CONVERGING IDEAS
Technique
The Mouse Deer and The Tiger story have converging ideas elements because in the story, a clever mouse deer named Sang Kancil outsmarts a dangerous and hungry tiger by getting him to fall into traps several times. Several parts of the story have converging ideas elements when Sang Kancil's smarts and wit beat brute strength and power every time.
MATERIALS NEEDED
Scissors
Box
Miniatures cut-outs
Glue
ACTIVITY TIME
STORYLINE + INSTRUCTIONS
Mouse Deer sang his song as he walked through the forest. He was looking for tasty fruits and roots and shoots.
Teacher's instruction : First, the teacher displays a picture of the story's main character, Mouse Deer.
Then he heard something. Rowr! There was Tiger! “Hello, Mouse Deer. I was just getting hungry. Now you can be my lunch.”
Teacher's instruction : In the next scene, the teacher put a tiger miniature with the "Roar" sound to show the entrance of the second character, which also plays a significant role in it.
Mouse Deer didn't want to be lunch. He looked around and thought fast. He saw a mud puddle. "I'm sorry, Tiger. I can't be your lunch. The King has ordered me to guard his pudding." Mouse Deer claimed it was the King's pudding and tasted the best in the world. Suddenly, Tiger looked longingly at the puddle. Tiger wanted to taste the pudding, and he asked Mouse Deer to run away first, so the King would not blame him.
Teacher's instruction : The teacher then adds a miniature mud puddle to illustrate the scene's conflict in which Mouse Deer uses his wits by claiming it was the King's pudding. And the tiger was convinced.
After Mouse Deer ran quickly out of his sight, Tiger promptly took a big mouthful of the pudding, but he suddenly spat it all out back. He said, "Ugh, that's not a pudding. That’s mud!”
Teacher's instruction : The teacher places the miniature tiger close to the mud to demonstrate that the animal ate the mud.
Tiger ran through the forest. Rowr! He caught up with Mouse Deer again. He said that Mouse Deer would be his lunch again after tricking him once before. Mouse Deer looked around and thought fast. He saw a wasp nest in a tree. He quickly tells the Tiger he needs to guard the King's drum. He said it has the best sound in the world, and The King doesn't want anyone else to hit it. He asked Mouse Deer to run away first to let him beat the drum so he would not be blamed.
Teacher's instruction : The teacher adds a miniature wasp nest to represent the second conflict in the scene, in which Mouse Deer uses his wits by claiming the drum belongs to the King. And the tiger believed it again.
After Mouse Deer has run He reached up and hit it the wasp nest. Pow. Bzzzzzzzzzzzzz. The wasps all flew out. They started to sting Tiger. Tiger ran away. But the wasps only followed him! Bzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Teacher's instruction : The teacher places the miniature wasp nest on the ground close to the Tiger to demonstrate that it was flown out and chased the Tiger.
Tiger came to a stream. He jumped in—splash!—and stayed underwater as long as he could. At last the wasps went away.
Teacher's instruction : The teacher then adds a river cutout and places the miniature tiger in the water to demonstrate that he was fleeing from the wasps.
Then Tiger jumped out. Rowr! He ran through the forest till he found Mouse Deer. He claimed that the Mouse Deer already tricked him twice but now he really will be the Tiger's lunch. Mouse Deer looked around and thought fast. He saw a cobra! The giant snake was coiled asleep on the ground. He pointed at the cobre and said that the King has ordered him to guard his belt. He wanted to wear the belt and the Mouse Deer run far away first so that no one will blame him.
Teacher's instruction : Finally, when the tiger and the mouse deer meet, the teacher positions the same objects but adds snake miniatures.
He started to wrap the belt around himself. The cobra woke up. Ssssssssssssss. It didn’t wait for Tiger to finish wrapping. It wrapped itself around Tiger. Then it squeezed him and bit him. Sstt! The Tiger ask for Mouse Deer helps.
Teacher's instruction : Moving on, the teacher places the snake miniature on the tiger, showing that he was wrapped by the snake itself and been squeezed and bitten by it.
But Mouse Deer was far away. And as he went, he sang his song.
Teacher's instruction : In the final scene, the teacher can show the mouse deer miniature by himself, where he sings a song and safely escapes from the tiger.
REFERENCES
All animation and pictures are from Canva.
Techniques
https://norsensus.no/storydown/storytelling-techniques/
Story
The Adventures of Mouse Deer (Malaysian, Indonesian Folktales). (n.d.). http://www.aaronshep.com/stories/R01.html#Chapter1