Reading Notes : Jhataka, Part C
The Three Fishes
- Thoughtful, very-thoughtful, thoughtless were the three fishes who lived in the river near town. Very-thoughtful sensed danger amongst them all but the other two fish kept staying back and did not want to leave yet. One day thoughtful and thoughtless got caught by a fishing net and very-thoughtful saved them both. Since very-thoughtful saved them, thoughtful and thoughtless decided to leave and to go back to the wild country and all lived safely ever after.
Tricky Wolf and the Rats
- Wolf saw a group of rats and wanted to catch them to eat them. The wolf stood on his hind legs since it hurts him to stand on his front legs. Every time that the rats left the wolf, the wolf would grab the last rat and eat it. Every night there would be fewer rats in the nighttime. The Chief of the Rats decided to go last and when he did, the Wolf sprung to eat him. They caught him in a lie and killed him. The rats ended up living in peace from there onwards.
Turtle Saved His Own Life
- A famous courtyard with a lake was present for young princes to play, swim, boat and raft in. Later, the king put fishes in the lake. There was a turtle in the pond with the fishes and the boys thought that the turtle was a demon as they have never seen one before. King ordered the boys to catch the turtle and to bring them to the palace. Once this was done, he ordered the men to kill it by throwing it into the lake. Turtle heard their plans and planned to do reverse psychology and say that throwing him into the lake would be the worst option and once the king heard that the turtle was scared, he ordered the men to throw him in the lake and that's what happened to him which as a result, rescued him.
Turtle Who Couldn't Stop Talking
- Two geese and the turtle became friends and later, the geese asked the turtle if he wanted to join them on the journey home and the turtle decided to join as he wanted to go. Geese said that they will take the turtle in their mouth and he will need to be quiet up until they reach the destination. They took off and the turtle could not stick to his end of the deal and started talking to people below and the geese ended up dropping the turtle and making him fall to his death.
Elephant Girly-Face
- There was an elephant called Girly face that was owned by the king because he was so kind and gentle and doesn't hurt anyone. The robbers were talking amongst each other to kill whoever stands in their way and to show no mercy and Girly face took the tip as well. Next morning, Girly face killed the keeper and another individual. The king realized it was from bad men that Girly face was learning bad acts. The next day he assembled good men to talk behind the stable and one Girly face heard good things, he went back to normal and was tame.
Ox Who Envied the Pig
- Big Red was the name of an Ox while his little brother was named Little Red. These two took care of some of the farm duties. Farmer had one daughter who was at the age of marriage. Little Red noticed that there was a pig getting to eat his heart out to whatever he pleases while they would do all the labor and only get straw and grass to eat. Little did little red know, the pig was eating to get fattened to get feasted on at the wedding. The pig was later killed and eaten at the wedding feast.
The Woodpecker, Turtle, and the Deer
- Deer lived in a forest next to the lake close to the Woodpecker and next to the turtle. A hunter wanted to trap the deer going into the water and he did. The hunter came into the house with a knife and the woodpecker struck him in the face. The turtle had blood all over his mouth because of the leather. The hunter picked up the turtle and threw him into the bag. The deer tried helping the turtle by coming into site of the hunter and the hunter started running after the deer. When he lost the deer, he went back after the turtle and the turtle was gone as well. The turtle and the deer teamed up and found and rescued the woodpecker and they all lived happily ever after.
- Thoughtful, very-thoughtful, thoughtless were the three fishes who lived in the river near town. Very-thoughtful sensed danger amongst them all but the other two fish kept staying back and did not want to leave yet. One day thoughtful and thoughtless got caught by a fishing net and very-thoughtful saved them both. Since very-thoughtful saved them, thoughtful and thoughtless decided to leave and to go back to the wild country and all lived safely ever after.
Tricky Wolf and the Rats
- Wolf saw a group of rats and wanted to catch them to eat them. The wolf stood on his hind legs since it hurts him to stand on his front legs. Every time that the rats left the wolf, the wolf would grab the last rat and eat it. Every night there would be fewer rats in the nighttime. The Chief of the Rats decided to go last and when he did, the Wolf sprung to eat him. They caught him in a lie and killed him. The rats ended up living in peace from there onwards.
Turtle Saved His Own Life
- A famous courtyard with a lake was present for young princes to play, swim, boat and raft in. Later, the king put fishes in the lake. There was a turtle in the pond with the fishes and the boys thought that the turtle was a demon as they have never seen one before. King ordered the boys to catch the turtle and to bring them to the palace. Once this was done, he ordered the men to kill it by throwing it into the lake. Turtle heard their plans and planned to do reverse psychology and say that throwing him into the lake would be the worst option and once the king heard that the turtle was scared, he ordered the men to throw him in the lake and that's what happened to him which as a result, rescued him.
Turtle Who Couldn't Stop Talking
- Two geese and the turtle became friends and later, the geese asked the turtle if he wanted to join them on the journey home and the turtle decided to join as he wanted to go. Geese said that they will take the turtle in their mouth and he will need to be quiet up until they reach the destination. They took off and the turtle could not stick to his end of the deal and started talking to people below and the geese ended up dropping the turtle and making him fall to his death.
Elephant Girly-Face
- There was an elephant called Girly face that was owned by the king because he was so kind and gentle and doesn't hurt anyone. The robbers were talking amongst each other to kill whoever stands in their way and to show no mercy and Girly face took the tip as well. Next morning, Girly face killed the keeper and another individual. The king realized it was from bad men that Girly face was learning bad acts. The next day he assembled good men to talk behind the stable and one Girly face heard good things, he went back to normal and was tame.
Ox Who Envied the Pig
- Big Red was the name of an Ox while his little brother was named Little Red. These two took care of some of the farm duties. Farmer had one daughter who was at the age of marriage. Little Red noticed that there was a pig getting to eat his heart out to whatever he pleases while they would do all the labor and only get straw and grass to eat. Little did little red know, the pig was eating to get fattened to get feasted on at the wedding. The pig was later killed and eaten at the wedding feast.
The Woodpecker, Turtle, and the Deer
- Deer lived in a forest next to the lake close to the Woodpecker and next to the turtle. A hunter wanted to trap the deer going into the water and he did. The hunter came into the house with a knife and the woodpecker struck him in the face. The turtle had blood all over his mouth because of the leather. The hunter picked up the turtle and threw him into the bag. The deer tried helping the turtle by coming into site of the hunter and the hunter started running after the deer. When he lost the deer, he went back after the turtle and the turtle was gone as well. The turtle and the deer teamed up and found and rescued the woodpecker and they all lived happily ever after.
One of the stories that really stood out to me amongst the rest since the poor little elephant felt bad for the old lady that has been taking good care of him for the longest time.
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