Reading Notes: Week 10, Part B (Jatakas)




I am going to keep reading Jatakas for two weeks in order to help with my project.


1. The Stolen Plow
     - A villager met with traders and went away on a trip. He left his plow with him after they became friends
     - When he returned, the plow was gone. Secretly, the trader sold the plow and said the mice around the house at the entire plow.
     - Even though the villager did not really believe the trader, he let it go and did not get angry with the trader
     - Then, the villager left his son with the trader when the boy wanted to go for a swim.
     - When the boy went missing, the trader blamed it on a bird carrying the boy away.
    - This time, the man was outraged and did not believe the trader, so he took his charges to the court and presented it to a judge
    - He argued that it was impossible for mice to eat a plow and a bird to carry off a boy, and the judge agreed.
     - After the wise words from the judge, the trader had to return the boy and the plow

This fits perfectly to the theme of justice and law. I will try to put this story into my project. It already has the aspect of the courtroom in the original story.
Image: The lion hunting while the wolf follows behind
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2. The Lion and Bad Company
- A lion met a wolf and wanted to eat him. He did not want to die, so the wolf agreed to work for the lion and live with him and his two parents
- the lion's father was old and wise, but the wolf wanted to test the lion
- The wolf said they should hunt horses, and the wolf said there are ponies bathing in the lake nearby
- The lion wanted to eat horse meat (because he has eaten all other kinds of meat), so they went hunting
- The wolf then mentioned that these ponies belong to the king, and the lion's father told them that they would be shot by the king's archer if they kept eating the ponies.
- The lion loved the taste, so he could not resist the ponies.
-The wolf would follow closely behind, but he let the lion always go first when hunting
- Finally, the lion was shot and killed by the king's archer because he did not listen to the warnings of his father


Bibliography: More Jataka Tales. Ellen C. Babbitt. Jataka Tales


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