Reading Notes: More Jataka Tales Part B

The Three Fishes

• 3 fish lived together

• names were Thoughtful, Very-Thoughtful and Thoughtless.

• Thoughtful and Thoughtless were captured by fisherman.

• Very-Thoughtful tricked the fisherman by splashing water making the fisherman think the net had broken. He shook the net and accidentally released the two captured fish.

The Tricking Wolf and the Rats

• Wolf wanted to capture rats

• The wolf acted hurt

• The rat king felt bad for him and he and other rats visiting him everyday

• The wolf would eat the last rat to leave without being caught

• This time the king rat went last and caught the wolf in his scheme

• The rat evaded him and bit the wolf which killed the wolf

The Woodpecker, Turtle, and Deer

• Hunter wanted to trap the deer

• Deer was caught in the trap 

• Turtle and woodpecker came to see if they could help

• Turtle chewed through the leather of the trap and the woodpecker flew to the hunter and attacked him\

• Turtle was captured before deer made a run around to distract the hunter and then deer freed turtle

• The three animals escaped the hunter and lived their lives as friends

The Golden Goose

• Goose offered for the woman to sell her feathers to take care of her daughters

• Goose asked to have the feathers to be sold one at a time

• Mother got greedy and plucked all the feathers and the feathers never grew back gold again on the goose