A long, long time ago, long before you and I were born, Crocodile had a back as smooth and flat as a stone. One day he was sitting in the hot midday sun by the riverbank, enjoying a sleepy afternoon snooze. Suddenly Rabbit came crashing through the grass and smacked right into Crocodile's side.
Crocodile slowly swung his huge head
around and blinked at his unexpected visitor. "Rabbit, why did you wake me,
and why are you puffing and blowing so hard?"
“My apologies, Crocodile, but Man sent
Brother Dog to chase me down. I've been running all morning. I think
Brother Man intends to eat me. I’m always in trouble with Man"
Crocodile smiled a toothy grin.
"Nothing ever troubles me," he boasted. “In fact," he
said, his tail
swishing behind him, "I'd like to see Trouble try to bother me."
"Oh, Crocodile, you should be
careful what you say. Trouble doesn't like to be talked to like that."
Crocodile laughed a toothy laugh and
went back to his nap. But when he woke up after a few hours, Crocodile began
to think about what Rabbit had said and started to get angry. "What does Trouble care what I
say? Who does he think he is?"
He got angrier and angrier until he
decided to go find Trouble and give him a piece of his mind.
He crashed through the tall, dry grass,
looking about. "Trouble, where are you? Come out and show yourself!"
He was yelling so loudly that he
startled Monkey, who was smoking his pipe high in a tree.
Monkey accidentally dropped dropped his
pipe, which fell down through the branches and landed right in the
middle of the grass. Crocodile was so busy thrashing about that he didn't even notice that
Monkey's pipe had set the tall, dry grass ablaze.
By the time he smelled the smoke, he was
completely surrounded by the hungry flames closing in faster and faster.
Crocodile panicked and plowed through the burning field, rushing for the safety of the river.
By the time he splashed into the cool,
soothing waters Crocodile's back,
once
smooth and flat, was now burned and gnarled like the rocky riverbank. He
floated along the
water, grumbling and muttering to himself. He's been grumpy ever since,
and that is why he has
a rough back.
Mengapa
Buaya Memiliki Sebuah Sifat Kasar Kembali
Waktu
dulu, yang lalu, jauh
sebelum kau dan aku dilahirkan, Buaya
tidak memilikisifat halus dan datar seperti batu. Suatu hari ia
sedang duduk di tengah panas matahari di
tepi sungai, menikmati rasa
kantuk disuatu sore.
Tiba-tiba Kelinci datang menerjang melalui rumput dan memukul tepat ke sisi Buaya.
"Maafkan saya, Buaya, tapi manusia mengirim anjing
Bruder untuk mengejar saya. Aku telah
berjalan sepanjang pagi. Saya pikir Manusia Saudara tapi manusia berniat untuk
makan saya. Aku selalu bermasalah dengan Manusia
"Buaya tersenyum senyum lebar. "Tidak pernah mendapat masalah," bualnya.
"Bahkan," katanyanya
desah
ekor di belakangnya, "Saya ingin melihat masalah yang mencoba mengganggu saya."
"Oh, Buaya, Anda harus berhati-hati
apa yang Anda katakan. Masalah tidak suka diajak bicara seperti itu. "
Buaya tertawa tertawa memamerkan giginya
dan kembali ke tidur siang. Tetapi ketika ia terbangun setelah beberapa jam, Buaya mulai
berpikir tentang apa yang dikatakan Kelinci dan mulai marah. "Apa yang peduli dengan
apa yang saya katakan? Memangnya dia pikir dia? "
Dia menjadi marah dan marah sampai ia memutuskan
untuk pergi mencari Masalah dan memberinya sepotong pikirannya.
Dia menerobos rerumputan tinggi, kering,
mencari tentang. "Masalah, di mana kau? Ayo keluar dan menunjukkan diri!
"
Dia berteriak begitu keras bahwa ia
mengejutkan Monyet, yang mengisap pipa di pohon tinggi.
Monyet sengaja menjatuhkan menjatuhkan
pipanya, yang turun melalui cabang dan mendarat tepat di tengah-tengah rumput.
Buaya itu meronta-ronta begitu sibuk tentang hal itu dia tidak bahkan melihat bahwa
pipa Monyet telah menetapkan rumput, tinggi kering terbakar.
Pada saat ia mencium bau asap, dia
benar-benar dikelilingi oleh api lapar menutup lebih cepat dan lebih
cepat. Buaya panik dan dibajak melalui bidang terbakar, bergegas untuk selama ke sungai. Pada saat ia
tercebur ke belakang, sejuk menenangkan perairan Buaya, sekali halus dan rata,
sekarang dibakar dan keriput seperti sungai berbatu. Dia mengapung bersama air, menggerutu, dan
bergumam sendiri. Dia sudah marah-marah sejak saat itu, dan itulah sebabnya dia memiliki rasa kasar
kembali.
Rough : kasar
riverbank: sungai
puffing : engahan, menghisap
boasted : membual
branches: cabang
grumpy: pemarah
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