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.***
“Cerita rakyat from Central Java”
TUGAS BAHASA INGGRIS
NAME : GUNAWAN ADI SAPUTRA
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CLASS : X
SMA NEGERI 1 GAMBUT
