Tuesday, April 20, 2021

Reading Notes: Twenty Jataka Tales Part A

 A monkey ruled over 80k monkeys and the monkeys were happy. Then a piece of fruit fell into a river and humans began to look for the fruit tree. Then the monkey king sacrificed himself so his subjects could flee and the king decided not to kill the monkeys and take the tree,


One night royal dogs chewed the straps of the royal chariot. Then all the dogs in the city were ordered to be killed. However, the city dogs were saved by the chief and they were taken care of. 

 One day a tortoise was carried by geese by biting a stick as they flew. However, the tortoise decided to open his mouth and he fell to his death. And a king saw the tortoise died because he talked too much so the king decided to talk less too.


A man decided to leave his wife and children to search for riches promising to come back rich. The man met a fairy and was turned into a goose with golden feathers. The man gave his feathers to his family so they could sell them. The man then had all of his feathers plucked and he then grew white feathers and lived with the birds.


A child parrot became the most glorious parrot in the world. He then went to the rice field and brought food for his parents. The parrot was then trapped in a trap by the farmer. The farmers said that the parrots could keep eating in the field.


There was a kingdom of 60k swans. A king wanted to see the swan king.  The king made a great lake for the swan kingdom. The swans then moved to the lake. But the king swan was captured by the human king. The king swan was brought to the human king and they talked and the swans decided to move to the beautiful lake.  


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Bibliography: Twenty Jataka Tales by Noor Inayat (Khan), 1939 link

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