Reading Notes: Jataka Tales part A
Jataka Tales by Ellen C. Babbitt, illustrated by Ellsworth Young (1912)
the monkey and the crocodile
In this story, the monkey outsmarts the crocodile on several occasions
How the turtle saved his own life
The turtle used cunning and the fact that noone knew what he was to save his life.
The turtle who couldn't stop talking
The turtle died because he had to answer the people instead of holding onto the stick
The ox who won the forfeit
The ox would not respond positively when the man was mean to him
The quarrel of the quials
the quails wouldn't worked together, so they got caught
The foolish, timid rabbit
The rabbit cried wolf
the banyan deer
one of the king deer was willing to give up himself for a mother, and the king was touched and agreed to not eat deer anymore
the princes and the water-sprite
the oldest prince was wise
The King's white elephant
the king bought an elephant for himself
the ox who envied the pig
the pig was being well fed because he was going to be eaten. One of the oxen was jealous, until he realized that the pig's days were numbered
the crab and the crane
the crane deceived the fish, but he crab was too wise for him
the girl monkey and the string of pearls
a monkey stole a string of pearls, and the head guard came up with a way to figure out which monkey stole them
The three fishes
one fish saved the other two
the monkey and the crocodile
In this story, the monkey outsmarts the crocodile on several occasions
How the turtle saved his own life
The turtle used cunning and the fact that noone knew what he was to save his life.
The turtle who couldn't stop talking
The turtle died because he had to answer the people instead of holding onto the stick
The ox who won the forfeit
The ox would not respond positively when the man was mean to him
The quarrel of the quials
the quails wouldn't worked together, so they got caught
The foolish, timid rabbit
The rabbit cried wolf
the banyan deer
one of the king deer was willing to give up himself for a mother, and the king was touched and agreed to not eat deer anymore
the princes and the water-sprite
the oldest prince was wise
The King's white elephant
the king bought an elephant for himself
the ox who envied the pig
the pig was being well fed because he was going to be eaten. One of the oxen was jealous, until he realized that the pig's days were numbered
the crab and the crane
the crane deceived the fish, but he crab was too wise for him
the girl monkey and the string of pearls
a monkey stole a string of pearls, and the head guard came up with a way to figure out which monkey stole them
The three fishes
one fish saved the other two
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