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One upon a time, there was a mouse deer living in a forest. Although he was small, he wasn?t afraid of the other bigger animals who wanted to eat him. He was so smart; he always managed to ditch them. One day, a tiger was wandering around for food. He hadn't been eating for days. He was really hungry. While he was walking in the forest, he saw Mouse Deer. The tiger wanted to eat him.
Tiger slowly ducked, crawled, approaching Mouse Deer, then..."Gotcha!" said Tiger. He caught Mouse Deer. ?Hello, Mouse Deer! I?m really hungry right now. You?ll be my lunch!? said Tiger. Mouse Deer didn?t want to be his lunch. He tried to be calm. He looked around and saw some buffalo?s dung. He had an idea. ?I?m sorry, Tiger. I can?t be your lunch now. The King has ordered me to guard his cake,? said Mouse Deer calmly. ?His cake?? said Tiger curiously. ?Yes, there it is. It?s very delicious. The King doesn?t want anyone else to eat it, so he ordered me to guard it,? Mouse Deer pointed the buffalo?s dung. ?Can I taste it?? Tiger asked. ?Of course you can?t. The King would be very angry,? said Mouse Deer refused. ?Just one little bite, Mouse Deer! The King will never know,? said Tiger. ?Well, okay, Tiger. But first let me run far away, so the King won?t blame me,? said Mouse Deer. ?All right, Mouse deer. You can go now.? Mouse Deer ran quickly out of sight. Tiger then took a big mouthful of the ?cake?. ?Phoooey!? He spit it out. ?Yuck, that?s not cake. That?s buffalo?s dung.?
Tiger ran through the forest. He caught up with Mouse Deer. ?Mouse Deer, you tricked me. But now you will be my lunch.? Mouse Deer looked around and saw a wasp nest in a tree. ?I?m sorry, Tiger. I can?t be your lunch now. The King has ordered me to guard his drum,? said Mouse Deer calmly. ?His drum?? said Tiger curiously. ?Yes, there it is. It has the best sound in the world. The King doesn?t want anyone else to hit it,? Mouse Deer pointed the wasp nest. ?Can I hit the King?s drum?? Tiger asked. ?Of course you can?t. The King would be very angry,? said Mouse Deer refused. ?Just one little hit, Mouse Deer! The King will never know,? said Tiger. ?Well, all right, Tiger. But first let me run far away, so the King won?t blame me,? said Mouse Deer. ?All right, Mouse Deer. You can go now.? Mouse Deer ran quickly out of sight. Tiger then reached up and hit the wasp nest. Bzzzzzzz?! ?Ouch?ouch! That?s not a drum. That a wasp nests!?
Tiger ran away. But the wasps keep following him. He came to the river. He jumped in and stayed underwater as long as he could. At last the wasps went away. Then he jumped out. He ran through the forest till he found Mouse Deer. ?Mouse Deer, you tricked me again. But now you will be my lunch.? Mouse Deer looked around and saw a cobra. The snake was coiled asleep on the ground. ?I?m sorry, Tiger. I can?t be your lunch now. The King has ordered me to guard his belt,? said Mouse Deer calmly. ?His belt?? said Tiger curiously. ?Yes. There it is. It?s the best belt in the world. The King doesn?t want anyone else to wear it,? Mouse Deer pointed the cobra. ?Can I wear it?? Tiger asked. ?Of course you can?t. The King would be very angry,? said Mouse Deer refused. ?Just for one moment, Mouse Deer! The King will never know,? said Tiger. ?Well, all right, Tiger. But first let me run far away, so the King won?t blame me,? said Mouse Deer. ?All right, Mouse Deer. You can go now.? Mouse Deer ran quickly out of sight. Tiger then took the snake and started to warp it around himself. The cobra woke up. It squeezed Tiger and bit him. SSssssstt! ?Oouch! Ow! Ooow! That?s not a belt! That?s a cobra! Help! Mouse Deer! Help!? But Mouse Deer was already far away. He laughed aloud. Mouse Deer was safe from Tiger now.
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A Mouse Deer and A Tiger (A Folklore from Central Java Indonesia)
One upon a time, there was a mouse deer living in a forest. Although he was small, he wasn?t afraid of the other bigger animals who wanted to eat him. He was so smart; he always managed to ditch them. One day, a tiger was wandering around for food. He hadn't been eating for days. He was really hungry. While he was walking in the forest, he saw Mouse Deer. The tiger wanted to eat him.
Tiger slowly ducked, crawled, approaching Mouse Deer, then..."Gotcha!" said Tiger. He caught Mouse Deer. ?Hello, Mouse Deer! I?m really hungry right now. You?ll be my lunch!? said Tiger. Mouse Deer didn?t want to be his lunch. He tried to be calm. He looked around and saw some buffalo?s dung. He had an idea. ?I?m sorry, Tiger. I can?t be your lunch now. The King has ordered me to guard his cake,? said Mouse Deer calmly. ?His cake?? said Tiger curiously. ?Yes, there it is. It?s very delicious. The King doesn?t want anyone else to eat it, so he ordered me to guard it,? Mouse Deer pointed the buffalo?s dung. ?Can I taste it?? Tiger asked. ?Of course you can?t. The King would be very angry,? said Mouse Deer refused. ?Just one little bite, Mouse Deer! The King will never know,? said Tiger. ?Well, okay, Tiger. But first let me run far away, so the King won?t blame me,? said Mouse Deer. ?All right, Mouse deer. You can go now.? Mouse Deer ran quickly out of sight. Tiger then took a big mouthful of the ?cake?. ?Phoooey!? He spit it out. ?Yuck, that?s not cake. That?s buffalo?s dung.?
Tiger ran through the forest. He caught up with Mouse Deer. ?Mouse Deer, you tricked me. But now you will be my lunch.? Mouse Deer looked around and saw a wasp nest in a tree. ?I?m sorry, Tiger. I can?t be your lunch now. The King has ordered me to guard his drum,? said Mouse Deer calmly. ?His drum?? said Tiger curiously. ?Yes, there it is. It has the best sound in the world. The King doesn?t want anyone else to hit it,? Mouse Deer pointed the wasp nest. ?Can I hit the King?s drum?? Tiger asked. ?Of course you can?t. The King would be very angry,? said Mouse Deer refused. ?Just one little hit, Mouse Deer! The King will never know,? said Tiger. ?Well, all right, Tiger. But first let me run far away, so the King won?t blame me,? said Mouse Deer. ?All right, Mouse Deer. You can go now.? Mouse Deer ran quickly out of sight. Tiger then reached up and hit the wasp nest. Bzzzzzzz?! ?Ouch?ouch! That?s not a drum. That a wasp nests!?
Tiger ran away. But the wasps keep following him. He came to the river. He jumped in and stayed underwater as long as he could. At last the wasps went away. Then he jumped out. He ran through the forest till he found Mouse Deer. ?Mouse Deer, you tricked me again. But now you will be my lunch.? Mouse Deer looked around and saw a cobra. The snake was coiled asleep on the ground. ?I?m sorry, Tiger. I can?t be your lunch now. The King has ordered me to guard his belt,? said Mouse Deer calmly. ?His belt?? said Tiger curiously. ?Yes. There it is. It?s the best belt in the world. The King doesn?t want anyone else to wear it,? Mouse Deer pointed the cobra. ?Can I wear it?? Tiger asked. ?Of course you can?t. The King would be very angry,? said Mouse Deer refused. ?Just for one moment, Mouse Deer! The King will never know,? said Tiger. ?Well, all right, Tiger. But first let me run far away, so the King won?t blame me,? said Mouse Deer. ?All right, Mouse Deer. You can go now.? Mouse Deer ran quickly out of sight. Tiger then took the snake and started to warp it around himself. The cobra woke up. It squeezed Tiger and bit him. SSssssstt! ?Oouch! Ow! Ooow! That?s not a belt! That?s a cobra! Help! Mouse Deer! Help!? But Mouse Deer was already far away. He laughed aloud. Mouse Deer was safe from Tiger now.
- Verb Exercise 1 (has/have)
Put has or have in the gaps 1.- My parents ???.. a beautiful farm house near the city. 2.- I ???.. a fantastic house in Delhi. 3.- My father????. bought a new car. 4.- My Sister ?????.a lot of dresses . 5.- I ?????. an English test today. 6.-...
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A Town Mouse and a Country Mouse were friends. The Country Mouse invited his friend to come and see him at his home in the fields. The Town Mouse came and they sat down to a dinner of barleycorns and roots the latter...
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Once upon a time there lived a lion in a forest. One day after a heavy meal it was sleeping under a tree. After a while, there came a mouse and it startedto play on the lion. Suddenly the lion got up with anger and lookedfor those who disturbed...
- From Newsweek: Finland's Educational Success? The Anti-tiger Mother Approach
Excellent article: The "Tiger-Mother" approach to education is common in South Korea, Singapore, and China for example, meaning "work VERY hard to to be the best" while in non-competitive Finland, this type of motivation is completely absent,...