Fabel: Mousedeer and Crocodile

Mouse deer and Crocodile

One day, mouse deer saw a lot of fruits on the other side of the river. He wanted to eat them but he could not cross the river. There were many crocodiles there, but there was no bridge across the river. The mouse deer suddenly had an idea.

He stood on the river and called out. “Hello, Is anybody there?”

Crocodile heard him, he swam fast to meet Mouse Deer and answered, “Hello, Mouse Deer. How are you? Please come in.” He pretended to be friendly. He had a plan. As soon as Mouse Deer got near, he would snap and eat him for breakfast.

But Mouse Deer was standing on top of abig stone. In a proud voice he said, “Crocodile, I’m here to do the King’s order. The King will give away free meat to all crocodiles. He has sent me to count the number of all the crocodiles her.”

Crocodile was so happy that he forgot his plan to eat Mouse deer. “Really? How will you count us?” asked him loudly. “Please call all of your family, relatives, friends, and neighbors. Tell them to line up from here to the other side of the river,” ordered Mouse deer.

In a few moments, all the crocodiles were in a long line across the river. Then, Mouse deer jumped onto the back of one crocodile to another, counting loudly “One, Two, Three, Four, ….” When he got to the last crocodile, he said, “One hundred!” And quickly jumped up to the land.

“How many are we?” asked crocodile.

“One hundred. Hahaha, I fooled you! Thanks for giving me a bridge to cross the river. Bye!”