CLEVERNESS

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CLEVERNESS Sang Kancil, an intelligent mouse-deer was known for his wit. Several times he outwitted the big, bad crocodile, Sang Buaya.

 

 

Sang Kancil's home was full of trees and food and so Sang Kancil had no

trouble finding food when hungry. Sang Kancil spent his days running

and jumping, and his favourite pastime was to look at his own

reflection in the river.

 

Sang Buaya, a crocodile, and a few other crocodiles lived in the

river and were waiting for a chance to have Sang Kancil for dinner. One

day, as Sang Kancil was walking by the riverside, he saw red, ripe

fruits hanging on the trees across the river. Sang Kancil wanted to

taste the delicious looking fruits because he was getting tired of

eating only leaves on his side of the river. He walked to the riverbank

and thought hard how to cross the river with Sang Buaya waiting for him

at the bottom of the river.

 

 

Sang Kancil thought and thought and suddenly an idea came to him.

He called out to Sang Buaya, " SangBuaya! SangBuaya! " Slowly Sang Buaya

emerged from the water. " What is it, Sang Kancil? Why are you shouting

my name? Aren't you afraid that I would grab you and have you for

dinner? " asked Sang Buaya, opening his big mouth.

 

 

" Of course I am afraid but I have a mission to do. The King has

ordered me to count the crocodiles in the river. He is having a feast

and all of you are invited to attend. There will be plenty of food, but

first I need to count how many of you are here. So would you please ask

your fellow crocodiles to line up across the river so that I can count

you up? " said Sang Kancil.

 

 

Sang Buaya was excited. He gathered all the crocodiles in the river

and told them about the feast. Soon all the crocodiles made a line

across the river. " Don't try to eat me while I am counting. Otherwise I

would not be able to report to the King, " warned Sang Kancil. " We won't

eat you, " the crocodiles promised.

 

Sang Kancil stepped on top of Sang Buaya's head and counted one.

When he came to the second crocodile, Sang Kancil counted two and so to

the rest of the line until he reached to the other side of the river.

Sang Kancil turned to Sang Buaya and said, " Thank you, Sang Buaya for

helping me to cross the river. This is my new home. "

 

" What do you mean? You tricked us to help you cross the river? "

shouted Sang Buaya. He was shocked. " There isn't any feast, is there? "

The other crocodiles looked at Sang Buaya angrily. They knew they had

been tricked.

 

After that, Sang Kancil lived happily in his new home and had

plenty of tasty fruits and green leaves to eat. Sang Buaya, however,

was ignored by the other crocodiles because of his foolishness. -- With Love,Ganesh Babu+919880962897My Group: Kriyababa_spiritualjourney- (Send a blank email)