Reading Notes 20 Jataka tales Part A


Chief of the dogs Source: goodhousekeeping




The guilty dogs- A king drove a chariot into the city and put his horses up for the night. It rained down on the chariot and the dogs were tempted by the wet leather and chewed them to pieces that night. The king was so mad that he order all 700 dogs in the city to be killed. The chief of the dogs consoled them and said only the guilty should be killed. He thought the dogs of the palace could be the only dogs that had access to the chariot. The chief bravely went to the king to ask him to spare the city dogs. He was granted access to the king because of the love in his eyes. The king agreed to question the royal dogs and they were found to be the guilty ones. The king admitted his guilt and gave all of the city dogs lavish food and they were all allowed to live.

The tortoise and the geese- An old tortoise was offered to be taken to a golden cave. In order for him to get there two geese offered to fly him while he held onto a stick. They told him he must be able to keep hold of the stick and not talk. When they flew over children in the town the children pointed and laughed. When he yelled in anger he fell and his green shell was broken. The king heard of this story and took a lesson learned. He was known for talking and learned sometimes he should bite his tongue.

The golden feathers- A father left his wife and daughters to go on a trip and make money for them. He loved them so and wanted to be able to provide for them. In the forest and fairy turned the father into a golden goose. He was sad because he couldn't provide for his family. He later thought maybe they could sell his golden feathers. He flew to the house and offered his wife a feather. He returned whenever they spent the money. One day she grew greedy and plucked all of his feathers. She threw him in a bucket but his feathers grew back white. Due to the greed he would never be golden again so he flew away to the forest to live with the other geese.

Title: Twenty Jataka Tales
Author: Noor Inayat (Khan)
Illustrator: H. Willebeek Le Mair
Year: 1939
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=inu.39000000078449&view=2up&seq=66

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