There once lived a small smart mouse deer in the forest. Mouse deer sang his song as he walked through the forest. He was looking for tasty fruits and roots. Though he was small, he was not afraid.smart sangtasty One fine day, a tiger caught it and planned to eat him. The smart mouse deer tricked him that he was guarding the king’s pudding. Actually, it was a puddle. When the tiger requested to taste it, the mouse deer agreed as long as he was allowed to run far away. The tiger accepted that condition not realizing it was a trick.caughtpuddlerequested agreedallowedacceptedcondition

The tiger hunted for the mouse deer again and soon caught up with him. This time the mouse deer decided to trick the tiger by challenging it to punch the king’s drum, which was actually a nests’ wasp. When the tiger did that, the wasps stung him. To save himself, he hid in a nearby stream until the wasps disappeared.hunteddecidedwaspstunghiddisappeared Again, the tiger was caught up with the mouse deer but this time it was prepared. It saw a giant snake coiled asleep on the ground. The mouse deer decided to lie to the tiger that it was the king’s belt that he was guarding.preparedcoiledlie

The tiger, as usual was curious and the mouse deer escaped again by tricking him. Little did the tiger know that the belt was actually a cobra and got coiled while trying it on. The tiger screamed for help yet the smart mouse deer had already escaped.curious escapedscreamed

There once lived a small smart mouse deer in the forest. Mouse Deer sang his song as he walked through the forest. He was looking for tasty fruits and roots. Though he was small, he was not afraid. One fine day, a tiger caught it and planned to eat him. The smart mouse deer tricked him that he was guarding the king’s pudding. Actually, it was a puddle. When the tiger requested to taste it, the mouse deer agreed as long as he was allowed to run far away. The tiger accepted that condition not realizing it was A trick. The tiger hunted for the mouse deer again and soon caught up with him. This time the mouse deer decided to trick the tiger by challenging it to punch the king’s drum, which was actually a nests’ wasp. When the tiger did that, the wasps stung him. To save himself, he hid in a nearby stream until the wasps disappeared. Again, the tiger was caught up with the mouse deer but this time it was prepared. It saw a giant snake coiled asleep on the ground. The mouse deer decided to lie to the tiger that it was the king’s belt that he was guarding. The tiger, as usual was curious and the mouse deer escaped again by tricking him. Little did the tiger know that the belt was actually a cobra and got coiled while trying it on. The tiger screamed for help yet the smart mouse deer had already escaped.

caught stung lie escaped

capture

to make very small hole in your skin so that you feel a sharp pain

tell false statement

get free from someone

The wasps stung the tiger The smart mouse deer tricked him that he was guarding the king’s pudding A tiger caught a mouse deer and planned to eat him The tiger got coiled by the cobra while trying it on

The tiger hunted for the mouse deer again and soon caught up with him. The smart mouse deer escaped. Mouse deer sang his song as he walked through the forest

The wasps stung the tiger The tiger screamed for help yet the smart mouse deer had already escaped. The smart mouse deer tricked him that he was guarding the king’s pudding

The wasps stung the tiger The smart mouse deer tricked him that he was guarding the king’s pudding A tiger caught a mouse deer and planned to eat him The tiger got coiled by the cobra while trying it on

The tiger hunted for the mouse deer again and soon caught up with him.

The tiger screamed for help yet the smart mouse deer had already escaped.

The Tiger and the mouse deer

In the forest

Mouse deer Tiger

A tiger caught a mouse deer and planned to eat him. The smart mouse deer tricked him that he was guarding the king’s pudding. The wasps stung the tiger. The tiger got coiled by the cobra while trying it on.

The tiger hunted for the mouse deer again and soon caught up with him.

The tiger screamed for help yet the smart mouse deer had already escaped.

1.) Who sang a song? 2.) Why did the tiger hide in a nearby stream? 3.) What happened when the tiger tried on the belt?

The Mouse deer

The tiger hid in a nearby stream to save himself from the wasps

The tiger got coiled While trying on the belt

Smart – bright, clever

sing – utter musical sound

tasty – good taste

catch – capture

puddle – small pool of liquid

request – asking politely for something

agree – have same opinion

allow – permit to do something

accept – consent to receive

condition – state of affairs that must exist before something else possible

hunt – pursue and kill

decide – come to or cause to come to a resolution

wasp – stinging insect with black and yellow strips

Sting – to make very small hole in your skin so that you feel a sharp pain

hide – put or keep out of sight

disappear – cease to exist

prepare – make ready for use

coil – a length of something wound in a joined sequence of concentric rings

lie – tell false statement

curious – eager to know

escape – get free from someone

scream – make a long, loud sound