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
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