Mouse Deer and Tiger
One 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.
