Reading Notes: Part B Twenty Jātaka Tales
The Two Pigs:
Two pigs were picked up by a lovely old lady. She raised these pigs. One day drunk men wanted more meat but the mother called out a warning call to them. A magical growth in flowers made the men not want to eat the pigs but to worship them.
The Patient Buffalo:
A monkey was annoying the buffalo. He did not hurt the monkey but explained that he was little. A fairy granted him no harm.
The Sarabha:
A king wanted this animal who was unique. He hunted him and fell into a hole and the animal saved him. The animal granted for him not to hunt in the forest.
The Goblin Town:
Men were shipwrecked on an island. The goblins dressed up as women and tempted the men and wanted to kill them. After finding out a horse came to save them.
The Great Elephant:
An elephant saw men passing through the desert and asked what was wrong. They need food and water. He told them to go to the hill. He had sacrificed himself so they could have food.
The Quarrelsome Quails:
The king advised the birds that if they got caught they should work as a team and they would live. The birds who did not work as a team died.
The Forest Fire:
A little bird's wings never developed. There was a fire in the forest and all the birds left except this one. He asked the fire not to hurt him and it did not.
The End of the World:
A little hare thought the world was coming to an end when a little thing hit him. He learned to not be so jumpy and jump to conclusions.
The Golden Goose:
A king wanted the goose who gave him gifts. He raced the sun and then the king wanted him but he did not stay but left him the sunset.
The Noble Horse:
A horse brought together 7 kings and all the fights that they had. He died to bring them together.
Bibliography:
Twenty Jātaka tales, Noor Inayat, 1999.
Two pigs were picked up by a lovely old lady. She raised these pigs. One day drunk men wanted more meat but the mother called out a warning call to them. A magical growth in flowers made the men not want to eat the pigs but to worship them.
The Patient Buffalo:
A monkey was annoying the buffalo. He did not hurt the monkey but explained that he was little. A fairy granted him no harm.
The Sarabha:
A king wanted this animal who was unique. He hunted him and fell into a hole and the animal saved him. The animal granted for him not to hunt in the forest.
The Goblin Town:
Men were shipwrecked on an island. The goblins dressed up as women and tempted the men and wanted to kill them. After finding out a horse came to save them.
The Great Elephant:
An elephant saw men passing through the desert and asked what was wrong. They need food and water. He told them to go to the hill. He had sacrificed himself so they could have food.
The Quarrelsome Quails:
The king advised the birds that if they got caught they should work as a team and they would live. The birds who did not work as a team died.
The Forest Fire:
A little bird's wings never developed. There was a fire in the forest and all the birds left except this one. He asked the fire not to hurt him and it did not.
The End of the World:
A little hare thought the world was coming to an end when a little thing hit him. He learned to not be so jumpy and jump to conclusions.
The Golden Goose:
A king wanted the goose who gave him gifts. He raced the sun and then the king wanted him but he did not stay but left him the sunset.
The Noble Horse:
A horse brought together 7 kings and all the fights that they had. He died to bring them together.
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Bibliography:
Twenty Jātaka tales, Noor Inayat, 1999.
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