Content Development: Story Summarization

Monday, January 24, 2011
Uncommon National Folklore Story

The story i choose for my FYP is "PERAHU KERAK NASI" or Rice Crusts Boat.
Why? Because it is one of our national story and uncommon to us. According to monthly story embed on '366 Cerita Rakyat Malaysia' books, this story been discharge in April. Another purpose of choosing the story is because we often heard or know story of Outwitting Sang Kancil, Sang Kancil Menolong Kerbau, Sang Kancil Dengan Harimau...etc...so, Sang Kancil is famous fable story in Malaysia. Throughout whole story that i have read, this story involve Sang Kancil; mousedeer too....There also have its own moral value shown in the story.

Following are the detail description of the story:

Story title: 'Perahu Kerak Nasi' / Rice Crusts Boat

Animal Involve: 5 animal - mousedeer, deer, wild boar, rhinoceros, male buffalo

Moral Value : we should be fair as not to judge by size

Summary outline:

Mousedeer found a big rice crust boat at the edge of forest and put it by the river side.
Deer, wild boar, rhinoceros, male buffalo reprimand mousedeer and jump inside the boat to follow the mousedeer. Mousedeer was shock but thankful at the same time that the boats does not breach. They stop at the bank of the river side and set up a small hut, make a fish trap for fishing. Then, they go fishing and came back with a lot of fish so, they divide the fish fairly and put on the smoked cinder leave it to cook. Next day, they went fishing again and return but shockingly all the fish had gone. Therefore, they came out with an idea each take turn to watch the smoked fish. They follow the turn but a weird thing happen, they see a giant eating their fish after that gone. However, when it comes to mousedeer turn, the giant came again for the fish but the mousedeer prohibit him to eat. The giant shock to see the brave mousedeer and thought of eating him but the giant loss its appetite after attracted to the mousedeer's eyes. The giant wanted an eyes like that, therefore the mousedeer told that his eyes was not original as it been painted with green rubber by his father. He kindly go get the green rubber in the forest and put on the giant's upper and down lids of his eyes. The giant's eyes attach each other while the mousedeer run away. The giant scream because he can't even open his eyes and grope run to the forest. The animal felt happy and jump into the crust boat with all the fish. They divide the fish but something were not right, the other animal divide the fish as follow by the size of the body. Since mousedeer was small he only get small amount of the fish. The mousedeer feel unsatisfied and kick the boat until breach and run to the forest. In the end no one get a fish.

point out view:
-mousedeer found crust boat
-deer,wild boar,rhinoceros,male buffalo jump in the boat
-set up small hut and make fish trap
-went fishing, keep the fish in the hut
-weird thing happen, each take turn to guard
-giant appear
-mousedeer get green rubber and put on the giant's eyes
-giant scream and run away
-the fish not equally divided
-mousedeer unsatisfied;make the boat breach and run

Here some image from the collection of 366 Cerita Rakyat Malaysia:




















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