Kumpulan Narative

The Clever Judge

Once a lion, a fox and a donkey set off a day's hunting, after agreeing that each was to have an equal share of what was caught. After a time, they were able to pull down and kill a fat buck; and the lion asked the donkey to be so good as to divide the prize. As fairly as he could, the obliging donkey but the buck into three equal parts, and then he invited the lion to take his choice.

At this, the lion flew into a violent said, sprang on the poor donkey, and killed him with a powerful blow.

Then the lion told the fox to divide the meat. This the fox did; but he was cunning. He put aside a big hear for the lion's share, only and kept a small piece for himself.

On seeing this, the lion looked very pleased. "Master Fox, " he said, this indeed a most satisfactory divisor. Who taught you to be so clever?"

"The dead donkey has been my teacher, " replied the fox. "From his foolish conduct I have learned to be wise."

The Monkey and The Crocodile

One day there was a monkey. He wanted to cross a river. There he saw a crocodile so he asked the crocodile to take him across the other side of the river. The crocodile agree and told the monkey to jump on its back. Then the crocodile swam down the river with the monkey on his top.

Unluckily, the crocodile was very hungry, he stopped in the middle of the river and said to the monkey, “My father is very sick. He has to eat the heart of the monkey. So he will be healthy again.”

At the time, the monkey was in dangerous situation and he had to think hard. Then he had a good idea. He told the crocodile to swim back to the river bank. “What’s for?” asked the crocodile. “Because I don’t bring my heart,” said the monkey. “I left it under a tree, near some coconuts in the river bank.”
The crocodile agreed and turned around. He swam back to the bank of the river. As soon as they reached the river bank, the monkey jumped off the crocodile’s back. Then he climbed up to the top of a tree.

“Where is your heart?” asked the crocodile. “You are foolish,” said the monkey to the crocodile. “Now I am free and I have my heart.