Sang Kancil

Mouse Deer

Sang Kacil is a series of traditional fables about a mouse deer.

These fables include Sang Kacil and the Farmer, Sang Kacil and the Elephant, Sang Kacil and the Crocodile, and Sang Kacil and the Tiger.

The clever mouse deer uses his intelligence and cleverness in the fables to escape trouble in difficult circumstances.

Malacca, in Malaysia, has a coat of arms featuring images of mouse deer. The city is a Martine center for global shipping and military links, hence China’s interest.

China is interested in the Caspian Sea because of its oil reserve potential. It seems fitting that the Chevrotains or mouse-deer coat of arms might be showing the handwriting on the wall. Perhaps a clever solution is needed as we watch the destruction in Myanmar being carried out by China’s backed military.