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THE STORY Of PENYALAHAN VILLAGE

Long time ago in Tasikmalaya, West Java, lived a young couple. They were farmers. They lived happily with their baby. The couple also had some animals. One of them was a tiger. When the couple went to work on the paddy field, the tiger looked after their baby. As usual, the couple went to the paddy field. Before they left, they asked the tiger to look after their baby.

“We will go to the field now. Look after our baby, okay?” The tiger nodded. So, the couple went to the field. They worked from morning until afternoon. When the couple arrived home, the tiger welcomed them. The tiger acted differently. He wagged his tail and rubbed his body to the couple’s legs. He looked very happy. The husband became suspicious.

“Why does this tiger behave strangely? He does not act as usual?” he thought. The husband looked at the tiger carefully. He was shocked. The tiger’s mouth was full of blood. Then he remembered his baby. He thought the tiger had eaten the baby.

“Why is your mouth full of blood?” he asked the tiger. “You must have done something bad to my baby! Have you killed him? Why did you do that?” he was very panicked. The husband took his knife and killed the tiger in anger. Then they both entered the house. They were shocked. They looked at each other. Their baby was sleeping peacefully in his cradle. He was not eaten by the tiger. Quickly, the wife took the baby and kissed him. The baby woke up. He opened his eyes and smiled. The couple found a very large snake under the cradle. The snake was dead and full of blood.

“Oh, my wife,” the husband said. “We have done a terrible thing. The tiger is not guilty! Look at the dead snake. The tiger must have killed him. He had saved our baby, but I killed him. Oh, my God! What have I done? I am so sorry. Forgive me, my dear tiger. Forgive me, please?”. The couple felt very guilty. They have killed their faithful tiger. It all happened because they did not check the baby first before they killed the tiger. Since then, the couple’s village was called Panyalahan. The word Panyalahan derives from the word “nyalahan”, which means “wrong guess”. ***

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THE MOUSE DEER AND THE CROCODILE

Once upon a time there was a mouse deer that lived in the forest. It had many enemies, one of the enemies was a crocodile that lived in the river near the forest. Even the crocodile supposed that the mouse deer was the trickiest animal, so the crocodile promised by himself that he would catch the mouse deer alive or die.

“Mouse deer! I would catch you as soon as possible!” said the crocodile angrily.But you know mouse deer audience?

It was an animal that always cheerful and very confident. It also known, as a tricky and intelligent animal, so it was very proud of himself.

And it often said, “I’m the cleverest in the forest. I’m the best. No other animals can compare me. Ha..ha..ha..” He laughed.

And do you know what happened next?

Someday in very hot condition, the mouse deer was very thirsty and dirty. He wanted something to drink on the river. And then, he bathed and splashed about into the water. But how unlucky he was! When he was taking a bath and splashed in the water, the crocodile saw him.

“Hmmm.. a nice meal. Yeah.. I’ll have a big and nice meal this day” thought the crocodile.

Then, he silently crawled behind the mouse deer and grabbed him. He caught the mouse deer’s legs. And the mouse deer startled and terrified as well. Of course cold sweat came out from the mouse deer’s body.

“Oh my God, help me.. Is it the end of my life? Oh my God help me please..” said the mouse deer in his mind.

The mouse deer thought hard how to be free from the crocodile. And as I just told to you that the mouse deer was the tricky and intelligent animal, so after he thought hard, finally the mouse deer got a good idea. It saw a twig floating near him. It picked it up and said,

“You are stupid! You are fool! You think you’ve got me? Actually you are biting a twig, not my legs.”

And with that, the mouse deer showed the crocodile the twig. The crocodile couldn’t see very well. It was a very stupid creature too. It believed that the mouse deer’s cunning. It freed the mouse deer’s legs and snapped upon the twig. And then the mouse deer ran out from the water immediately.

“Ha..ha..ha..” It laughed. “I tricked you again, stupid crocodile! And you have to know that you never can catch me! Good bye.. Mr. Stupid crocodile!” Said the mouse deer happily.

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