It is a bilingual book (English and Bahasa Malaysia), with translations by cultural worker Shazni Bhai. Mah Meri Animal Folklore is a compilation of folk tales revolving around animals, as told by Julida Uju (a Mah Meri cultural activist) and written by Ann Marie Chandy, with illustrations by Sharon Yap (Gerimis creative director). This is one of the many stories the indigenous Mah Meri community has passed down the generations, now included in the latest book by Gerimis Art Publications. After a lot of scrambling, the squirrel finally emerged from the lifeless beast, triumphantly holding the liver which he handed over to a grateful mudfish. Once in the crocodile’s tummy, the squirrel burst forth from the coconut and started digging around for the crocodile’s liver while the scaled beast writhed in excruciating pain. The squirrel hid in a coconut which an unsuspecting crocodile gobbled up because it looked delicious. He had a relative who was sick and could only be cured with a crocodile’s liver. Once upon a time, a mudfish begged a squirrel to get him a liver from a crocodile.
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