Reading Notes : Jhatakas, Part A
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.
Ox Who Won The Forfeit
- The owner of the ox kept showing off his ox to everyone he came across. When he went to the village, he ran his mouth and told the people there that if his ox cannot drag one hundred wagons across a line then he will forfeit 1000 pieces. When the owner made the ox get up and do things against his norm, he had to pay the forfeit since the ox was not used to all this new techniques. When the owner asked why the ox didn't go along with what he wanted, the ox asked why the owner whipped him as he has never done that before and it was because of the new setting, the owner whipped the ox which is why the ox didn't budge. The ox made a deal and told the owner that he will win the forfeit back and in double the next day and when they went the next day, he did as he said and they both went home happy and with the forfeit money that they had lost before.
The Sandy Road
- A merchant had goods in his cart on his way to the country opposite of the desert. It was too hot to walk in the sunlight so he waited till it was dark and then started walking. He ended up taking water, rice and firewood along with his goods so that he could cook and eat rice along the way. In the daylight, he guided the drivers while he took off in the night time. Him along with his men built fires and cooked rice. They did this for all of the journey and then the last day as they thought, the pilot took his place at the front of the line and laid down in the wagon with the cushions. The oxens went on and then they all realized that they were lost. This was bad as they did not have any water left and no water meant no rice or food could be made. They found a rock which had flowing water underneath and they busted it open so that they could bathe, drink and use the cool water.
- 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.
Ox Who Won The Forfeit
- The owner of the ox kept showing off his ox to everyone he came across. When he went to the village, he ran his mouth and told the people there that if his ox cannot drag one hundred wagons across a line then he will forfeit 1000 pieces. When the owner made the ox get up and do things against his norm, he had to pay the forfeit since the ox was not used to all this new techniques. When the owner asked why the ox didn't go along with what he wanted, the ox asked why the owner whipped him as he has never done that before and it was because of the new setting, the owner whipped the ox which is why the ox didn't budge. The ox made a deal and told the owner that he will win the forfeit back and in double the next day and when they went the next day, he did as he said and they both went home happy and with the forfeit money that they had lost before.
The Sandy Road
- A merchant had goods in his cart on his way to the country opposite of the desert. It was too hot to walk in the sunlight so he waited till it was dark and then started walking. He ended up taking water, rice and firewood along with his goods so that he could cook and eat rice along the way. In the daylight, he guided the drivers while he took off in the night time. Him along with his men built fires and cooked rice. They did this for all of the journey and then the last day as they thought, the pilot took his place at the front of the line and laid down in the wagon with the cushions. The oxens went on and then they all realized that they were lost. This was bad as they did not have any water left and no water meant no rice or food could be made. They found a rock which had flowing water underneath and they busted it open so that they could bathe, drink and use the cool water.
This shows the story with the ox and the owner who didnt treat the ox right which made him not act the same way that he wanted.
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