A Lesson for the Tiger

Folklore from Central Java

A Long time ago, all animals had a king. Their king was the tiger. All animals were afraid of him.
The tiger was the strongest among them. He was also very mean. He would hit any animals when
they disobeyed him. They wanted to give the tiger a lesson.

"Listen friends, we need to find a way. The tiger is also cruel especially to weak animals like
me," said the rabbit.

"I have an idea," said the mouse deer. "He is not clever as he looks. I think I can trick him," said
the mouse deer.

"How will you trick him?" asked the rabbit.

"It's easy. You meet the tiger and tell him that I challenge him to fight."

"What? Are you kidding? You cannot win!" said the rabbit.

"Don't worry. I'm not really challenging him to fight. It's all part of the plan."

The mouse deer continued. "You just tell him that I challenge him to fight under that big tree,"
the mouse deer pointed to a big tree near them.

Later the rabbit met the tiger and he told the tiger about the challenge.

What!? Is it true?! OK, tell the mouse deer I accept his challenge. I will beat him so easily," said
the tiger. He was so arrogant.
The tiger went to the big tree. He saw the mouse deer staring at the branches of the tree.

"Hey mouse deer! I heard you challenge me to fight. Come, fight now! screamed the tiger.

However, the mouse deer did not move at all. He kept on staring on the branches of the tree.

"Mouse deer! Are you deaf?" the tiger was really angry.

"Shh... Be quiet," said the mouse deer.

"What? You asked me to be quiet." The tiger really don't understand.

"Yes. Do you see that big round thing in that branch? last night I had a dream. An owl told me
that the big round thing above us can give me power."

He continued. "The problem is I cannot jump or climb to grab that thing."

"Really? Are you sure?" asked the tiger. "Well, I am the king and I deserve that power. So I want
you to get out of here otherwise I will hit you," said the tiger.

The mouse deer pretended to be scared. He immediately ran away. Meanwhile, the tiger climbed
the tree. He was trying to grab the round thing in the branch of the tree.

The tiger did not know that the round thing was actually the beehive! And when he was finally
able to grab the beehive, he fell down to the ground.

All the bees were angry. They all attacked and stung the tiger. The bees were angry because the
tiger had already destroyed their home.

The tiger was in a great pain. He could not fight the bees. he asked for help, unfortunately, the
animals did not want to help him.
The tiger finally went to the river. He swam and he survived. He realized the mistake. Since then
he changed, he became a wise king.***
 A RABBIT AND TWENTY CROCODILES

Once upon a time, a Rabbit wanted to cross a river, but he could not swim. He had an idea, he
saw a boss of Crocodiles swimming in the river. The Rabbit asked he cross of crocodile.
how many crocodile are there in the river? the boss of crocodile answered, we are twenty
here.
where are they?the Rabbit asked for the second time. what is it for? the boss crocodile asked.
all of you are good, gentle and kind, so I want to make a line in order. Later, I will know how
kind you are, said the Rabbit.
Then the boss of the Crocodiles called all his friend an asked then to make a line in order from
one side to the order side of the river. Fust then, the Rabbit started to count while jumping from
one crocodile to another: onetwo three fouruntil twenty. And finally, he thanked all
Crocodiles because he had crossed the river.
In the fable we can find massage is, before act, we think to do first, so that we can finish the
difficult problem.
 THE CAT ARROGANT
A long time ago, in a dense forest lies the are very much. Among the animals, which live there is
a cat arrogant very clean, hairy and smooth white. So many animals who liked it, but she was to
proud and arrogant to excess.
One day, the cat wants to live alone without family cat, because she felt it was great to rend for
themselves without the help of her family.
On her way shes resting adjacent to the family chickens. Sunny morning, when the cat is angry
because her voice has awakened chickens, hi chicken presumptuous of you to wake coupled
with your son, your son is ugly said the cat. Chicken family very angry, they repel cats, with
feeling annoyed cat it.
With feeling so tired cat sleeping in the shoulders of an elephant, When elephant was about to
wake up the elephant accidentally dropped the cat hi you fool elephant, why you dropped me,,
you want to kill me? elephant closer and said oh youre so beautiful. Cat scratches elephant,
rampage elephants make that cat darted him.
Cats are very upset and hungry, she tried to look for food on the ground. She met worm you are
a beautiful cat but why did you take my food. The cat said all animals are well aware of my
beauty because I was entitled to do as I please. And worm said bask cat snob, what you can
survive in the soil. hahaha its the little things said the cat. They also made a deal.
Eventually, after a day on the ground cat worm group tried to see, but the cat was already dead.
Some worm told this to the cat family, but when her family until the cat arrogant who had died,
had been in the eating lions.
Moral : never overbearing advantages because each person its advantages.
 THE TWO DUCKS AND THE FOX

One day, two duck walked a long the road to go to the lake for their swim. In the middle of the
road, they met Mr. fox. He sat under the tree.
hello, sister. Where are you going? Asked Mr. fox.
good morning, Mr. fox, we are going to lake over there. We want to swim. Would you like to
join us? asked the ducks.
no thanks, do you both come a long here every day? asked Mr. fox.
yes, we always walk here every morning. Said the ducks.
delicious..s I mean nice to see you both, said Mr. fox.
The next day, the first duck said are we going to swim today? I bet that Mr. fox is waiting for us
and he has a bad plain.
I know, I have a plan for him too. Said the second duck.
One their way they met Mr. fox again.
hello sisters, going to swim again? asked Mr. fox.
yes, we are, why dont you take us to the lake and protect us from bad animals? said the
second duck.
of course, its my pleasure, replied Mr. fox.
this is an easy way to have a free lunch. I have a big bag with me now, though Mr. fox.
Three of them walked to the lake and sang some songs.
When I say run, lets run fast together. Said the second duck. run!!!
They ran so fast and jumped into the lake. Mr. fox jumped upon them, but he forgot that he could
not swim. So, Mr. fox drowned in the lake. He failed to get his free lunch.
Moral : do not ever intend evil to someone, because evil is self inflicted.
 THE LONELY LANDY

One day, there was a porcupine named landy. He was lonely. No one wanted to play with him,
because they afraid of his spikes.
dear landy, we dont want to play with you because your spikes are too sharp. We dont want
you to hurt us, said cici the rabbit one day.
cici is right, landy, it is not because youre bad or rude to us, no, landy, just because of your
spikes. They will stab us if we are close to you. Said tito the rooster.
Landy felt lonely. Landy spent most of the time day dreaming at the river bank. I would be
happy if there were no spikes on my body.
Suddenly, kuku the turtle appeared from the river. He came to landy and said, landy, what are
you thinking of?
oh, nothing. Landy replied.
dont lie to me, landy! Who knows I can help you. Said kuku wisely. Then he sat beside landy.
He wasnt afraid of landys spikes.
Shortly, landy told his problem. Kuku nodded his head. He said. poor you, but it isnt your fault.
I know your spikes are very usefull and helpful for you. They will realize it someday, trust me!
Thanks, kuku, you are my best friend.
One day, koko the frog held his birthday party. He invited all his friends, including landy. But he
decided not to com. He didnt want to mess up the party.
Ill come with you landy. Ill tell everyone that youre harmless. Said kuku, finally landy
attended the party. Everyone enjoyed it.
Suddenly tito screamed, helphelp! The evil wolf is coming. Save yourself! then, everyone
saved their lives, except kuku and landy. Kuku pulled his head and his leg into his shell. And
landy rolled his body into a ball.
Unintentionally, the evil wolf touched landy. Of course, the spikes pricked him. He screamed.
ouch! since his foot was bleeding, he didnt chase landys friend any longer. Then, he ran
away.
horray horray! Long live landy! He saved our lives. Said cici and her friends. They
thanked him from then on. Landy wasnt lonely anymore.

The end

Moral : we dont underestimate someones bad physical appearance and we must appreciate
them.
6. The Rabbit And The Bear
Once upon a time, there lived as neighbors, a bear and a rabbit. The rabbit was a good shot.
In contrary, the bear was always clumsy and could not use the arrow to good advantage.
One day, the bear called over the rabbit and asked the rabbit to take his bow and arrows and
came with bear to the other side of the hill. The rabbit was preventing to arouse the bears
anger so he could not refuse it. He consented and went with the bear and shot enough
buffalo to satisfy the hungry family. Indeed he shot and killed so many that there was lots of
meat left after the bear and his family had loaded themselves and packed all they could carry
home.
The bear was very gluttonous and did not want the rabbit to get any of the meat. The rabbit
could not even taste the blood from the butchering as the bear would throw earth on the
blood and dry it up. The poor rabbit would have to go home hungry after his hard days work.
The bear was the father of five children. The youngest child was very kind to the rabbit. He
was very hearty eater. The mother bear always gave him an extra large piece of meat but the
youngest child did not eat it. He would take it outside with him and pretended to play ball
with the meat. He kicked toward the rabbits house and when he got close to the door he
would give the meat with such a great kick. The meat would fly into the rabbits house. In this
way, the poor rabbit would get his meal unknown to the papa bear.

Arti Cerita Kelinci dan Beruang dari Teks Bahasa Inggris

Suatu masa, hiduplah dua binatang yang saling bertetangga, seekor beruang dan kelinci.Sang
kelinci adalah seorang pemanah yang baik. Sebaliknya, beruang itu selalu canggung dan tidak bisa
memanfaatkan anak panah sama sekali.

Suatu hari, beruang itu memanggil kelinci dan memintanyai untuk mengambil busur dan panah dan
pergi bersama beruang ke sebuah bukit. Untuk menghindari kemarahan beruaang, kelinci menurut
saja dan tidak bisa menolak ajakan itu. Dia setuju dan pergi dengan beruang dan memanah cukup
banyak kerbau untuk memenuhi keluarga beruang yang lapar. Kelinci itu memang memanah dan
mendapatkan begitu banyak daging memenuhi kebutuhan beruang dan keluarganya. Mereka
mengambil daging itu dan membawahnyapulang.

Beruang itu sangat rakus dan tidak ingin kelinci mendapatkan daging hasil panahannya. Sang
kelinci bahkan tidak bisa merasakan darah daging kerbau itu karena beruang akan segera
mengeringkannya. Kelinci yang miskin itu harus pulang dengan rasa lapar setelah bekerja keras
seharian.
Beruang itu adalah ayah dari lima anak. Anak bungsu beruang sangat baik kepada kelinci. Dia
sangat suka makan. Ibu beruang selalu memberinya tambahan potongan besar daging tetapi anak
bungsu beruang itu tidak memakannya. Dia mengambil dagaing itu ke luar rumah dan berpura-pura
untuk bermain bola dengan daging itu. Dia menendang-nendang daging itu ke arah rumah kelinci
dan ketika sudah dekat di pintu rumah kelinci, anak beruang itu akan memberikan daging itu dengan
cara menendangnya dengan keras. Daging itu terbang ke dalam rumah kelinci. Dengan cara itu,
kelinci yang miskin mendapatkan makanan nya dan tidak diketahui oleh ayah beruang.

Generic Structure Contoh Narrative Text Fable

1. Orientation; the introduction of what is inside the text. What text is talk in general. Who involves
in the text. When and where it happen.
2. Complication; what happens with the participants. It explores the conflict among the participants.
Complication is the main element of narrative. Without complication, the text is not narrative. The
conflict can be shown as natural, social or psychological conflict.
3. Resolution; this is the phase where the participants solve the problem aroused by the conflict. It
is not matter whether the participants succeed or fail. The point is the conflict becomes ended.