The Story of The Mouse Deer

                One day in the middle of the forest there lived a mouse deer and his younger brother named Manggut and Kanca. Kanca is the younger brother of Manggut. Although they are brothers but they were very different nature. Kanca diligent and good-hearted slacker and joy, while Manggut annoyed friends.

                When Kanca looked for food in his dining table and saw that there was no food, it also Manggut immediately approached her brother and asked “what happened, Ca?”, Manggut said casually. But that taken food that is Manggut Kanca itself. “This food is lost over the kitchen table”, he replied sadly. “May be taken by the mouse” answered Manggut. “Impossible mice who took my food", “just ask the mouse”, replied Manggut.

                Then without thinking long Kanca asked this to the mouse, but mouse pleaded not taken it, is not a mouse was the one who taken food Kanca. And Kanca not knowed that  has taken the food was Manggut. And in the end Kanca told the mouse to taken food across the river.

                When the Mouse is across the river he saw Manggut was filled above the river water and Manggut talking to shadows that are reflected in the water of the river he said “I am indeed the most powerful in this forest because of my intelligence tigers, elephants, crocodiles and even the younger brother Kanca his own brother and I could deceived all” says Manggut. When he heard that mouse have an idea to Manggut not be arrogant like that. The idea was given challenge to Manggut for that he would race with a snail which he thought was an animal that is weakly and can’t anything.                 

                Mouse in order to cooperated with snail snail spoke on Manggut and challenged Manggut to wanted to race with him. And finally Manggut would to accept the challenge of these slugs, snails after the challenge offered to Manggut.

                The next day Manggut race with snails and slugs and mouse with their ingenuity to deceived Manggut by snail should collected his friends to hidden behind the bushes and when Manggut still in the snail's long journey had came out and shouted for browsing Manggut behind, so that later Manggut looks confused why could snail slow-got to the in front of first, until in the end snail who became the winner because the strategy made by the mouse.

                In this strategy and challenge it can made Manggut waried because it is so arrogant he is aware that every living beings that has it’s pros and cons of each.

(From: Mouse Deer Gets A Result, Mouse Deer and Mouse)

Written : Windi W. Agustin