4thTerm+Indonesia

The Adventures of Mouse Deer

> http://www.aaronshep.com/stories/R01.html > A collection of three stories about Kancil, the mouse deer.
 * The Adventures of Mouse Deer

** The Adventures of Mouse Deer   **** Tales of Indonesia and Malaysia ** ** Told by Aaron Shepard  Pictures by Kim Gamble ** ** “I’m quick and smart as I can be. Try and try, but you can’t catch me!” ** Mouse Deer sings his song as he walks through the forest looking for tasty fruits and roots and shoots. Though he’s small, he is not afraid. He knows that many big animals want to eat him—but first they have to catch him! In these delightful trickster tales from Southeast Asia, find out how Mouse Deer gets the best of his enemies—Tiger, Crocodile, and the most dangerous animal of all, Farmer! Learning objectives: Retell popular Indonesian folktales. Demonstrate an understanding of character development in Indonesian folktales. Demonstrate an understanding of plot development in Indonesian folktales.

Indonesian Folktales
I ndonesian folktales fall into three categories: Example of these stories can be found on the following sites: http://www.aaronshep.com/stories/R01.html
 * Aesop's Fables type stories with an obvious moral and using animals to represent character traits, eg the //kancil// (pronounced //kun-chill//) stories
 * Creative explanations for the existence of natural features in the environment, eg the 'Malin Kundang' (pronounced //mah-leen koon-dung//) story which tells of the existence of a rock resembling a kneeling man on the shore in Padang, Sumatra
 * Stories that have a formulaic fairytale pattern, eg 'Keong Mas' (pronounced //kay-ong mahs//), the Golden Snail.