Outwitting a Crocodile Retold by Chok Yoon Foo from Malaysia (Theme: Cleverness Sang Kancil is a clever, tricky mouse deer who is always finding himself in predicaments with animals that want to eat him or harm him, but he cleverly manages to escape each time. In this story, Sang Kancil outwits a big, bad crocodile. Sang Kancil was a clever mouse deer. Whenever he was in a bad situation, he always played a clever trick to escape. In this story, Sang Kancil outwitted Sang Buaya, a big, bad crocodile, who wanted to eat him. There were many trees where Sang Kancil's lived along the river, so he never had trouble finding food. There were always lots of leaves. He spent his time running and jumping and looking into the river. Sang Buaya, the big bad crocodile, lived in the river with other crocodiles. They were always waiting to catch Sang Kancil for dinner. One day when Sang Buaya was walking along the river, he saw some delicious fruit on the trees on the other side the river. Sang Kancil wanted to taste the tasty-looking fruit because he was a little tired of eating leaves. He tried to think of a way to cross the river, but he had to be careful. He didn't want to be caught and eaten by Sang Buaya. He needed to trick Sang Buaya. Sang Kancil suddenly had an idea He called out to the crocodile, "Sang Buaya! Sang Buaya!" Sang Buaya slowly came out of the water and asked Sang Kancil why he was shouting his name. He asked Sang Kancil, "Aren't you afraid I will eat you?" Then he opened his big mouth very wide to scare Sang Kancil. Sang Kancil said, "Of course, I am afraid of you, but the king wants me to do something. He is having a big feast with lots of food, and he is inviting everyone, including you and all the other crocodiles. But first, I have to count all of you. He needs to know how many of you will come. Please line up across the river, so I can walk across your heads and count all of you." Sang Buaya was excited and left to tell the other crocodiles about the feast with all the good food. Soon, they came and made a line across the river. Sang Kancil said, "Promise not to eat me because or I can't report to the king how many of you are coming. They promised not to eat him. Sang Kancil stepped on Sang Buaya's head and counted one. Then he stepped on the next one and said, "Two." He stepped on each crocodile, counting each one, and finally reached the other side of the river. Then he said to Sang Buaya,"Thank you for helping me to cross the river to my new home." Sang Buaya was shocked and angry. He shouted at Sang Kancil, "You tricked us! There is no feast, is there?" All of the crocodiles looked at Sang Buaya angrily. They were angry because he let Sang Kancil trick all of them. Sang Kancil loved his new home on the other side of the river because he had a lot of tasty food to eat. Poor Sang Buaya was not so lucky. After that, none of the other crocodiles ever talked to him again.
Pilandok and the Crocodiles Author: Victoria Añonuevo Summary: One morning, his mother asked Pilandok to pick mangoes in the village of Mabunga, Pilandok had to cross a river. But the bridge had collapse and the river was home to large crocodiles. Pilandok asked the leader of the crocodiles permission to cross the river but the leader told him that they eat whoever crosses the river. Pilandok thought of a plan to cross the river safely. He asked the leader how many crocodiles are there, and the leader answer twenty. Pilandok pretended to count and say that they are only ten crocodiles. The leader shouted “that’s impossible, we’re twenty all in all.” Pilandok calmly said to the crocodile to line up so that he could count them all to be sure that no one is missing. The crocodiles followed Pilandok’s suggestion and line up side by side. Pilandok step on each crocodile’s backs as he counts. Pilandok hopped onto the other side of the river before finally shouting “Twenty!” Pilandok hurriedly picked the mangoes and filled his bag with ripe, big, and sweet mangoes. He even ate some and fell asleep after eating. It was afternoon when he woke up and was delighted when he saw the river quiet and without any crocodiles. When he reached the middle of the river, the crocodiles suddenly appeared. “We will eat you, we want your liver,” growled the leader of the crocodiles. “Wait,” said Pilandok “I left my liver at home because it is bad for my liver to get wet.” Pilandok jumped onto the back of the crocodile and said, “Take me to the other side and I will get my liver from our house.” When they reached the shore, Pilandok quickly hopped off the back of the crocodile and ran home. Twice, Pilandok succeeded in tricking the hungry crocodiles in the river. The crocodiles were foolish enough to believe that a person could leave behind his own liver. Pilandok returned with a piece of wood and asked the crocodiles who has the largest mouth so that he could give his liver for it grew big when he left it at home. The leader of the crocodiles opened his mouth to the fullest and Pilandok put the piece of wood inside his wide-opened mouth. It was too late for the crocodile to realize that he had again been deceived by the clever Pilandok, who could not close his big mouth because of the piece of wood.
Date:______________ San Fabian National High School ENGLISH 8 Second Grading ( Quiz # 5) Name: _______________________________ Score: ________ Section: ______________________________ Teacher: ________________________
I. Based on the story you have previously read, Identify whether the statement is TRUE or FALSE. __________ 1. The taxi man advocated the new young generation’s habits and lifestyle. __________ 2. He believed that being strict is a good thing for parents. __________ 3. He had two sons and six daughters. __________ 4. One of his children was a teacher in a primary school. __________ 5. According to him, the new generation of youth in Singapore was better than the old generation. __________ 6. The passenger was a former teacher. __________ 7. Lay Choo was the name of the daughter whom the taxi man loved the most. __________ 8. He wanted to send his beloved daughter to a university __________ 9. One day, he almost killed his beloved daughter because of anger. __________ 10. The Elroy Hotel was one of the most visited place in Singapore. II. Match the words in column B with their descriptions in column A. Write the letter of your answer on the space provided before the number. Column A
Column B
Set 1 ____ 1. He is a clever mouse deer.
a. clever tricks
____ 2. The deer saw it on the other side of the river.
b. Sang Kancil
____ 3. He is the big bad crocodile.
c. Sang Buaya
____ 4. It enables the deer to escape from the threat of the crocodiles.
d. delicious fruits
____ 5. He is the one who will be having a big feast.
e. King
Set 2 ____ 6. Pilandok was asked to pick them in the village of Mabunga.
a. twenty
____ 7. He said that they eat whoever passes the river.
b. liver
____ 8. It is the number of crocodiles in the river.
c. piece of wood
____ 9. Pilandok said he left it at home so it will not get wet.
d. leader of the crocodiles
____ 10. Pilandok put it inside the crocodile’s big mouth.
e. mangoes
Date:______________ San Fabian National High School ENGLISH 8 Second Grading ( Output # 4) Name: _______________________________ Score: ________ Section: ______________________________ Teacher: ________________________
I. Draw the scene or setting of “The Taximan’s Story”. Use the space provided below.
II. Directions: Complete this venn diagram to compare Sang Kancil to Pilandok. Write in the overlapping part of the bubble their similarities. Then write their differences in the outer parts.
Sang Kancil
Pilandok
