The Gruffalo

When Dr. Jaya asked us about the title 'The Gruffalo' has close meaning to what word, I immediately thought 'Giraffe', not remembering that there is a word called 'Buffalo''. Haha, it was quite funny how I could forget such simple word. He said that this story is one of the most famous children story in the world. He really knows how to attract our attention. As a result, I paid my full attention when the slides are being shown...

The story is about a mouse, small enough that it has some connection with children nowadays, since all children are small and quite helpless; just like a mouse. Because the mouse is small and helpless, thus many animal try to eat it, by using indirect approach. Maybe because the author doesn't want to put violence inside the story. In the story, the mouse managed to avoid all the 'death traps' by using its intellect; it managed to create a new character named Gruffalo which does not exist, and this new character brings goosebumps into the predator's minds. Hence, all the predators cancel their plans to eat the mouse.


Nevertheless, this story does have a good turning point. The gruffalo is actually exists in the story! The mouse accidentally met him on his way, so he needed to create an idea on how to escape the great predator. He said that the animals in the kingdom are afraid of him. To find out the truth, the gruffalo followed the mouse, by walking behind it. After that, the mouse went to see all the animals that tried to eat him, but all of them were afraid to even have a chat with the mouse. This happened not because they are afraid of the little mouse, but all of them are actually afraid of the gruffalo that is standing behind the mouse. Seeing the proves in front of his eyes, the gruffalo trusted the mouse and ran away from him.

In the end, the small helpless mouse managed to overcome all the obstacles by using his brain. This story will tell the children that strength is not very important, since our brain would also be a powerful weapon when we overcome problems that is beyond our strength...