Reading Notes : Jhataka in Detail, 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.

 This story really stood out to me because it showed how cunning and intelligent the turtle is. Knowing that if he acted scared to one of the ideas that the king and his boys suggested, the king and the boys would do exactly that so that they can give him the worst punishment possible. As intelligent as the turtle was, he told the king and the boys not to throw him in the lake and once he said that that would be the worst thing, that is exactly what they did and the turtle swam happily down the lake as it was his home.
BIBLIOGRAPHY : Turtle Saved His Own Life Jataka




Here is the picture of the intelligent turtle who saved his own life by telling the king and the boys to do anything but throw him in the lake.

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