2011年5月24日火曜日

BR1-01: Animal Legends

The cat and the rat

This story tells the beginning of bad relationship between cats and rats. Interestingly, the cat and the rat got along well. Every day they had spent pleasant life, but they thought it was bored. The rat proposed an adventure to the cat. The cat agreed with him. At first, I felt uneasy about their plan, but my thinking changed later. They made an excellent ship without any trouble. So they were sailing well. But they forgot to pile foods. The rat ate some parts of the ship little by little while the cat was sleeping. After all, the ship sank. So the cat was angry. That's why the bad relationship began.

Why monkeys live in trees

This story tells why monkeys live in trees as the title. That custom began because of cunning of monkeys. Animals were given an ordeal by Naresh, gorilla whose daughter was admired by every animal. The ordeal was to drink a barrel of rum. Many animals tried it, but they failed. They gave up without a monkey.  The monkey was confident. The monkey drank a large mouthful of the rum, and ran into the bushes. Few minutes later, he came back. Then he drank a mouthful of the rum, and ran into the bushes. He repeated that again and again. In fact, many monkeys took turns to drink it little by little. Although they achieved the ordeal, they are detected cheating at all. You must not keep bad secret from anyone because you are detected sooner or later.
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Reference:
Hunt, Roderick & Brychta, Alex
(2000). Animal Legends. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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