Week 10 Jataka Reading 2

"The brave little bowman"
There was a small man who was excellent at shooting but he knew that nobody would take him seriously due to his size. He wanted to join the army but needed to find a big man to ask the king. He found a man digging and he agreed to join the army with the little man and ask the king. The king agreed and sent them on missions to kill a tiger and a buffalo. During time of war they sent the big man still not knowing that he was not the shooter. The big man was scared but the little man saved him and defeated the army. The king finally praised the little man for the shooter he was.

"The Lion in Bad Company"
When a young lion approached a wolf who could not get away he begged for his life. The wolf promised to serve the lion if he could live in his cave with him. The lion's father did not approve and said wolves could not be trusted. The wolf suggested one day that they catch a horse. He led them to the riverbank where ponies were drinking and they caught a horse. The young lion liked the taste but his father said he would be killed by the king if he ate another. The young lion continued to kill the horses. Even as the king found new places to protect the horses the lion still managed to catch them. Finally the king hired a skilled archer to kill the animal that was eating his horses. The wolf stayed back that day waiting to see what would happen and the lion was shot. The wolf then went back to his home in the woods.
wolf and lion Source: tapas


Title: More Jataka Tales
Author: Ellen C. Babbitt
Illustrator: Ellsworth Young
Year: 1922 

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