Skip to main content

The Deer, The Crow and The Tortoise

There were three animals who were friends, a deer, a crow and a tortoise. One day the deer went to look for food in the forest and was caught in a hunting trap. When the tortoise and the crow went to search for the deer they saw him in the trap. They asked him " Why did you not see the trap? " Then the deer told them " Oh friends! I was wrong, please help me to save my life. "

The crow and the tortoise agreed to help the deer, then the crow took some water to soften the trap and the tortoise gnawed the trap. They gnawed the trap from evening to dawn, but they could not sever it, they could sever only two strings. When the hunter was coming, the the crow and the tortoise told the deer " Friend! now the hunter will come soon. We can gnaw only two strings. You must break it yourself. "

While the three animals spoke to one another the hunter came, then the crow and the tortoise left the deer alone. They entered the forest to wait for the deer. When the deer saw the hunter come near him, the deer broke the trap and went away into the forest. The hunter was very sorry to lose the deer then he ran after him to bring him back, but he could not run so fast, and then he saw the tortoise who hide in the forest.

The hunter brought the tortoise back and set the trap again.When the crow saw the hunter take the tortoise back, he told the deer a plan to save the tortoise from the hunter, then the crow said to the deer " Let the hunter run after you he will drop the tortoise down and then you must run into the forest. "The deer agreed. When the deer ran near the hunter, he pretended to have a broken leg, he ran on only three legs in front of the hunter.

The hunter did not know the deer's tricks, then he thought that the deer had a broken leg, because he was caught by the trap and he ran after the deer. When the deer looked back he saw that the hunter did not drop the tortoise yet, so he planned to be crippled animal again and ran slowly. The hunter thought " What good is this tortoise? He is enough for only two meals, but the deer will give me much meat. "

The hunter dropped the tortoise into the bush.The deer saw the hunter drop the tortoise, and he let the hunter get close to him. When he was far enough from the place where the hunter dropped the tortoise, the deer came back and picked up the tortoise with his mouth and the crow guided them into the forest. They lived in the forest peacefully. 
Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Khmer Riddles

Kids riddles and answers are those that are appropriate riddles for children to read and attempt to solve. Many studies have shown significant evidence that riddles can aid in the development of problem solving skills and an understanding of language, especially in younger children.  1- ឈ្មោះនៅលើមេឃ ខ្លួនដេកនៅលើដី សក់នៅឯព្រៃ អាច់ម៌នៅលើចុងឈើ ។ តើជាសត្វអ្វី ? ចូបកស្រាយ ទាំង៤ចំណុចនេះអោយបានច្បាស់ ។ 2- បោះសន្ទូចរំលងភ្នំ ត្រីឆ្តោរមាត់ធំដេញ ត្របាក់ក្រងោកមាស ។ តើជាអ្វី? 3- កុកមួយជើងពីរ ចុះកុកប្រាំជើងប៉ុន្មាន ? 4- ឈើពុករុកឈើខ្លឹម។ តើជាអ្វី? 5- ដើមឈ្មោះមួយអក្សរ ស្លឹកគេស្ល ផ្លែជន្លក់អំបិលម្ទេស ។ តើជាផ្លែអ្វី ? 6- ស៊ីតាមគូថ ជុះតាមមាត់ ។​តើជាអ្វី? 7- ដើរជើងដប់ ឈប់ជើងបី ។ តើជាអ្វី? 8- គ្រលីងគ្រលង លោតផ្លោតអ្នកឆោតរកមិនឃើញ ។ តើជាអ្វី? 9- កូនមាន់ដើរមុខកូនទា កូនទាដើរក្រោយកូនមាន់ កូនមាន់ដើរលឿនជាងកូនទា កូនទាដើរ យឺតជាងកូនមាន់ ។ តើកូនទាសួរកូនមាន់ថាម៉េច ហើយកូនមាន់ឆ្លើយប្រាប់កូនទាវិញថា ម៉េច ? 10- ហេតុអ្វីបានជា សត្វគោងាកលិត ខ្លួនវាម្តងម្ខាងៗ ? 11- មេមាន់បណ្តើរកូនក្រុកៗ យកដ...
Post a Comment
Read more

Chau Chak Smok

There was a man called CHAU CHAK SMOK whose name means the man who weaves boxes with palm leaves. One day he went to weave boxes at the top of the palm tree. He cut strips of the leaves and then he planned to make the boxes. While he wove the boxes, he thought " When I make a lot of boxes, I will sell them to the store, then I shall buy a hen. Later the hen will give chickens, then I will sell the chickens. So I will get five hundred riels. With, this, I will buy a pig. When the pig has young ones, I will sell them, I will thus earn two hundred riels, then I will buy a colt. When I sell it, I will make a lot of money, about two or three hundred riels, then I will buy fields and cultivate them. When the field crops, I will sell them and I will have a good deal of money, then I will find a pretty girl to be my wife. Later I will became a rich man and I will buy slaves to toke care of my children. When my slaves cannot take care of my children I will hit them. " While the ma...
Post a Comment
Read more

The Fisherman and His Wife

There was a man who went fishing with his son in a river. When he dropped his fishing line into the river, it got tangled around the root of a tree, but the man thought that his fishing line caught a big fish, he could not lift the line, then he told his son to go home and tell his wife to quarrel with the family and the neighbors, because he did not want his relatives to ask for some fish. Then his son went to his house to tell his mother to provoke a quarrel. She put on only a strip of cloth round her chest and a sampot under her navel and she pretended to be like a foolish woman, then she painted her face black, and then went to her relative's houses. All her relatives saw her in a strange condition, so they asked her " Hi! why did you do this? why do you put black coal on your face? " Then she blamed them and called them names " Damned! are your heads heavy, when I paint my face black? What is that to you. Do I hurt you, when I paint my face black? ...
Post a Comment
Read more