The Mousedeer Stole the Cucumbers – Narrative text Fable
Long ago in Java island, lived a famous animal, the
mousedeer. The mousedeer was famous of his cleverness, that he could always
escape from troubles with his bright minds. The mousedeer’s favourite food was
the cucumber. He loved to eat juicy cucumbers a lot, but the bad thing was he
did not want to grow it himself, he liked to steal them from the farmers.
The farmers disliked the mousedeer very much, since every
time he wanted to harvest his cucumbers, the mousedeer had eaten them that the
farmer could not get as many as he wanted. So that morning, before the farmer
set out to his farm, he made a plan to catch the mousedeer with his wife.
That night, the farmer and his wife made a scarecrow. When they
had completed the scarecrow, the farmer put a lot of glue on the scarecrow’s
shirt and took it to the middle of the farm and put him there. This time, the
farmer was sure, he was able to catch the naughty mousedeer.
Very early in the next morning, the mousedeer had already
arrived in the farm. He was very surprised to see the farmer was already there.
He did not know that it was only a scarecrow. So he was hiding behind the
trees, and waited for the farmer to go away first from the farm before he came
and took all the cucumbers he wanted. He waited for a long time, until he grew
impatient. It was like the juicy cucumbers in th farm were calling his name to
take them away with him. So he decided to come closer to the farm.
The more he looked at the ‘farmer’, the more he realized
that it was not the farmer who stood there all along. It was just a scarecrow
and did not move at all. The mousedeer was very angry for he was cheated. He
approached the scarecrow and kicked the scarecrow. Remember, the farmer had
already added some glue on the scarecrow’s body that made it very sticky.
When the mousedeer kicked the scarecrow, he could not let
his feet of the scarecrow’s body. The mousedeer was panic. The harder he
kicked, the stickier it got to his legs. Finally, the mousedeer was strapped to
the scarecrow’s body. He couldn’t free himself. He cried and cried for help,
but no one was there to help. When the farmer heard his cry, he quickly went to
his farm and caught the mousedeer. No matter how the mousedeer begged for mercy
and to let him go, the farmer refused to set him free.
So, that was how the farmer caught the mousedeer who was
famous for his brain.
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