In the notes below you will find my reading notes from part A of Twenty Jataka Tales by Noor Inayat.
The Guilty Dogs
The palace dogs went to chew on the horses leather straps on the chariot when it started to rain. The stablemen saw the next day that the straps were destroyed. The stablemen went to go tell the king that the dogs ate the straps. The king ordered all dogs in the kingdom to be killed so all of the dogs were terrified. The chief of the dogs told the city dogs that he would find those who were guilty of the crime so not all of the dogs had to die. The king told the chief dog that only the royal dogs would be able to live. The chief dog exclaimed that the royal ones were guilty and proved that they really were.
The Golden Feathers
A family lived in a small hut in a forest. One day the father told his family that he must leave to go on a trip to bring back jewels and nice things for his family. He walked through the forest at night and a fairy met him. The fairy turned him into a goose with golden feathers after the father told the fairy about why he was traveling. The father now a golden goose flew back to his home after he realized his feathers were made of gold. The mother told the children that when the goose would return they needed to pluck all of its golden feathers. But when all of the feathers were plucked the fairy sleep turned all of the feathers white like all of the other geese. The goose continues to live a miserable life in the barrel until his white feathers grew back again. Then the goose flew away. The family didn't know that it was their father.
Bibliography:
Twenty Jataka Tales by Noor Inayat
Illustrations by H. Willebeek Le Mair
The Guilty Dogs
The palace dogs went to chew on the horses leather straps on the chariot when it started to rain. The stablemen saw the next day that the straps were destroyed. The stablemen went to go tell the king that the dogs ate the straps. The king ordered all dogs in the kingdom to be killed so all of the dogs were terrified. The chief of the dogs told the city dogs that he would find those who were guilty of the crime so not all of the dogs had to die. The king told the chief dog that only the royal dogs would be able to live. The chief dog exclaimed that the royal ones were guilty and proved that they really were.
The Golden Feathers
A family lived in a small hut in a forest. One day the father told his family that he must leave to go on a trip to bring back jewels and nice things for his family. He walked through the forest at night and a fairy met him. The fairy turned him into a goose with golden feathers after the father told the fairy about why he was traveling. The father now a golden goose flew back to his home after he realized his feathers were made of gold. The mother told the children that when the goose would return they needed to pluck all of its golden feathers. But when all of the feathers were plucked the fairy sleep turned all of the feathers white like all of the other geese. The goose continues to live a miserable life in the barrel until his white feathers grew back again. Then the goose flew away. The family didn't know that it was their father.
Bibliography:
Twenty Jataka Tales by Noor Inayat
Illustrations by H. Willebeek Le Mair
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