THE DEER AND SEA SNAIL

A long time ago in a jungle in Aru Islands, lived a group of deer. They were very proud of their
ability in running very fast. They always stayed in different places. They challenged other
animals in a running match. If the deer won the match, they took over the place and stayed
there.

Not far from the jungle, there was a beautiful beach. A group of sea snail lived there. The deer
heard about the beautiful beach and planned to live there. They had a plan to challenge snails in
a running match. They were very sure to win the match. Sea snails were slow in walking. “

What’s the rule?” asked the leader of the sea snails after he heard about the challenge.

“Do you see all the capes there? There are twelve capes, from here until there,” the deer leader
pointed the capes.

The distance between one cape to another was very far.

“We run from the first cape until the twelfth cape. If my runner arrives first at the twelfth cape,
we’re the winner. And we stay here!”

The sea snails then had a meeting. They set a strategy to win the match.

“My plan is to put the twelve of us in every cape. If their runner arrives in every cape, you
shout. So, the deer will never rest and gets very tired,” said the leader.
And the day of the match finally arrived. All animals watched this unique match, the deer
versus the sea snail. The runners were standing side by side.

Then, the deer ran very fast. In just a second, he already left the sea snail. After a few hours of
running, he arrived at the first cape.

He shouted, “Hey? Where are you?”

“I’m here,” said the sea snail.

He was another sea snail that was hiding in the first cape. The deer was surprised. He cancelled
his plan to get some rest.

He continued running. In every cape, there was always a sea snail. And the deer always
cancelled his plan to get some rest.

Finally, the deer almost reached the twelfth cape but he was exhausted. He was really tired. And
he gave up. He did not have any more strength to run. He fell down on the ground.

“Hooray!” said all the sea snails.

The deer were so embarrassed. They were just tricked by the clever sea snails. So the deer came
back to the jungle and never returned to the beach
 PUTRI BUNGA AND THE PRINCE OF FISH
PUTRI Bunga was a kind girl. She lived with her uncle and aunt. Her parents died when she was a
baby. She was an orphan.
"Aunty, I have done the chores, sweeping and mopping. Now I want to go to the river to clean the
dirty plates, spoons, forks, and the cooking pot," said Putri Bunga to her aunt.

"Yes, Dear. But please be careful. And don't spend too much time there. After you have finished, go
home immediately," said the aunt.

"I will, Aunty," said Putri Bunga.

Putri Bunga then rushed to the river. Her aunt watched her go.

On the way to the river, Putri Bunga sang a song. She was a truly polite girl. She greeted people she
met nicely. In return, people greeted her back warmly. Everybody in the village knew her. Putri Bunga
was a beautiful girl.

When arrived at the riverside, she immediately cleaned all the dirty kitchen utensils. They put them on
the riverside. One by one she cleaned the plates, spoons, forks, and the last one was the cooking
pot.

When she was cleaning the forks, a golden fish was rushed by the water and went into the cooking
pot. Putri Bunga did not see the fish; she was too busy cleaning the forks.
Suddenly, she heard someone called her name and asked for help.

"Putri Bunga, please help me!"

Putri Bunga looked around. She did not see anyone in the riverside. She then continued cleaning the
forks.

"Putri Bunga, please help me. I'm inside the cooking pot."

Putri Bunga did not believe what she heard. But she was so curious. She then looked inside the
cooking pot.

"A golden fish? Why is it inside the cooking pot?" She then took the fish up. S

he wanted to throw the fish back to the river.

Before she did that, the fish turned into a handsome man.

"Don't be afraid, Putri Bunga. I'm the golden fish you helped. I'm the prince of fish. I was rushed by
the water and accidentally went inside your cooking pot."

The man then continued, "Putri Bunga, I have known you for a long time. Every time you go to the
riverside, I always watch you. Putri Bunga, you are very beautiful. I'm in love with you. Will you marry
me?"
Putri Bunga was surprised. She never thought that a prince of fish would propose her. She then said,
"I will marry you. But you have to live with me and my uncle and aunt on the land. You also have to
make us happy," said Putri Bunga.

The prince of fish agreed. Then they got married and lived happily ever after.
 The Monkey and The Crocodile
Once upon a time, a clever monkey lived in a tree that bore juicy, red rose apples. He was very happy. One fine
day, a crocodile swam up to that tree and told the monkey that he had traveled a long distance and was in search
of food as he was very hungry. The kind monkey offered him a few rose apples. The crocodile enjoyed them
very much and asked the monkey whether he could come again for some more fruit. The generous monkey
happily agreed.

The crocodile returned the next day. And the next. And the next one after that. Soon the two became very good
friends. They discussed their lives, their friends and family, like all friends do. The crocodile told the monkey
that he had a wife and that they lived on the other side of the river. So the kind monkey offered him some extra
rose apples to take home to his wife. The crocodile’s wife loved the rose apples and made her husband promise
to get her some every day.

Meanwhile, the friendship between the monkey and the crocodile deepened as they spent more and more time
together. The crocodile’s wife started getting jealous. She wanted to put an end to this friendship. So she
pretended that she could not believe that her husband could be friends with a monkey. Her husband tried to
convince her that he and the monkey shared a true friendship. The crocodile’s wife thought to herself that if the
monkey lived on a diet of rose monkeys, his flesh would be very sweet. So she asked the crocodile to invite the
monkey to their house.

The crocodile was not happy about this. He tried to make the excuse that it would be difficult to get the monkey
across the river. But his wife was determined to eat the monkey’s flesh. So she thought of a plan. One day, she
pretended to be very ill and told the crocodile that the doctor said that she would only recover if she ate a
monkey’s heart. If her husband wanted to save her life, he must bring her his friend’s heart.

The crocodile was aghast. He was in a dilemma. On the one hand, he loved his friend. On the other, he could
not possibly let his wife die. The crocodile’s wife threatened him saying that if he did not get her the monkey’s
heart, she would surely die.

So the crocodile went to the rose apple tree and invited the monkey to come home to meet his wife. He told the
monkey that he could ride across the river on the crocodile’s back. The monkey happily agreed. As they reached
the middle of the river, the crocodile began to sink. The frightened monkey asked him why he was doing that.
The crocodile explained that he would have to kill the monkey to save his wife’s life. The clever monkey told
him that he would gladly give up his heart to save the life of the crocodile’s wife, but he had left his heart
behind in the rose apple tree. He asked the crocodile to make haste and turn back so that the monkey could go
get his heart from the apple tree.

The silly crocodile quickly swam back to the rose apple tree. The monkey scampered up the tree to safety. He
told the crocodile to tell his wicked wife that she had married the biggest fool in the world.
 THE PARAKEET KING
Once upon a time, there was a group of parakeets in the forest. The hunter put some glues
around the parakeet’s nests to trap them. Some parakeets and the parakeet king were
trapped on the glues that the hunter set up before.

“Relax my friends! He wants to catch us alive. If we die, he will not bring us with him. I
suggest we all pretend to be dead when he comes to take us tomorrow,” the parakeet king
said calmly.

The hunter came in the next morning. Finding all of them had not breathed, and the hunter
walked home. But suddenly, the hunter slipped and felt down. Surprised by the accident, the
pretending parakeets flied.

"Gotcha!" he seized the parakeet king.

“I’ll kill you,” said the hunter in his anger.

“Forgive me, sir! Please do not kill me! Please release me,” the parakeet king asked for
mercy.

But the hunter replied angrily, “I will not release you. Your friends and you have fooled me.
But I’ll not kill you if you promise to entertain me,” the hunter said.

“Okay, sir. I’ll chirp for you everyday,” said the parakeet king agreed.

The hunter then brought the parakeet king to his home. The parakeet king chirped
melodiously everyday to please the hunter.

The news about the beautiful voice of the parakeet king was heard by the king of Aceh. The
king intended to buy the parakeet.

“Oh my Majesty, I do not intend to go up against your wish to have this bird, but it is hard
for me to hand over him to you,” said the hunter.

“I would like to buy him with high price,” replied the king.

At the palace, the parakeet king was put in a golden cage ang got delicious foods, but he still
felt imprisoned. His sorrow made him sick. He stopped singing at all.

The parakeet king came up with an idea.

“I will pretend to be dead as I had ever done before,” he said to himself.

In the next morning he began to do his plan. The king was very sad and had his guards dug a
cemetery for the dead parakeet. The parakeet was then taken out from the golden cage and
flied fast and high on the sky. The parakeet king got his freedom again, and flied directly to the
forest
 THE LEGEND OF RAWAPENING

Once upon a time, there was a little boy, who was poor, dirty, and
smelly, came into a little village. He was very hungry and weak. He
knocked at every door and asked for some food, but nobody
cared about him. Nobody wanted to help the little boy. Finally, a
generous old woman helped him. She gave him shelter and a
meal. When the boy wanted to leave, the old woman gave him a
“lesung”, a big wooden mortar for pounding rice.
She reminded him, “Please remember, if there is a flood you must
save yourself. Use this “lesung” as a boat”.
The little boy was happy and thanked the old woman. The little
boy continued his journey. While he was passing through the
village, where he had asked for food, he saw many people
gathering on the field. The boy came closer and saw a stick stuck
in the ground. People challenged each other to pull out that stick.
Everybody tried, but nobody succeeded.
“Can I try?” asked the little boy.
The crowd laughed mockingly. The boy wanted to try his luck so
he stepped forward and pulled out the stick. He could do it very
easily. Everybody was dumbfounded. Suddenly, from the hole left
by stick, water spouted out. It did not stop until it flooded the
village. And no one was saved from the water except the little boy
and the generous old woman who gave him shelter and meal. As
she told him, he used the “lesung” as a boat and picked up the old
woman. The whole village became a huge lake.
It is now known as Rawa Pening Lake in Salatiga, Central Java,
Indonesia.
 THE TIGER AND MOUSE DEER

One day, tiger was hunting in the jungle. He was very hungry. In fact, he was so hungry
and spoke aloud “I’d like to eat a nice juicy mouse deer.” He said “or a snake.”a mouse deer
and his friend the elephant was nearby. They heard what the tiger said and decided to hide for
him. Just then, the tiger felt into the trap. “Help!” he roared.” somebody help me.”
“Let’s help the poor fellow.” Said the mouse deer.
“Do you think we should?” Asked the elephant “After all…We have just heard what he wants
to eat for dinner.”
”Oh come on.” said the kindhearted mouse deer.
Just then, the snake glided out from the bushes. ”what up?’ he asked.
“it is the tiger.” The mouse deer explains.
“ He is fallen into a trap, and I think we should help him out.”
So they did . The snake hung from the elephant’s trunk like a rope, and the mouse deer gives
direction to pulled the tiger out.
“thank you, kind friends.” said the tiger.” it was very hot in the trap, and now I am thirsty and
so……hungry.” The tiger eat the snake and run off the jungle.
Elephant and mouse deer very angry about that. They decided to teach the tiger
lesson. First, they covered the trap with branches and leaves. Then, elephant set off to find the
tiger. And told to the elephant what to tell to tiger “tell him that I died of fright and that if he
wants a meal, he can come and eat me.”
Soon, Elephant found the tiger.” hello, friend, tiger.’ He said “what you just did wasn’t
a very nice thing. friends don’t eat each other.”
” it’s everyman for himself.” Said the tiger” that the law of the jungle’”
“Well, I hope you are happy.” The elephant replied.
” Anyway, I gave the mouse deer such a fright that he dropped dead.”
“Oh, really?... Then this is my lucky day two meals! Can you show me where he is?
“Of course.” said elephant. “Come on followed me.”
Suddenly, the saw the mouse deer was hanging upside-down from the tree branch.
” How did he get up there?” Asked the surprised tiger.
”Oh, he leapt into the tree when you roared.” Said the elephant.
” how am I supposed to get at him?”
“How should I know?” said the elephant “Jump I suppose.”
Without think twice the tiger jumped.and the mouse deer moved away, the tiger roaring into
the trap
“let me out.” he screamed.” it is any way to treat a friend?” “Well, you should know.” Said the
mouse deer and the elephant walked into the jungle laughing.