i like this story... although you gotta know a bit of malay to
figure it out..
there was a village which chief sent out 4 scouts to the world
to check on the most marvellous things and report in a year's
time...
scout A said:
i saw a water-buffalo.. the buffalo must have been as tall as
the trees. the footprints the creature made were turned into ponds
which fish could swim in... it was truely an amazing creature
scout B said:
i saw a huge tree.. so huge it would take 5 days to walk around
the trunk.. twenty villages lived under the shade and
the fruit fed each village for a week
scout C said:
i saw a massive rattan.. the girth was bigger than a
tree and it covered the area of 100 villages! the thorns were
as big as trees!
scout D, disgusted at seeing the other scouts lying outright
said:
i saw a giant drum.. it was massive.. it had to be made out of
the giant tree you saw... the skin had to be made from the giant
water-buffalo and it had to be secured by the giant rattan.... and
when the village sounded it, it had a great sound.. it went
"BOHONG!! BOHONG!!!"
I nearly died trying not to laugh out loud in
class. 
