When I was a
child, Mom used to read bedtime stories to me and my elder sister. We love them
so much. As we became independent readers, we read them on our own. We kept
reading the same old stories – folklores from Malaysia and all countries across
the world. One of the most famous folklore story books (and also our favorite)
is “Sang Kancil dan Sang Buaya” which translated as “The Mousedeer and The
Crocodile”. I was so little that time and easily felt sorry for Kancil. I
cursed the crocodile for being so bad; he wants to eat Kancil! Fortunately,
Kancil save himself by lying to the crocodile and his carnivore friends.
It has been
years since I last read the book. Recently I finally got the chance to meet the
childhood friend again. Only this time, I’m no longer an innocent child who
read books just for fun. With the knowledge I gained, the experiences I’ve been
through; I started to think…crocodile is not evil at all. He was meant to eat
meats. God created the river beast that way. The real antagonist is in fact our
beloved Kancil. He is a liar. He made himself to look like the victim. He has
made me care about him! – as a kid of course. Whoa…what a crime.
Then something
crossed my mind; the story is actually a reflection of one of the ugliest
behaviors possessed by us; the human beings.
A simple
explanation or could I say example that can be taken from me myself is; there was a time when I
was driving with Mom and suddenly we got lost in the middle of a busy road in
Kuala Lumpur. Feeling exhausted and irritated; I failed to control my emotions –
causing them to burst onto the wrong person. Yup, my Mom. I put the fault on
her. Of course it was not her mistake; it is me who follow the wrong instructions
from our car's GPS. I am not the victim of the situation. I acted like one.
Just like
Kancil, we tend to see ourselves as victims of certain situations. Why? For
some people, they need attentions, the more the better. While others, they want to stay away from the reality. These kinds of people hold variety of reasons. That is why we are full of hatred; we wronged our parents;
we created false statements as in fitnah; we put the faults on others. And to
those who didn’t realize it yet; they posted on the wall of their Facebook so
they could get more supporters who would feel sorry for them; be with them.
No. It has gone
too far. There’s too much exaggeration for a simple thing. Why don’t we come to
our senses and attend more to other people’s feelings instead of ours. Sometimes
we are the predators, not them. We just have to accept the truth.
P/S: Maybe we should listen and learn from the famous song by Akon; "Sorry Blame It On Me"
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