Cucumber Thief Kancil

Very hot afternoon. The sun was shining fiercely. But it was not so perceived by the Kancil. He was fast asleep under a shady tree.

Suddenly the beauty of broken dreams. "Help! Help!" Came the shouts and screams repeatedly. The sound of hooves of animals that are running.

"What is it?" Kancil said. His eyes blinked, felt heavy to be opened because it is still sleepy.
In the distance was a bunch of animals running toward him. "Fire! Fire!" Cried the goat. "Let's run, Cil! There was a fire in the forest!"

It's true. Thick smoke rising into the sky. Kancil scared to see it. She immediately got up and ran after his friends.

Deer kept running. Well, fast is running. Yes, although small Kancil, but he can run fast. Without felt, Kancil has run away, leaving his friends.

"Oh, my breath feels exhausted," Kancil stopped panting, and sat down to rest. "Why, where other animals?" Although the Kancil pleased that escaped from danger, he suddenly felt afraid. "Well, I was where now? Seems've never been here."

Kancil walking while watching the surrounding area. "Wow, I'm lost. Alone again. What is this? '7 Kancil more afraid and confused." Lord, help me. "

Kancil kept walking to explore the forest who have never gone through. Imperceptibly, he arrived at the edge of the forest. He saw a farm owned by Mr. Farmer.

"The fields of vegetables and fruits? Oh, thank God. Thank you, Lord," Kancil's eyes widened. The field is filled with vegetables and fruits are ready for harvest. Wow, great fun!

"Incidentally ya, I was thirsty and hungry," said Kancil while swallowing saliva. "My throat was dry, too. And my stomach rumbling out to be filled. Eat first, ah."

With no sin, Kancil and buahbuahan eating vegetables in the fields. Well, sorry Mr. Farmer. He would be mad if you see this. The Kancil naughty, eh?

"Hmm, delicious," Kancil said, rubbing his stuffed belly. "If every day a party like this, must be fun."

Once satisfied, Kancil laid himself under the shade of a tree. A light breeze blowing, making him sleepy. "Oahem, I so want to sleep again," said Kancil with a yawn.

Finally, a mischievous animal was asleep, to continue his nap disturbed because of forest fires earlier. Well, his sleep was so sound asleep, until the snoring sound. Krr ... KRR ... krrr ...

When I woke up the next day, Kancil feel hungry again. "Well, the party continued again, ya," Kancil said to himself. "This time I used to be picky, ah. Who knows what my favorite cucumber."

So Kancil walking around the field a large Pak Tani's. "Wow, that's what I was looking!" Kancil said happily. "Hmm, looks so fresh timunnya. Besarbesar again! Well, ya must be delicious."

Deer eating cucumber directly to the full. "Wow, delicious breakfast cucumber," Kancil said with a satisfied smile.

It was rather late. Kancil then back under a shade tree to rest.

Mr. Farmer was shocked when he saw the field. "Well, timunku field-kok so this mess," said Mr. Farmer fury. "Deeds who, yes? There must be a new pest that savage. Or could it be a bad boy or the beast who stole timunku hungry?"

Cucumber fields is really a mess. Many trees damaged cucumber trampled. And many cucumber pieces scattered on the ground. Um, look, yes, if you get caught! "Grumbled Mr. Farmer said, wagging his scythe." Harvest timunku so messy. "

So Mr. Farmer was busy all day to fix the mess back field.

From a resting spot, Kancil Mr. Farmer continued attention to it. "Well, he must have named Mr. Farmer," Kancil said to himself. "The mustache may also. Bold, 'black, and curved upward. Very funny. Hi ... hi ... hi ....

Previous Kancil had never met the man. But he often heard stories about Mr. Farmer from his friends. "Oh, Mr. Farmer kok lama ya," said Kancil. Yes, he has waited a long time. Afternoon Kancil want to eat cucumbers again. Apparently he was addicted to eating fresh cucumber that.

In the afternoon, Mr. Farmer went home, carrying a basket of cucumber on her shoulder. He went home, complaining, because the harvest was reduced. And the time is up to restructure the messy field.

"Ah, well the time finally arrived I've been waiting," Kancil got up and walked to the fields. Mischievous animals that eat cucumbers again partying Mr. Farmer.

The next day, Mr. Farmer furious and angry to see his field mess again. "It's outrageous!" Said Mr. Farmer, clenching his hands. "It turned out that other crops were damaged and stolen."

Mr. Farmer knelt on the ground to find traces of the thief. "Well, the thief must have an animal," said Mr. Farmer. "Human footprints are not so kind."

Poor farm owner was determined to catch the thief. "I had to make a trap to catch him!"

Mr. Farmer then immediately left the field. Arriving at his house, she made a doll that resembles humans. Then he rubbed the abominable field with a sticky sap of the jackfruit!

Mr. Farmer returned to the field. The puppets were installed in a field of cucumbers. Shape just like a person who was on guard. Baggy clothes flapping in the wind.

While wearing a hat head, like Mr. Farmer's.
"Well, it looks like Mr. Farmer was not alone anymore," said the Kancil, which is seen from a distance. "He came with his friend. But why his friend was silent, and Mr. Farmer left her alone in the middle of the field?"

Kancil waited a long time friend of Mr. Farmer's departure. Finally he could not stand. "Ah, I better go," said Kancil decided. "It's really sorry to have to steal cucumbers Mr. Farmer. Who knew I was given a free cucumbers."

"Excuse me, sir," regret orangorangan Kancil in front of the field. "It was I who had stolen the cucumber Mr. Farmer. My stomach is hungry. You are not angry, right?"

Of SAJ, a hobgoblin's field did not answer. Kancil repeatedly apologized. But the puppets had remained silent. His face smiled, looked like a mocking Kancil.

"Huh, so arrogant!" Kancil exclaimed angrily. "I'm sorry kok silent. Fact smirking. So what's funny?" grumbled.

Kancil finally had enough. Orangorangan punched the field with his right hand. Buuuk! Why, how his hands could not be drawn? Punched back with his left hand. Buuuk! Well, now his hands clung to the doll's body.

"Let go of my hand!" Shouted the Kancil j ankle. "If not, I kicked you!" Buuuk! Now the Kancil feet instead of the body is also attached to the puppets that. "Oh, how this?"

In the afternoon, Mr. Farmer returned to the field. "Well, here's the thief!" Mr. Farmer happy to see the trap successfully. "Apparently you have damaged the fields and steal

timunku. "Mr. Farmer laughed when releasing Kancil." He says deer are smart animals, "sneered Mr. Farmer." But how deceived by the puppets fields. Ha ... ha ... ha .... "

Kancil submitted when brought back to the house Mr. Farmer. He was locked in a chicken coop. But Kancil was surprised when Mr. Farmer told his wife to prepare the satay spices.

"I had to get out tonight I j uga" Kancil determination. If not, my story's over. "

In the evening, when the house was asleep, calling Kancil dog, the guard house. "Shhh ... Dog, come here," whispered Kancil. "Meet me Kancil. New Pets Mr. Farmer. Did you know? Tomorrow I will be invited Mr. Farmer attended a party at Mr. Lurah. Cool, huh?"

The dog was surprised to hear that. "What?" I do not believe it! I've long come Mr. Farmer was never asked to leave. Er, actually you are invited. "

Kancil smiled knowingly. "Well, it's up if you do not believe it. Look at tomorrow! I'm not lying!"
Dogs apparently influenced by the words of the Kancil. He requested that Mr. Farmer Kancil to persuade mengajakn-ya go to a party.

"Okay, I'll try to persuade Mr. Farmer," promise Kancil. "But tonight you must accompany me to sleep in the chicken coop. How?" Dogs agree with the bid Kancil. He immediately opened the cage door latch, and entered. With swift, Kancil quickly out of the cage.

"Thank you," Kancil said, closing the bolt back. "Sorry, you know, I had to lie. Please give my kind regards yes, for Mr. Farmer. And please convey my apologies to him." Deer immediately ran away from home Mr. Farmer. The poor dog just realized the truth when the Kancil has disappeared.

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Unlucky Kancil

Breezy winds-breezy make sleepy forest dwellers. So was the deer. To dispel the sleepiness he had a walk in the forest as he puffed out his chest. As he walked he said, "Who does not know deer. The smart, the smart and the brave. Every problem must be done to me". When he reached the river, he soon drank to relieve his thirst. The water is so clear a deer can be filled. He said the words alone. "Crocodiles, Elephants, Tigers all dumb animals, if they can deal with me beguiled".

The deer did not know if he had been being watched by a snail who was sitting dibongkahan large stone. The snail says, "Hey deer, you're fun to talk alone. What is it? You're happy?". Kancil searching source. Finally he found the location of the slug.

"It seems a long time you noticed it?". Small snails and cute. Uh no!. "You are small but not cute, but ugly like a chicken shit". Said the deer. Snail was surprised to hear the words of the deer that have been insulted and irritated him. Then siputpun said, "Hi deer!, You're so clever and brave because I dare race race". Finally they agreed to do the race next week.

After the deer away, snails and collected immediately called his friends. He asks for help his friends to race next time it should be dijalur race. "Do not forget, you're hiding behind the boulder, and one should immediately appear when the deer call, so we are always in front of the deer," said the snail.

The anticipated day arrived. The deer came with arrogant, feeling he would be very easy to win this race. Snail lets Kancil to run ahead and call him to confirm where he had arrived there. The race begins. Kancil walked casually, while snails immediately dive into the water. After a few steps, called deer slugs. Snail suddenly appeared in front of deer, shouting, "Hey Kancil! I had reached here." Kancil amazement, he immediately sped up. Then he calls the snail again. Apparently snails also were in front of him. Eventually the deer ran, but he called each of the snails, he always appears in front of the deer. Sweat profusely, his legs felt weak and panting breath. When almost finished, he called slugs, but no answer. Kancil think snails have left far and he would win the race.

The deer stopped running, he walked casually as he rested. With a cynical smile deer said, "Kancil was no beat." Kancil shocked when he heard the sound of a snail who was sitting on a large rock. "Oh sorry for you deer. It looks very tired, Reach ya running?". Taunted snails. "No way!", "How did you first arrive, even though I ran very fast", said the deer.

"Come on let's face it kekalahanmu," said the snail. Kancil was surprised and could not believe that a defeat by a smaller animals from him. Kancil lowered his head and admitted defeat. "Please do not upset, I did not ask for a gift kok. I just want you to remember one thing, do not be arrogant with intelligence and resolve kecerdikanmu in every issue, you must admit that all animals have the advantages and disadvantages of each, so do not like to insult and trivialize them ", said the snail. Snails immediately dive into a river. Stay the deer with a sense of regret and shame.

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Kancil and the Stupid Buffalo

One day there was a deer walking around the fields of Mr. Farmer. Cucumber fruit Kancil's wanted Mr. Farmer. But Mr. Farmer was always alert and on guard watching his garden, making it difficult for deer to steal cucumbers.

Kancil walking tiptoe waiting for Mr. Farmer guard. Until the day, he had also managed to get a chance. Eventually he left the place. Along the way, he met with a cow.

"Hey cow! What are you doing?" said deer. "Hi, I'm eating the grass, come back here to eat with me!" Answer cows chew grass while. "Thanks, but I do not like to eat grass." Answer deer. Then kancilpun said, "Would you give cucumber?" "Cucumber? Where there is cucumber?" asked the cow. "Over there, on the farm owned by Mr. Farmer!" Deer replied, pointing to the field Mr. Farmer. "Ooo ... owned by Mr. Farmer, oh no I do not want to. Cucumbers were planted by Mr. Farmer, so I do not want to steal it." Said the cow refused.

"Well if you do not want, I go first." deer replied and left calf. Just a few steps walking deer, met him with a goat. "Oh so heartily that you eat leaves! Up-to forget did not offer me?" said deer. "Oh you're a small, if you do not eat, come eat with me." Exclaimed the goat offered. "Thanks, but unfortunately I do not like to eat the leaf." Answer kencil. "Why do not you like? Oh ... I know what you mean, you'd be afraid of being scolded Mr. Farmer is not it? Mr. Farmer had let me eat these leaves as much, but Mr. Farmer bepesan me not to damage the trunk." Goat explained.

"Yes ... yes, I know that. ... But today I'd like to eat cucumbers." Said deer. "O. .. if cucumber, Mr. Farmer told me not to take it. Because of cucumber fruit will be sold by Mr. Farmer to the market to supplement his income." Clearly goats on deer. "But I want to take some fruit just ..." the deer. "Whatever, if you intend to take it. The important thing I've warned you." Said the goat again.

"Well, I want to go alone ..." deer walked back to look for friends who wanted to have stolen cucumber. She was afraid to steal his own, because many times Mr. Farmer know if ketimunnya stolen by deer. Mr. Farmer also had vowed when deer will be caught when stealing cucumbers, he would cut off his head. Therefore, deer trying to find friends who will be friends steal cucumbers in the fields.

Deer arrived at the edge of a puddle. He saw a water buffalo was in the shower yag mud. On a sunny day was very pleased buffalo drenched mud. "Hi buffalo! What are you doing there?" asked the deer to the buffalo. "Oh ... you Cil! I'm bathing in mud. I can not stand the heat this afternoon." Buffalo said. "Eew, do not you get dirty in the mud bath." Seru deer again. "No, that is important I do not overheating. If you let the heat out here, we shower together!" 'she asked. "No, ah! I do not want my body to be dirty like you." Said deer declined. "Well, if you do not want to." Buffalo said. "Did you have lunch today?" kancil asked inquisitively. "No ..., so what? Do you have a lot of food?" buffalo replied. "There, there a lot of cucumber big." "Why, it's not cucumber Mr. Farmer." Buffalo said.

"Yes, indeed it's cucumber Mr. Farmer, but we've just wanted to take just a few. If you want, let us both there!" persuade deer to the buffalo. "Later ..., let me pick, you just walk through the fields, so that Mr. Farmer did not suspect. And I will walk next to you out of sight by Mr. Farmer." "Okay, let's go now," said the buffalo agreed.

They both then walked together to the fields owned by Mr. Farmer cucumber. Deer walked behind a large body of water buffalo, so that was by Mr. Farmer is only buffalo that crossed the edge of the field. Mr. Farmer did not feel the slightest suspicion, because the buffalo had not been stolen or damaged cucumber own fields. When Mr. Farmer guard, deer quickly pick a few pieces of cucumber big. After successfully they also eat the fruit of cucumber in a lonely place.

"You're very clever, Cil! Mr. Farmer would not know if you steal the cucumbers. Because I just saw who was walking alone." Said buffalo guile admiration for deer. "Yes indeed, so I asked you." Deer said proudly. "The next day, deer and buffalo to repeat the act again together. In one day alone they had stolen three times or more. Eventually Mr. Farmer also was suspicious to see buffalo and more frequently walked through his fields. After the buffalo passed, Mr. Farmer checking cucumber fruit will be harvested soon.

"Oh ...." Mr. Farmer was surprised. "Fruit ketimunku big missing much. Is it possible to steal a buffalo, for a few days of buffalo only visible through this field." Mr. Farmer said, guessing. "Watch you water buffalo!" Threatened Mr. Farmer. "Kancil just have not dared to steal ketimunku. You actually repeatedly steal. The next time you caught me, you'll kuhukum heavy."

The next day deer and buffalo back into action. But Mr. Farmer was ready to rope and whip to catch a buffalo. When the buffalo looks across the field, slowly approached Mr. Farmer. "Shhh ... deer, Mr. Farmer walked toward us." Buffalo said. "Yes ... just be quiet, I've got some fruit." Said the deer did not care. "If Mr. Farmer know how?" asked the buffalo began to fear. "Do not be afraid! It's yours, I'll put my piece was there. And you're just slowing down, so that Mr. Farmer was not suspicious." Said the deer and buffalo racing left. "Hi! Where are you!" prevent Mr. Farmer in the presence of Buffalo. "I want to go Mr. Farmer!" buffalo said quietly. "Oh ... it seems that you have been stealing ketimunku. No wonder these days you often back and forth through ladangku." Mr. Farmer angrily scolded. "Mother ... is not I who stole Mr. Farmer. Kancillah But who has stolen ketimunmu." Said buffalo dodge. "That's what you bring what? Is not that a cucumber from ladangku?" Mr. Farmer increasingly angry. "Yes ..., it's yours cucumber Mr. Farmer, but the deer that stole it, and I was given some by him. Then he left with his share."

"No way, deer are no longer dared to steal ketimunku. Besides these few days I saw you just passed here," said Mr. Farmer who do not trust the words of buffalo. "Now as a sentence, you must be willing to plow the rice sawahku there!" ordered Mr. Farmer. "Well Mr. Farmer, if that's your decision, I think." Buffalo said later. Mr. Farmer then tied the buffalo's neck with a rope so as not to run away from punishment. Since then every day the buffalo began plowing Mr. Farmer. When finished plowing, then buffalo are fed by Mr. Farmer.

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Squirrels and Fish Gabus

On a lake in western Borneo,
tersebutlah a squirrel with a fish friendly cork. Friendship is very strong.

One day he fell ill Gabus Fish. Sangatlemah body.
With the squirrel faithful watch over his friend. For several days the fish eat bad cork. So the squirrel tried to persuade him. But the Fish Gabus just want to eat
if the liver of fish fed Yu.

Hearing the request of the Fish Gabus, the squirrel became very sad. It was difficult to meet the friend's request. Fish Yu is a very ferocious animal and only lives in
sea. But eventually he decided also to find one.

So she began jumping from tree to tree until he came to a coconut tree trunk jutting into the sea. With the squirrel slowly melobangi coconut seed. After the water was gone, she brought into the coconut. Of the coconut, he still could undermine the coconut fruit stalks.

Soon it was coconuts off of the stems and fallen into the sea. Waves were very large. so the time is not long, it had coconut in the middle of the open sea. Suddenly there came a great fish Yu. He immediately took the palm seed round. Once inside the fish's belly, the squirrel and mengigiti heart. Fish floundering towards the shore. Arriving at the beach, Fish Yu was exhausted and eventually die.

Gladly take the Squirrel Fish Yu's heart to his friend. With the magic after eating fish liver Yu, The Fish Gabus be recovered. He jumped up and down with excitement. He also promised to help the squirrel when he was sick in the days later. (Adapted freely from Warisa Ram, et al. "Squirrels and Fish Gabus" Folklore of West Kalimantan. Jakarta).

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Keong Mas

Kertamarta King is the king of the kingdom of Daha. The king has 2 daughters, named Dewi Candra Kirana Galuh and beautiful and good. Candra ray was engaged by the Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Raden Inu Kahuripan Kertapati good and wise.


But Candra Kirana siblings are extremely jealous of Maya Galuh on kirana Candra, because Galuh Maya put hearts on Raden Inu then Galuh Maya meet a witch to curse chandra kirana. He also chandra kirana memfitnahnya thus expelled from the Palace when chandra kirana walked along the beach, the grandmother came and sihirpun be menyihirnya golden snail and threw it into the sea. But the magic will disappear when the golden snail met with his fiancee.

One day a grandmother was looking for fish with nets, and transported the gold slugs. Golden Conch brought home and placed in jars. The next day the old woman sea fishing again but not seekorpun obtained. But when he arrived he was surprised because digubuknya already available cooking nice meals. Sinenek wondering who this dish memgirim.



Similarly, the next day a similar incident sinenek live, the next morning Grandma pretended he peered into the sea what happened, it turned into a golden snail beautiful girl direct cooking, and grandmother admonished him "who the hell you are a beautiful princess?" I am the daughter of the royal Daha who became enchanted by the golden snail brother because he was jealous of me "said the golden snail, then chandra kirana turned back into a golden snail. She was stunned to see it.

While Inu Kertapati prince would not say anything when he knew chandra kirana disappeared. She began looking for a way disguised as ordinary people. Sihirpun grandmother finally know and transformed himself into a crow to harm Kertapati Raden Inu. Raden Inu Kertapati very surprised to see crows can talk and find out its purpose. He considers that the crow sacred and obeyed when raden Inu given the wrong direction. Raden Inu Diperjalanan met a grandfather who was starving, my grandfather gave it to eat. It turned out that my grandfather was a good magic She helped Raden Inu from the crow's.



The old man hit a crow with his cane, and the bird up in smoke. Raden Inu finally told where Candra Kirana was, she sent it away kedesa raden dadapan. After walking for days he reached over to kedesa Dadapan He saw a hut to ask for a sip of water because his supply was exhausted. But it turned out he was very surprised, because from behind the window he saw his fiancee was cooking. Finally, the magic is lost because the encounter with Raden Inu. But at that moment came the cabin owner's grandmother and daughter Candra Kirana Raden Inu introduced grandmother. Finally, Raden Inu keistana brought his fiancee, and Candra Kirana told Maya to act Galuh Kertamarta Baginda.

Baginda apologized to Candra Kirana and vice versa. Galuh Maya got retribution. For fear Galuh kehutan Maya fled, then he fell and fell into the abyss. Finally, Chandra's wedding and Raden Inu kirana Kertapatipun progress. They brought dadapan grandmother of kindness keistana and they live happily.

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