Author : Uncle Bugs
Date : November 2009
Title : Crocodile Bujang Jahat
Category : Fiction story for kids
Copy right : All rights reserved © Uncle Bugs Creations Sdn Bhd 2009
Crocodile Bujang Jahat
Once upon a time, deep in the Sarawak jungle in Malaysia, there lived a happy lot of animals. There were orangutans, tigers, elephants, tapirs, squirrels, deer and birds. Of course there were many other animals too, especially those commonly found in the rain forest. There they lived happily and food was abundant. There was so much food that they did not have to fight, except for one bad crocodile. He caused many problems for the other animals.
This bad crocodile is called Bujang Jahat. He is such a bad crocodile, he never brush his teeth and had bad breath. His mouth is so big he could eat all the smaller animals in the jungle. Bujang Jahat is also a notorious crocodile and behaved like a gangster on the riverbank.
One fine day, while all the other animals were happily going about playing in the jungle, Bujang Jahat sneaked along the riverbank and attacked a herd of deer that were there to drink water. The sudden attack caused the deer to panic and they were seen running for their lives. However, Bujang Jahat who was speedy and fierce caught one deer. He dragged the deer down to the bottom of the river.
The deer drowned and soon died. Bujang Jahat then buried him at the bottom of the river. Preys were in abundance and easy to catch, Bujang Jahat became greedy. He continued to hunt every other day. He terrorized all the animals that came to drink at the riverbank. Soon the entire river-bed was filled with dead animals. And all other surviving animals were too frightened to go near the river.
Bujang Jahat became arrogant with his success. He boasted to another group of crocodiles living on the other side of the jungle, “I am the most fearsome crocodile in the jungle. In fact, I am the most fearsome crocodile in the whole wide world. I have done so much hunting, that I have enough food for all my wives and children for one year. I am getting bored and I think I am going to kill the rest of the animals in the jungle. Let there be only crocodiles left in the animal kingdom,” he said to his friends.
These words got around the entire jungle. That struck fear in all the animals that were smaller than Bujang Jahat. None dared to get close to the river. Some even preferred to die of thirst rather than to be killed by Bujang Jahat.
The killing continued and soon Pak Cerdik, the head of the monkey sought help from Abang Sabah, the chief of orangutan up in his tree house.
We’ve got to do something about this bad crocodile said Pak Cerdik to Abang Sabah.
Yes, you’re right, Pak Cerdik. But what can we do? Bujang Jahat is so big and strong. The smaller animals are weaker than him. And to make thing worst, the larger animals can’t swim said Abang Sabah.
The discussion ended without any solution to this problem.
Bujang Jahat continued to do his killing along the river. His teeth got sharper and sharper. His killing instincts became better and better. He has gone further down the river and did more and more killing everyday. And he got so swollen headed that he didn’t care about what he kills. Be it smaller or bigger than him. He continued to kill all the animals that came to drink at the river.
In one of his killing feasts, he caught a baby rhinoceros and took him down the river. Not happy with that small catch, he struck the mother rhino and dragged her down too.
This has got to stop shouted Hang Garang, said the tiger king to the hundreds of other animals in an open meeting.
But how asked a tiny Rabbit?
The plan is this, the larger animals will gather at the river bend at noon and attack Bujang Jahat tomorrow
The story is rather long to be posted here. For those of you who wished to have the full story, you can write to me at bugstan@gamil.com
