Reading Notes: Jakatas Part Two
The Wise And Foolish Merchant
Two merchants were going to travel the same road and sell their goods. One went on ahead and ended up getting outsmarted by a demon. The second merchant was wiser and took note of details about the demon that saved his life.
The Elephant Girly-Face
An Elephant overheard some robbers talk about being bad. The elephant thought they were teaching him how to act, so the elephant proceeded to kill anyone that would come near. After overhearing people talk about good things, the elephant changed its ways back to being nice. The moral here I think is to be wary of impressionable people.
The Banyan Deer
Kind of a weird plot sequence. The two deer herds got rounded up in a pen, and one was killed every day. The weird thing is that the deers were completely complicit in it all. They never tried to fight back it seemed. One deer sacrificed itself for another and the King decided to stop hunting them.
The Princes and the Water-Sprite
Three princes got sent into a forest to wait until their father died. While there, a water-sprite kidnapped two of the princes and was going to take the third as well. Somehow, the third prince knew the answer to the question, so he was able to get both of his brothers back.
The King's White Elephant
An elephant helped out some carpenters. He eventually had a kid who the father wanted to have help the carpenters as well as he got older. The young elephant caught the eye of a king who paid for him and the lived happily ever after. Not too much of a point to this story it feels like.
The Ox Who Envied the Pig
Two oxen worked hard and were fed straw and grass. A lazy pig was getting fed good food and one of the oxen got jealous. The other oxen explained that the pig was being fattened to be killed. Then the pig was killed.
Granny's Blackie
An elephant was playing alot and noticed that his owner was getting old. He decided to find work to make sure she didn't have to anymore. The elephant found work, almost got cheated out of money, and lived happily ever after with his owner.
Bibliography
The Wise And Foolish Merchant by Ellen C. Babbitt
The Elephant Girly-Face by Ellen C. Babbitt
The Banyan Deer by Ellen C. Babbitt
The Princes and the Water-Sprite by Ellen C. Babbitt
The King's White Elephant by Ellen C. Babbitt
The Ox Who Envied the Pig by Ellen C. Babbitt
Granny's Blackie by Ellen C. Babbitt
Two merchants were going to travel the same road and sell their goods. One went on ahead and ended up getting outsmarted by a demon. The second merchant was wiser and took note of details about the demon that saved his life.
The Elephant Girly-Face
An Elephant overheard some robbers talk about being bad. The elephant thought they were teaching him how to act, so the elephant proceeded to kill anyone that would come near. After overhearing people talk about good things, the elephant changed its ways back to being nice. The moral here I think is to be wary of impressionable people.
The Banyan Deer
Kind of a weird plot sequence. The two deer herds got rounded up in a pen, and one was killed every day. The weird thing is that the deers were completely complicit in it all. They never tried to fight back it seemed. One deer sacrificed itself for another and the King decided to stop hunting them.
The Princes and the Water-Sprite
Three princes got sent into a forest to wait until their father died. While there, a water-sprite kidnapped two of the princes and was going to take the third as well. Somehow, the third prince knew the answer to the question, so he was able to get both of his brothers back.
The King's White Elephant
An elephant helped out some carpenters. He eventually had a kid who the father wanted to have help the carpenters as well as he got older. The young elephant caught the eye of a king who paid for him and the lived happily ever after. Not too much of a point to this story it feels like.
The Ox Who Envied the Pig
Two oxen worked hard and were fed straw and grass. A lazy pig was getting fed good food and one of the oxen got jealous. The other oxen explained that the pig was being fattened to be killed. Then the pig was killed.
Granny's Blackie
An elephant was playing alot and noticed that his owner was getting old. He decided to find work to make sure she didn't have to anymore. The elephant found work, almost got cheated out of money, and lived happily ever after with his owner.
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Bibliography
The Wise And Foolish Merchant by Ellen C. Babbitt
The Elephant Girly-Face by Ellen C. Babbitt
The Banyan Deer by Ellen C. Babbitt
The Princes and the Water-Sprite by Ellen C. Babbitt
The King's White Elephant by Ellen C. Babbitt
The Ox Who Envied the Pig by Ellen C. Babbitt
Granny's Blackie by Ellen C. Babbitt
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