Liger at Pematangsiantar Zoo

A Liger, the name of interbreeding between the Lions and Tigers are in Pematangsiantar Animal Park, North Sumatra-Indonesia. The animal is one example of genetic aberrations that should not be done by the breeder of animals for violating ethics, but in zoos and wildlife that frequent crossbreeding.

The Hare And The Tortoise

One day a tortoise went for a walk. As he plodded slowly along, he met a hare. The hare was going for a walk too. The hare had long legs. He did not walk. He ran, and jumped, and played about. He stopped to look at the tortoise, and he began to laugh.
‘You are a very funny shape!’ said the hare to the tortoise. He laughed and laughed. ‘Your legs are very short. Is that why you walk so slowly? Look at my legs. They are very long. I can run very fast.’
‘I like to walk slowly,’ said the tortoise, ‘but perhaps I can get to the top of the hill as soon as I can’.
‘What?’ said the hare. ‘Do you want to run a race with me?’ He laughed so much that he fell on the ground. He lay on the grass, laughing and kicking his legs in the air.
‘Don’t laugh too soon,’ said the tortoise. ‘ Here is a fox. I shall ask him to start the race. We shall see who finishes first.’
‘Ha, ha!’ laughed the hare. ‘ This will be fun.’
The fox started the race.
‘One, two, three – Go!’ he shouted.
When the fox shouted ‘Go!’ the hare gave a big jump and bounded away as fast as he could. The tortoise started walking slowly. Soon he was along way behind the hare.
Half way up to the hill, the hare stopped and looked back. The tortoise was creeping slowly along in the distance.
The hare laughed. He thought he was very clever. He nibbled some grass, and he played about.
‘That tortoise will take a long time to get to the top of the hill,’ he said to himself. ‘I’ll have a rest.’
The hare lay down on the grass and fell round asleep.
The tortoise plodded slowly on and on. He did not hurry, but he never stopped walking.
After a long time, he passed the hare lying asleep. The tortoise smiled, and went on walking.
After a while, the hare woke up. He looked behind him for the tortoise. The tortoise was not there. The hare looked all round about. At last he saw the tortoise, nearly at the top of the hill. The hare jumped up, and bounded away as fast as he could.
The fox stood at the top of the hill. The tortoise got there first. In the distance he saw the hare bounding along.
The hare came hurrying up, out of breath. The tortoise looked at him and smiled.
‘You have fine long legs,’ he said, ‘ but they did not get you here so fast as my short legs. Slow and steady wins the race!’

The Thirsty Crow

One hot day, a crow was very thirsty and wanted a drink of water. It was a long way to the river and she was too tired to fly there for a drink. She could not see a pool of water anywhere. She flew round and round. At last see saw a big of jug outside a house.
The crow flew down to the jug. She looked inside. There was a little water at the bottom of the jug.
The crow put her head into the jug, but she could not reach the water with her beak she climbed on to the jug. She almost fell into it, but she could not put her beak into the water.
The crow flew into the air and then she flew down at the jug and tried to break it with her beak. But the jug was strong. It would not break.
The crow flew at the jug, flapping her wings. She tried to knock it over, so that the water would run out the ground. But the jug was too heavy. It did not fall over. The crow was too tired to fly anymore. She thought she was going to die of thirst.
The crow sat down to rest. She thought and she thought. She did not want to die of thirst.
She saw some small stones lying on the ground. She had an idea. She peak up a stone in her beak and dropped it into the jug. Then another and another. The water rose higher every time a stone fell into the jug.
Soon the jug was nearly full of stones. The water came to the top. The clever crow put her beak into it at last, and had a drink. Where there’s a will, there’s a way.

The Lion And The Mouse

A lion fell asleep in his den one afternoon. He had eaten a big dinner. A cheeky little mouse ran into the lion’s den.
He jumped on to the lion’s nose, and ran up to the top of his head. The lion woke up. He was very angry. He roared loudly, and caught the mouse in his paw.
‘How dare you wake me up!’ the lion roared.
‘I shall kill you for that.’
The mouse was terrified. ‘Please, please let me go,’ he cried.
‘I did not mean to wake you up. Do not kill me. Perhaps one day I shall be able to help you.’
‘What?’ said the lion, ‘How could a tiny animal like you help the King of all the Beast?’
The lion thought this was very funny. He laughed and let the mouse go free.
‘Alright, mouse,’ he said. ‘Run away.’
The mouse slipped out of the lion’s paw and scampered away.
One day some hunters spread a net in the forest to catch wild animals. The lion was caught in the net.
He struggled hard to get free. He rolled on the ground, but the net wound round and round him. Soon he could not move.
The mouse heard lion roaring and growling. He ran to see what had happened. ‘Lie still,’ he said to lion.
‘I shall set you free.’
The mouse ad sharp little teeth. He worked very hard and began chew through the net. Soon he had made a small hole.
The mouse chewed hard, the small hole in the net became a big hole. The lion could move one paw. The mouse went on chewing. Soon the lion could move another paw. Then he was able to stand up. The mouse had set him free!
‘There,’ said the mouse. ‘You laughed at me when I promised to help you. Now you see that a little mouse can help a great lion.’

The Man Who Tried To Please Everybody

One fine morning a farmer went to town to sell his donkey. His son went with him. The farmer led the donkey, and his son walked beside him. They sang as they walked along.
The farmer and his son passed some girls on the road. The girls began to laugh at them.
‘What’s wrong with your donkey?’ asked the girls.
‘Nothing,’ replied the farmer. ‘I am going to sell him in town for a lot of money.’
‘You are silly to walk all the way,’ said the girls. ‘Let your little boy ride.’
The farmer wanted to please the girls. He lifted his son on to the donkey, and walked on beside them.
Farther along the road, the farmer and his son met an old man. The old man shook his stick at the boy. ‘What a selfish boy you are,’ he cried, ‘riding the donkey while your poor father walks.’
To please the old man, the farmer lifted down his son and got on to the donkey himself.
As they went on their way, the farmer and his son met some women and children. One of the women pointed to the farmer. ‘Look at that lazy man!’ she said. ‘He rides the donkey and makes his poor little boy walks!’
To please the woman, the farmer helped his son to get up behind him.
The farmer and his son rode along together on the donkey. They passed some men. ‘Is that your donkey?’ the men asked. ‘You will kill him if you make him carry a heavy man and a boy. Why don’t you carry the poor donkey?’
The Farmer wanted to please the man. He and his son got off the donkey. They tight his leg together and slung him on s pole. The poor donkey struggled and kicked.
The farmer and his son put the ends of the pole on their shoulders. They walked into the town carrying the donkey.
The people in the town laughed to see a man and a boy a struggling donkey. They Ran along beside the farmer and his son, laughing and shouting.
The poor donkey was frightened. The farmer and his son were tired and hot. They put down the donkey. The beast kicked himself free, and galloped away. He felt into the river and was drowned.
The farmer went home sadly.
‘I tried to please everybody,’ he said to his son. ‘But I have pleased nobody, and I have lost my donkey.’

The Fox And The Grapes

A hungry fox was walking along a road one day. He saw some lovely bunches of grapes hanging over a high wall. He stopped to look at the grapes. They looked very good to eat.
The grapes were very high up. The fox stood on his hind legs and put his front paws on the wall. But the grapes were still too far away. He could not rich them. The fox jumped up as high as he could. He wanted to eat the grapes very much, but he could not reach them.
He jumped higher and higher. Sometimes his nose touched a grape, but he could not bite one off.
The fox jumped and jumped until he was very tired.
At last he stopped jumping and walked away with his nose in the air.
‘I don’t want those grapes,’ he said. ‘I thought they were very ripe, but now I am sure they are very sour.’

The Town Mouse And The Country Mouse

A country mouse lived a field of barley. He made a nest and hung it upon two stalk of barley. The nest was very small a very light. It was made of grass.
The country mouse ate barley and the roots of other plants.
A mouse from town came to see the country mouse. The town mouse was very quick and clever. His coat was smooth and shining. His home was in a big house in the town.
The country mouse gave the town mouse dinner in the barley field. He thought out the very best barley and roots for the meal. But the town mouse did not enjoy his dinner.
‘My poor friend’, he said, ‘in town we have much nicer food than this. You must come to see where I lived. I shall give you all sorts of good things to eat.’
The town mouse returned to his home. The country mouse went with him. They went to a big house.
‘I lived here,’ said the town mouse. He pointed to a small hole in the wall. ‘That is my front door. Come and see my house.’
The town mouse scampered through the hole in the wall. The country mouse followed. They went into the big room. A thick carpet was on the floor. There were beautiful chairs and small tables.
‘This is the drawing room,’ said the town mouse. ‘Sometimes I sleep in the cupboard. We shall eat in the dining room.’
They scampered into another room. There was a long table in it. ‘Jump up,’ said the town mouse. ‘You can eat anything you like.’ The town mouse climbed up the table leg, and on to the table. The country mouse followed.
On the table the country mouse saw plates of bread and butter, jam and honey, and cheese. There was a cake full of currants and raisins. Another cake had icing on it, and there were different kinds of biscuits. A jug of water stood in the middle of the table.
The country mouse took a sip of honey. Then he nibbled a small piece of cake. He had never eaten anything so good.
Suddenly the door opened. The two mice jumped off the table, and hid under it. The country mouse was very frightened. A woman came in. She put another cake on the table. She did not see the mice, and she went away.
After a long time, the town mouse and the country mouse climbed back on to the table. The country mouse began to nibble another piece of cake.
Then they heard a dog barking. The dog ran into the room and began to sniff all round the table.
The mice hid behind a big cake. The woman came back.
‘Naughty dog!’ she said. ‘You must not steal the cakes.’ She chased the dog out of the room.
The town mouse began to eat again. ‘We must hurry.’ He said. ‘I am not afraid of the dog, but there is a cat here is too.’
But the country mouse was running away. ‘ No thank you,’ he said. ‘I am going home. This house is too dangerous for me. My house is small, and my food is plain, but I can live in peace and quiet.’
The country mouse went back to his home in the field of barley. He was happy with all his family around him.

The Greedy Dog

A greedy dog went into a butcher’s shop and stole a big juicy bone. He ran away so fast that the butcher could not catch him. He ran out into the fields with his bone. He was going to eat it all by himself.
The dog came to stream. There was a narrow bridge across it. The dog walked on to the bridge, and looked into the water. He could see his own shadow in the water. He thought it was another dog with a big bone in his mouth.
The greedy dog thought the bone in the water looked much bigger than the one he had stolen from the butcher.
The greedy dog dropped the bone from his mouth. It felt into the water and was lost. He jumped into the water to snatch the bigger bone from the other dog.
The greedy dog jumped into the water with a big splash. He looked everywhere but he could not see the other dog. His shadow had gone.
The silly dog went home hungry. He lost his bone and got nothing because he had been too greedy.