Indonesian Tale
Kantchil‘s Pit
Don’t believe everything you hear. Reality can be very different indeed. Kantchil the monkey falls into a pit. He makes up a story about the end of the world so that the other animals help him get back out.
Long ago, there was a village that contained several
So the innkeepers were forced to roam the countryside, aimlessly wandering here and there. They hadn’t a clue where to go. One day they met a young man. “Who are you?” they asked.
“I’m Ivan. And who are you?”
“We are innkeepers. We were kicked out of our village for selling moonshine because it was causing chaos and the townsfolk became
Ivan nodded and joined them. But then he thought to himself: Hmm, the locals kicked the innkeepers out of town, and yet they want to settle somewhere else and keep causing harm? I can’t let them do that! Instead I’ll teach them a
After walking all day long, they reached the forest. It was already late in the evening.
“We shall spend the night
“Here? On the ground? Without blankets?” asked the innkeepers, perplexed.
Ivan looked around for some blankets, and his eyes fell on a series of anthills. He pointed: “There’s a bunch of blankets. Lie down on those and have a sleep.”
And the innkeepers did as they were told. But when ants noticed that someone was crushing their home, they wriggled out and crawled onto the