Mouse Deer and Tiger

Once upon a time, there was a mouse deer living in a forest. Although he was

small, he wasn’t afraid of the other bigger animals who wanted to eat him. He was so

smart; he always managed to ditch them. One day, a tiger was wandering around for

food. He hadn’t been eating for days. He was really hungry. While he was walking in

the forest, he saw Mouse Deer. The tiger wanted to eat him.

Tiger slowly ducked, crawled, approaching Mouse Deer, then…” Gotcha!” said

Tiger. He caught Mouse Deer. “Hello, Mouse Deer! I’m really hungry right now. You’ll

be my lunch!” said Tiger. Mouse Deer didn’t want to be his lunch. He tried to be calm.

He looked around and saw some buffalo’s dung. He had an idea. “I’m sorry, Tiger. I

can’t be your lunch now.

Mouse Deer looked around and saw a cobra. The snake was coiled asleep on the

ground. “I’m sorry, Tiger. I can’t be your lunch now. The King has ordered me to guard

his belt,” said Mouse Deer calmly. “His belt?” said Tiger curiously. “Yes. There it is.

It’s the best belt in the world. The King doesn’t want anyone else to wear it,” Mouse

Deer pointed the cobra. “Can I wear it?” Tiger asked. “Of course, you can’t. The King

would be very angry,” said Mouse Deer refused. “Just for one moment, Mouse Deer!

The King will never know,” said Tiger.” Well, all right, Tiger. But first let me run far

away, so the King won’t blame me,” said Mouse Deer. “All right, Mouse Deer. You can

go now.” Mouse Deer ran quickly out of sight. Tiger then took the snake and started

to warp it around himself. The cobra woke up. It squeezed Tiger and bit him.

SSssssstt! “Ouch! Ow! Ooow! That’s not a belt! That’s a cobra! Help! Mouse Deer!

Help!” But Mouse Deer was already far away. He laughed aloud. Mouse Deer was safe

from Tiger now. ***