1) A deer and jaguar both chose the same spot to build a house and unwittingly helped each other with construction. 2) They realized they were living together and agreed to do so, but the deer feared being eaten by the jaguar. 3) The deer tricked a bull into killing the jaguar, then told the other jaguar they should eat what he caught. Both fled in fear, deciding to part ways.

1. The Jaguar and the Deer By: Kristen and Jena

2. A deer went to look for a place to build himself a house. There was also a jaguar who was out looking for a place to set up a house . He came to the same place the deer had chosen , and thought he would build there also.

3. The next day the deer came and thoroughly cleared the ground with his antlers. The tiger came later and said: “It seems somebody is helping me.” Then he stuck some big poles in the ground and set up the framework.

4. The next day the deer came back and when he saw this, he said: “It seems somebody is helping me.” Then he covered the house with branches and made two rooms, one for him and the other one for whomever was helping him.

5. The next day the jaguar saw that the house was finished. He went in one room and fell asleep. The deer came later and went to sleep in the other room.

6. One day the two came home at the same time. When they saw each other, the jaguar asked the deer: “Was it you who was helping me?” The deer answered: “Yes, it was me.” Then the jaguar said: “Let’s live together.”

7. The following morning the jaguar said: “I’m going hunting, so sweep the floor, prepare wood and water, because I’ll be hungry when I come back.” The jaguar went to the woods to hunt and got a very large deer. He brought it home and said to his companion: “Let’s eat what I have caught.” But the deer didn’t want to eat; he was very much afraid. He couldn't sleep all night long on account of fear. Early the next morning he went to the woods and met a very large jaguar. Later he met a large bull and said to him: “I met a jaguar who was bad-mouthing you.” The bull went looking for the jaguar and found him resting. The bull came up to him slowly, leaped on top of him and gored him. Then the deer went off dragging the dead jaguar. When he got home, he said to his companion: “Let’s eat what I have caught..”

8. The jaguar approached him, but he didn’t eat; he was very frightened. That night he couldn’t sleep thinking about the deer killing jaguars; and the deer couldn’t sleep thinking about the jaguars killing deer. Both were very frightened.

9. At midnight as the deer moved his head, his antlers struck the wooden walls of the house. The jaguar and the deer were frightened by the noise, and both of them ran out of the house without stopping. And so the deer and the jaguar each with his separate way.

10. The End