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MOUSE DEER AND CROCODILE
One day, Mouse Deer went down to the river to take a drink. But he knew that the crocodile
might be waiting underwater to eat him, so he said out loud. “I wonder if the water’s warm. I’ll put in
my leg and find out.” Of course, Mouse Deer did not put in his leg. He picked up a stick instead and
put one end into the water. Chomp…! Crocodile grabbed the stick and pulled it underwater. Mouse
Deer laughed. “Ha… ha…ha… Stupid crocodile! Can’t you tell the difference between a stick and a
leg?” Then Mouse Deer ran off to drink somewhere else.
In the next day, Mouse Deer wanted to cross the river. He wanted to eat the fruits on the other
side of the river. He saw a floating log in the river. He knew that Crocodile looked like a log when he
floated. Mouse Deer did not want to be eaten by Crocodile when he crosses the river. He had an idea.
He called out loud, “Crocodile!” Crocodile rose from the water, “Hello, Mouse Deer. Have you come
to be my lunch?” Mouse Deer smiled. “Sorry, not today, Crocodile. I have orders from the King. He
wants to invite all the crocodiles in this river to a party. He wants me to count all the crocodiles so he
could prepare enough meal for you.”
“Really…? Tell us what to do,” said Crocodile. “You must line up from this side of the river to
the other side,” said Mouse Deer. Crocodile then got all his friends and family. They lined up across
the river. Mouse Deer then jumped onto Crocodile’s back. “One,” he counted. He jumped onto the next
crocodile, “Two.” And the next crocodile, “Three.” Mouse Deer kept jumping until he arrived on the
other side of the river. “How many are there?” asked Crocodile. “Just enough,” said Mouse Deer. He
laughed as he ran to the forest.
A. Pilihan Ganda
1. How many crocodiles that the mouse deer jumped on to get the other side the river?
a. Three
b. Thirty
c. Thirteen
d. Ten
B. Isian singkat
1. How many crocodiles was the mouse deer jumped on to get the other side the river?
Answer : 3 Crocodiles
C. Matching
Noun Meaning
1. Fruit a. The part of tree that grow under the ground
2. Log b. A thin branch which has fallen off a tree
3. Stick c. Something which grows on the tree
d. A piece a thick branch of a trunk or a tree
D. True/False
Check it out true or false!
The following statements were the characteristics of the main characters of the story
1. The mouse deer was the smartest animal in the jungle True False
2. The mouse deer was smarter than the crocodile True False
3. The crocodile was the most stupid animal in the jungle. True False
E. Choose two correct answer
The Mouse deer knew that the crocodile might be waiting underwater to eat him (par.1). How the
mousedeer would save himself from the crocodile
1. The Mouse Deer invited all the crocodiles in this river to a party to count them
2. The Mouse Deer jumped onto crocodile’s back to go to the other side of the river
3. The Mouse Deer knew that crocodile looked like a log when he floated on the river
4. The mouse deer made all the crocodile to lined up from one side of the river
F. Uraian
1. What can you learn from the text “Mouse Deer and Crocodile?
Answer: Don’t trust so easily and don’t be fooled by someone.
