,’ she said.

‘I know only one trick to get away from dogs,’ said the cat. ‘You should teach me some of
yours!’
‘Well, maybe someday, when I have the time, I may teach you a few of the simpler ones,’
replied the fox airily.

Just then they heard the barking of a pack of dogs in the distance. The barking grew louder
and louder – the dogs were coming in their direction! At once the cat ran to the nearest tree
and climbed into its branches, well out of reach of any dog. ‘This is the trick I told you about,
the only one I know,’ said the cat. ‘Which one of your hundred tricks are you going to use?’

The fox sat silently under the tree, wondering which trick she should use. Before she could
make up her mind, the dogs arrived. They fell upon the fox and tore her to pieces.

Moral : A single plan that works is better than a hundred doubtful plans.

Duck and Turtle

Two ducks who lived in a big lake had a friend who was a turtle. One year there was a very
little rain and the lake began to dry up. One of the ducks said to the other, “Soon, there’ll be
no water in this lake. Let’s go and look for lake.”

“Yes, answered the second duck, “But first let’s say good bye to our friend, the turtle.”
When they told the turtle they were going to leave, he said, “I’ll die here without any water
and without any friends. Take me with you.”
“The ducks answered, “We can’t. We are going to fly, and you have no wings.”
“The turtle thought for a minute and then said, “please wait here.”
Then he went away and found a strong, straight stick. He brought it back to his friends, put
the middle of it in his mouth and said, “Now if each of you takes me one end of the stick in
your mouth, you can lift me up and carry me with you.”
“ That is dangerous,” said the ducks, “if you try to talk while we’re carrying you through the
air, you won’t be able to hold the stick, so you’ll fall down along way and break your shell.”
“all right,” answered the turtle, “I promise not to talk while we’re in the air. So the ducks
took the stick and flew away, with the turtle between them. All went well until they were
flying over a town. Then some people saw them and shouted, “Look, those ducks are carrying
a cat!” The turtle got very angry, “A cat? I’m not …” he said, but he did not get any further,
because when he opened his mouth, the stick came out of his mouth and the poor turtle fell to
the ground.
 Snow White

A long time ago, there lived a girl, her name was Snow White. She lived with her uncle and
aunt because her parents have passed away.

One day, snow white heard a bad news. The bad news was her uncle and her aunt were going
to go abroad. They would not bring snow white and would leave snow white in the castle
because they didn’t have enough money.

Snow White didn’t agree with this plan. So she decided to flee from the castle. The next day,
she fled when her uncle and her aunt were having breakfast, she went to the forest.

When snow white arrived in the forest. she felt very hungry and tired also. Then she saw a
small house. She came to the small house and knocked the door but no one respond. So she
entered to the small house and felt asleep in that house

In the afternoon, seven dwarfs came at their house from work. When they entered their house,
Snow White wake up and saw them. The dwarfs said; “Who are you?”. Snow White
answered; “I am Snow White”. After that, she told them all that happened to her. One of the
dwarfs said; “If you want, you can live here with us”. . Then Snow white and the seven
dwarfs lived happily forever.