Random Story To Tell

On a summer’s day, was a donkey walking in the mountains. Donkey was carrying a few sacks of salt on his back. The bag is very heavy, while the sun shines in the heat.

“Oh hot. Like I had no strength to walk again,” said the donkey.

Then he saw a river.

“Ah, there was a river! I better stop for a while,” said the donkey with joy.

Without thinking, he went into the river and byuur! Donkey slipped and fell. He tried to stand again, but Continue reading

The Chickens from Kamal
( a tale from Madura )

It is well-known that there are many strong chickens around the town of Kamal on the south coast of Madura. This story tells you why.

Long ago, when the gods were still on earth, a gang of cruel pirates attacked a rice ship which was on its way to Java from the Sunda islands. The pirates The Chickens from Kamal ( a tale from Madura )

It is well-known that there are many strong chickens around the town of Kamal on the Continue reading

The Fire of Dupelopa – The Lesser Sunda Islands

At the beginning of time, Heaven was so close to earth that the people who lived in Heaven could easily climb down to Earth on a ladder. The Heaven people and Earth people often went visiting each other so there was a lot of traveling to and from between the two places. This didn’t please Bai Ngao, a giant who lived on Earth. He didn’t like the noise people usually made when they were traveling.

Bai Ngao was very Continue reading

Buaya the Crocodile lived a life of ease and pleasure in a river on whose banks grew a large coconut palm tree. Buaya never had to go to the trouble of moving his long body up or down the river to look for food. After a long refreshing sleep, all he had to do was to push himself slowly up to the river bank, lie in the warm sunshine, and wait for one of the coconuts to ripen. He knew when the fruit would fall, and then he would pick up and eat it.

One day Beruk and the Ape came to the Continue reading

Deep in the big woods, high in a tall tree lives Perri the squirrel. She has a neat little home in a hole in the tree, with a little front porch, a roof overhead, and a stock of tasty pines cones inside.

Perri doesn’t spend much time in her nest. For in the big woods is so much to do. There are so many friends around.

Perri’s best friend is Porro, a boy squirrel. They often nibble pine cones together, down on their logs.

Porro has a nest of his own. But Continue reading

One day a heron was standing on a tree stump in the middle of a pond. He looked at the fish swimming in the clear water.

A fish appeared and asked the heron, “Hello Heron! Why are you standing on the stump? You have been here for a several days.”

The heron looked very sad.
“I am thinking of your life,” replied the heron.

Meanwhile other fish appeared.

“Why are you worried about us?” the fish asked. “We have an easy Continue reading

One day a very big lion was sleeping in a forest. He was sleeping peacefully. A playfull mouse, for no reason at all, ran across his out- streched paw. Then he ran up the nose of the lion. The lion, feeling something on his nose, was awakened from his sleep. Suddenly he saw the mouse and caught him. The mouse shivered with fear. The lion would have killed him, but the mouse cried out for mercy.

“Please don’t kill me, King Lion! Please have mercy on me! I will never do it Continue reading

One bright, sunny morning a tortoise – we shall call him Mr Tortoise – was taking a walk when suddenly he met a rabbit. Now he did not like this rabbit at all, for he was very sarcastic, and always laughed at the tortoise. Nevertheless, the tortoise smiled and greeted him, “Good morning, Mr Rabbit. How are you?”

The rabbid did not answer, but as soon as he saw the tortoise, he began to laugh very loudly.

“Oh, oh, I can’t help laughing at you, Continue reading

Mr Sparrow was only a little bird. He was not at all a nice bird, because he was always telling stories about someone. Many birds and animals in the forrest were complaining about him. But Mr Sparrow did not take any notice of their complaints. He kept on telling stories, often causing bitter quarrels between the many inhabitants of the forest.

One day this nasty little bird was sitting on the branch of a tree, when he spied Mr Rabbit coming by. Not knowing that Mr Sparrow was quite Continue reading

One day a young frog came home and said to his mother, “Oh, Mother, this morning I saw a big animal, much bigger than you.”

“Did he do you any harm, my dear?” his mother asked anxiously.

“No, not at all. He looked so terribly big, so I dared not get close to him.”

At this moment Father Frog came out of his corner.

“What’s going on here?” he asked, pretending not to have heard all they had said.

“Oh Continue reading