Mousedeer and
Crocodille
One day Mousedeer saw a lot of fruits on the
other side of the river. He wanted to eat them but he couldn’t cross the river.
There were many crocodilles there, but there was no bridge cross the river. The
Mousedeer suddenly had an idea. He stood on the river side and called out.
“Hello. Is anybody there?”
Crocodille heard him, he swam fast to meet
Mousedeer, and answered, “Hello, Mousedeer. How are you?” Please come in.” He
pretended to be friendly. He had a plan. As soon as Mousedeer got near, he
would snap him and eat him for breakfast.
But Mousedeer was standing on top of a big
stone. In a proud voice he said, “Crocodille, I am 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 here.”
Crocodile was so happy that he forgot his plan
to eat Mousedeer. “Really? How will you count us?”
“Please call all your family, relatives,
friends, neighbours. Tell them to line up from here to the other side of the
river,” ordered Mousedeer.
Before long, all the crocodiles were in a long
line across the river. Then, Mousedeer jumped onto the back of one crocodile to
another, counting loudly “One, Two, Three, and 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!”
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