A CLEVER MOUSEDEER

YEAR 5M 2016

Narrator: One day, Mousedeer went to

the river to drink some water.
He wanted to make sure that
Crocodile was not waiting
underwater to eat him.
Mousedeer had an idea.

Mousedeer: (speaks loudly so crocodile

hears) I wonder if the
waters warm. Ill put my
leg in
and find out.

Narrator: Mousedeer didnt put in his leg.

Instead, he picked up a
stick with his
mouth and put one end of it into the water.

Crocodile: (grabs the stick and pull it

underwater) Chomp!

Mousedeer: Ha! Ha! Ha! Silly crocodile!

Dont you know a stick
from a leg? Bye!

Narrator: The next day, Mousedeer

went back to the river. He
saw a log floating in the
river.
He knew Crocodile
looked like a
log when he
floated in the water.

Mousedeer: (to himself, but loud and

clear) If that log is really
crocodile, it
wont talk. But
if its really just a log, it
will tell me.

Crocodile: (loudly) Im really just a log.

Mousedeer: Ha! Ha! Ha! A log cant talk!