Friday, May 1, 2020

Reading Notes: Jataka Tales


The Elephant Girly-face
  • King had an elephant named girly-face.
  • Named that way because she looked gentle, good and kind.
  • Robbers break into courtyard near where Girly-face slept.
  • Girly-face acted cruel after hearing the robbers talk and she killed one of the poor keepers.
  • She kept killing keepers
  • King wondered what was wrong
  • They got people to talk about nice things to her and it influenced her to change her ways back to the way she was
The Banyan Deer
  • Golden deer with silver horns lived in a forest with 500 other deer, he was their king.
  • King of the local country wanted to hunt deer for their meat.
  • People made the king a park so he could hunt deer whenever he wanted to.
  • Two deer king decided to trade off each day which tribe would have a deer die.
  • Banyan deer took place of a child deer
  • King of the country valued the Banyan king's bravery and he vowed to never hunt deer again.
The Ox Who Envied the Pig
  • Ox named Big Red and his younger brother named Little Red
  • Pig was to be fattened before being killed for the farmer's daughter's wedding.
  • Little Red grew jealous of the pig for getting the choice food.
  • Big Red taught his little brother that it was better to eat lesser food and live a long life than eat good food for a short time only to die.
Why the Owl Is Not King of the Birds
  • Birds decided they wanted to have a king like all the animals had.
  • Birds talked over the matter and decided on an owl king.
  • Crows complained about the owl and the owl chased them off. 
  • From then on out the two types of birds were enemies.
  • The birds then voted again and elected a turtle dove as their next king and went home.

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