#058 Kancil And Crocodile 2

One day, Kancil (name of a mousedeer) went down to the river to take a drink. But he knew that the crocodile might be waiting underwater to eat him, so he said out loud, “I wonder if the water’s warm. I’ll put in my leg and find out.”

Of course Kancil didn’t put in his leg. He picked up a stick instead and put one end into the water.

*Chomp! Sound of a crocodile biting*

Crocodile grabbed the stick and pulled it underwater.

Kancil laughed, “Hahaha. Stupid crocodile! Can't you tell the difference between a stick and a leg?” Then Mouse Deer ran off to drink somewhere else.

In the next day, Kancil wanted to cross the river. He wanted to eat the fruits on the other side of the river. He saw a floating log in the river. He knew that Crocodile looked like a log when he floated. Kancil didn’t want to be eaten by Crocodile when he crosses the river. He had an idea.

He called out loud, “Crocodile!”

Crocodile rose from the water, “Hello, Kancil. Have you come to be my lunch?”

Kancil smiled, “Sorry, not today, Crocodile. I have orders from the King. He wants to invite all the crocodiles in this river to a party. He wants me to count all the crocodiles so he could prepare enough meal for you.”

“Really? Tell us what to do,” said Crocodile.

“You must line up from this side of the river to the other side,” said Kancil.

Crocodile then got all his friends and family. They lined up across the river. Kancil then jumped onto Crocodile’s back.

“One,” he counted. He jumped onto the next crocodile, “Two.” And the next crocodile, “Three.” Kancil kept jumping until he arrived on the other side of the river.

“How many are there?” asked Crocodile.

“Just enough,” said Kancil. He laughed as he ran to the forest to eat the fruits he wanted.

-FIN-

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Author: Unknown

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#057 The Monkey Judgement

One day, a dog and a fox were quarrelling over a piece of meat.

The dog said, “Let me eat it!” But the fox replied, “No. it belongs to me.”

They agreed to ask their friend, Mr Monkey, to decide the matter for them. The monkey listened to what they had to say.

“To be fair to both of you,” he said. “I shall divide the meat into two equal pieces and give you one each.”

He took a pair of scales and a kitchen knife. He cut the meat into two pieces and weighed each of them on the scales. However, one was heavier than the other. He bit off a piece from the heavier portion, and weighed the two pieces again. This time, the other portion was heavier. He then bit off a piece from this portion and weighed the two pieces. Once again, one piece was heavier that the other. He went on like this, weighing and biting some of the meat, until all the meat was finished.

“If we’d only known this,” the dog said to the fox, “We would never have asked the monkey to be the judge.”

Really, the old Korean saying is quite true ‘It’s better to settle a case out of court than to settle at the court and lose everything.’

-FIN-

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Author: Unknown

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#051 The King And The King Of Mice

There was once a king who ruled a large country in which there lived a great number of mice. One year there was not enough rice. The mice were very hungry. The king of the mice put on his best clothes and went to see the king of the country.

“Good morning, Mr. Mouse,” said the king. “What can I do for you?”

“O king, we do not have enough rice. We would like to borrow some from you. If you can lend us what we need, we shall repay you next year.”

“How much do you want?”

“About one hundred bags,” answered the mouse.

“How can you carry it away?”

“Your majesty, we shall find a way.”

The king ordered one hundred bags of rice to be given to the mice. The mice bit through the bags. They carried away the rice in their mouths. When the king looked the next morning, he was surprised to find the rice had disappeared.

The next year, the king of the mice repaid the king. The king was very pleased that he had kept his promise.

Not long afterwards, the king had wars with a neighbouring country. His army was not very strong. It lost every battle. The army of the other country reached the opposite side of the river. They were ready to attack the capital. The king summoned the king of mice to see him.

“Can you help me?” asked the king.

The mouse asked the king to place thousands of stick. Each one foot long, by the side of the river.

At night, all the mice used these sticks as boats to carry them across the river. The soldiers of other country were fast asleep when the mice quietly entered their camp. Some of them threw the soldier’s swords and guns into the river. Other ate their food and bit their toes.

When the soldier woke up, they did not know what had happened. They could not find their swords and guns and they thought they had been attacked by the king’s soldier. They ran away as fast as they could.

 “Mr. mouse, you have saved my country,” he said. “Please tell me what you would like in return.”

The mouse replied. “O King, we only want to live in peace. Please send away all the cats from your country.”

The king did as he was asked. He gave orders for all the cats to leave immediately.

-FIN-

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#049 Ant And Grasshopper

On a warm summer day, a grasshopper was singing in the garden.  It laughed at the ant which was busy gathering and storing away food for the winter.  The ant told the grasshopper to do the same but it scoffed at the ant.

Winter came.  The snow fell and covered everything.  There were no leaves in sight.  The grasshopper was so hungry but it had nothing to eat.  As the days passed by the grasshopper’s condition became worse.  It was almost dying of starvation.

It then decided to appeal to the ant for help, but the ant shut its door saying, “you sang in the summer; now dance the winter away.”

-FIN-

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#047 Gift For A Greedy Woman

Once upon a time, there lived an old man and his wife. The old man was very kind but his wife was very fierce. The old man kept a sparrow in a cage in the kitchen. One day the sparrow ate some rice which had been left in the kitchen. The old man’s wife was very angry. She immediately cut out the sparrow’s tongue. The sparrow flew away through an open window.

When her husband returned home, he found that the sparrow had gone. He asked his wife what had happened.

“Your sparrow stole some food, so I cut out its tongue to teach it a good lesson.”

The old man was very sad. He decided to try to find out where the sparrow had gone.

He traveled all over the country, calling out in a loud voice, “Mr. Sparrow! Mr. Sparrow! Where are you?”

Finally, he found out where the sparrow was living, and he went to see him. The sparrow asked him to come in to meet his wife and children.

“Please sit down and make yourself comfortable,” the sparrow said. “I hope you can stay to dinner.”

“What a polite sparrow!” the old man thought.

After dinner, the old man asked to be excused to leave as he was living a long distance away.

Before he left, the sparrow brought out two boxes. He told him to choose one of them as a present. The old man chose the smaller of the two.

When he arrived home, his wife scolded him. “Where have you been? I’ve been looking for you everywhere.”

“Oh!” replied her husband. “I discovered where the sparrow is living. He gave me this present.”

His wife opened the box. It was full of gold and silver.

She smiled and said to her husband, “I think I’ll also go to see the sparrow.”

When she arrived at the sparrow’s house, she called out, “Mr. Sparrow! How are you! I’ve been worrying about you for a long time. I’m so pleased to see you again.”

The sparrow invited her inside for dinner. Mrs. Sparrow was very kind to the old lady. She cooked an excellent meal.

When the old woman was ready to leave, she said, “Mr. sparrow, perhaps you would like to give me a present to take away? I can then always remember you.”

The sparrow brought out two boxes. The greedy old woman chose the larger one.

When she reached home, she called out to her husband, “Come out! Hurry up! See what the sparrow has given me!”

When she opened the box, she found that it only contained stones.

-FIN-

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