Week 13 Story: The Roommates who don't Clean

There were once four roommates named Eli, David, George, and Kaz. The roommates had known each other for a long time before they had begun living with each other, so they figured that being roommates would be a good fit. And for the most part they were right.

However, there was one thing that was wrong. Two of the roommates, David and Eli, were very messy. And it was not just that they were messy, but they were messy and did not clean up after themselves. Sure they kept their respective rooms clean, but they never took care of the common area. They often left their trash in the common area and they never vacuumed the floor or wiped off the counters in the kitchen. 

One day, after vacuuming and cleaning up their trash, Kaz decided to tell the roommates that they needed to make sure to clean up their stuff and that it would not be so bad if they decided to do some vacuuming as well. David and Eli realized that Kaz was right, and they decided to be more aware when they left trash around the house. They also decided to help with the vacuuming.

Kaz also would bring it to George's attention whenever I would clean the bathroom. Maybe one of these times he would get the hint that he should lend a helping hand. After all, he is 20 years old and he should not have to be told these things.

However, David and Eli soon started leaving trash around the house once again. They even left garbage on the kitchen counter when the trashcan was right next to it. I could not fathom it, yet I decided to clean up after them anyways cause they were still asleep. Also I should not have to tell them to throw their trash in the trashcan. IT IS NOT GOING TO MAGICALLY GO AWAY!!!!! IF YOU WERE NOT GOING TO THROW IT AWAY NOW THEN WHEN WERE YOU GOING TO THROW IT AWAY?!?!?!? Also George still never cleaned the bathroom, so I have kind of lost hope that he ever will. 

Mr. Clean

Author's notes: I got inspiration of this story from the Jataka Tale in which the horse gives up his life to make sure the kingdom will be able to survive 7 kings attacking. However, in this story the metaphorical horse is left thankless.

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

Reading Notes: Twenty Jataka Tales Part B

An old woman took two pigs into her basket and treated them like her own children. One day the woman decided to sell one of the pigs, but then everyone changed their mind and nobody ate the pigs. 

One day a monkey was trying to annoy a buffalo, but the buffalo never let him bother him and a fairy drove the monkey away. 

One day an elephant walked towards some voices he heard. The voices were of men dying. The elephant told them men where to find food and water. The elephant then sacrificed himself so the men could eat him and survive.

One day quails were being hunted. The king quail told them to fly up so they would not be captured. But one day the quails started fighting and some quails were caught.

One day a hare thought the end of the world was happening so he told all the other animals the world was ending and they started a stampede. A wise lion was able to stop them though saving the animal's lives. 

A horse lived in the richest city and seven armies decided to join together to destroy this city so it would not become too powerful. A warrior took that horse and defeated six of the armies however the horse was wounded. The horse still fought and it died after defeating the seventh army. 

Elephant

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

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.  

parrot

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