THE HAWKS AND THEIR FRIENDS
different animals on different shores of a lake
lonely hawk
hunters come
wake birds, want to eat for breakfast
father hawk goes to kingfisher for help
kingfisher put out fire hunters made it again
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tired, goes to get turtle
guessing he’s going to get help from all the animals on the lake
turtle pulled them in water
now lion
saved them
“friends in need are friends indeed”
team work, true friendship
THE BRAVE LITTLE BOWMAN
man with a crooked back
THE FOOLHARDY WOLF
lion ate buffalo
hungry wolf, servant,
deal
food
you scratch my back i scratch your kind of deal
wolf gets greedy wants to kill his own elephant, lion gets angry shuts him down
but gives in eventually
wolf tries, misses, gets killed by elephant
“you will no more come forth in your might, you foolhardy wolf.”
lion was wise and knew what would happen, but wolf had to find out for himself
THE STOLEN PLOW
town and a village trader
village leaves plow with town
town sells it for money lies about what happened
** bad karma
drama
village takes town son
says a bird took him lies
now court
village calls town out
judge settles it both get their stuff back
should’ve just done the right thing in the first place
THE LION IN BAD COMPANY
another lion and wolf wanting to be servant
ignores parental advice against wolves and lets him come back home with him
took kings pony for wolf
archer waited for lion
lion dead wolf safe goes back home
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douche wolf
THE WISE GOAT AND THE WOLF
THE PRINCE WICKED AND THE GRATEFUL ANIMALS
THE ELEPHANT AND THE DOG
dog and elephant bffs
farmer wants dog, buys it
elephant refused to eat or bathe without dog
aw separation anxiety best friends
king told whole nation about the dog and to set it free
happily ever after elephant and dog
Bibliography
More Jataka Tales. Link to reading.
Author: Ellen C. Babbitt
Elephant and dog. Image source: BoredPanda.
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