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Below you will find a collection of notes from part A of readings from Ellen C. Babbitt's More Jataka Tales.
The Girl Monkey and the String of Pearls
A queen put her pearls away in a box and a girl monkey watched. The monkey waited until the servants fell asleep. The monkey hid the pearls in the hole of a tree. The guard woke up and realized that the pearls were missing. The chief suggested that one of the girl monkeys took the pearls. The guards and the chief tricked the girl monkey by hanging more beads. All the monkeys except for the one which stole the pearls came to look at the beads.
The Three Fishes
Three fish, Very-Thoughtful, Thoughtful and Thoughtless swam away from their safe home. Very-Thoughtful suggested that the fishes turn around because of fisherman, but the others didn't want to turn back. Thoughtful and Thoughtless swam into a fisherman's net and Very-Thoughtful saved them.
The Tricky Wolf and the Rats
Tricky Wolf wanted to catch a troop of rats, but he needed a plan. Tricky Wolf made the rats believe that he was helpless so the rats would believe him. The wolf slowly sate all of the rats. The chief finally went to pass the wolf and lunged at his throat, bit him and killed the wolf.
The Woodpecker, Turtle, and Deer
A woodpecker, turtle and deer were friends. The deer was trapped in a trap by a hunter and the woodpecker and the turtle came to try and help. The turtle gnawed at the trap and the woodpecker flew to the hunter's house to strike at the hunter's face. The turtle was so tired that the hunter got the turtle. The friends all ended up being safe and lived happily together.
The Red-Bud Tree
Four princes heard stories of the red-bud tree but has never seen one before. The four princes each went to go see the tree at different times of the year and none of them saw the tree when it looked the same so the princes argued about what tree they saw.
Bibliography:
More Jataka Tales by Ellen C. Babbitt, Illustration by Ellsworth Young
Below you will find a collection of notes from part A of readings from Ellen C. Babbitt's More Jataka Tales.
The Girl Monkey and the String of Pearls
A queen put her pearls away in a box and a girl monkey watched. The monkey waited until the servants fell asleep. The monkey hid the pearls in the hole of a tree. The guard woke up and realized that the pearls were missing. The chief suggested that one of the girl monkeys took the pearls. The guards and the chief tricked the girl monkey by hanging more beads. All the monkeys except for the one which stole the pearls came to look at the beads.
The Three Fishes
Three fish, Very-Thoughtful, Thoughtful and Thoughtless swam away from their safe home. Very-Thoughtful suggested that the fishes turn around because of fisherman, but the others didn't want to turn back. Thoughtful and Thoughtless swam into a fisherman's net and Very-Thoughtful saved them.
The Tricky Wolf and the Rats
Tricky Wolf wanted to catch a troop of rats, but he needed a plan. Tricky Wolf made the rats believe that he was helpless so the rats would believe him. The wolf slowly sate all of the rats. The chief finally went to pass the wolf and lunged at his throat, bit him and killed the wolf.
(Illustration by Ellsworth Young from The Tricky Wolf and the Rats)
The Woodpecker, Turtle, and Deer
A woodpecker, turtle and deer were friends. The deer was trapped in a trap by a hunter and the woodpecker and the turtle came to try and help. The turtle gnawed at the trap and the woodpecker flew to the hunter's house to strike at the hunter's face. The turtle was so tired that the hunter got the turtle. The friends all ended up being safe and lived happily together.
The Red-Bud Tree
Four princes heard stories of the red-bud tree but has never seen one before. The four princes each went to go see the tree at different times of the year and none of them saw the tree when it looked the same so the princes argued about what tree they saw.
Bibliography:
More Jataka Tales by Ellen C. Babbitt, Illustration by Ellsworth Young
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