– Kancil dan Buaya ialah salah satu dongeng yang paling sering diceritakan dari generasi ke generasi.
Kisah dongeng Kancil dan Buaya meskipun singkat dan sederhana, memberikan pesan yang hingga sekarang masih penting khususnya untuk anak kecil.
Meskipun sudah ada selama berabad-abad, mungkin masih ada yang tidak tahu atau sekedar lupa dengan dongen Kancil dan Buaya ini.
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Berikut ialah isi dongeng dalam bahasa inggris dan juga terjemahannya.
Once upon time there were a smart mouse deer. He lived near a river. The mouse deer used to go to the river to drink.
One day, the mouse deer was thirsty. He wanted to drink in the river but he knew that crocodiles were staying and waiting underwater to eat him.
He thought hard and got bright idea. He said out loudly. “I will put in my leg and find out whether the water is warm or not” Of course the mouse deer did not do what he said.
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He did not put his leg but the mouse deer took a wood stick and put one end into the water. Blurrr…! Surely a crocodile grabbed the wood stick and pulled it underwater.
Seeing that, the mouse deer laughed and said “Stupid crocodile! Can’t you see the difference between a wood stick and a leg?”
Then the mouse deer ran to another side of the river and drink some water.
On the following day, the mouse deer was hungry. He wanted to eat some grass on the side of the river so he had to to cross the dangerous river which was full of crocodiles.