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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