Long ago a mousedeer and a tiger were neighbours. The
tiger was very fierce. He liked to boast how strong he was. All the animals in
the forest were afraid of him. He ate at least one of them for dinner every
day.
The mousedeer decided to teach him a good lesson.
“Would you allow me to bring you your dinner every day?
You will then not have to hunt to food,” he asked the tiger.
The tiger agreed. The next day the mousedeer took a rat
with him to see the tiger.
“I’m afraid I could not bring you a bigger animal,” the
mousedeer explained. “There’s an animal that looks exactly like you blocking
the road. He has a rat sitting on his head.”
He said to all animals, “Is there anyone in the world who can
fight with me? If so, let him come and try. If there’s no one, then I’m the
king of the forest.”
“Ho!” said the tiger. “Didn’t you tell him about me?”
“Yes I did,” replied the mousedeer.
“When I told him how strong you were, he laughed and said
rude things. He even said he would not accept you as his servant,” the
mousedeer added.
The tiger became very angry. “Where is he? Where is he?”
He shouted.
So the mousedeer asked the rat to sit on the tiger’s head
while he sat on the tiger’s back. He pointed to a river not far away.
“He’s there,” He said.
The tiger ran to the river. He looked down at the water.
Yes, there was another tiger. As the mousedeer said, he was just like
himself. There was also a rat sitting on his head. The enemy looked exactly
like what the mousedeer explained.
He roared loudly and his enemy shouted loudly too. The
tiger became even angrier. He showed his teeth, the other tiger did the same. In
the end the tiger attacked his enemy. The tiger jumped into the river to fight
with his enemy. The river was deep and filled with crocodiles.
The mousedeer and the mouse ran immediately.
-FIN-
Read the Indonesian translation HERE
Author: Unknown
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