Reading Notes: Jataka Tales

The Sandy Road by Ellen C. Babbitt

  • men traveling in a desert with oxen. They have to travel on the sand at night because it is too hot to cross during the day
  • travel by night and sleep / eat / feed oxen by night
  • one was a pilot and knew the stars better than others, so he lead the way and the others followed
  • one night the pilot falls asleep, because it is hard to sleep during the day
  • he wakes up and they traveled backwards
  • they were so sure that they would reach the city that they threw away their water,
  • they now were going to die if they didn't find water
  • merchant searches endlessly until he finds a shrub
  • they dig it up till they find a rock
  • merchant convinces a boy not to give up; if he gives up, they all die
  • they break the rock and all are saved when they find a lot of water
The Quarrel of the Quails by Ellen C. Babbitt
  • man who lived near forest is a fowler, he catches quails and sells them to the market
  • he catches them by imitating the lead quail's tone, causing the other quals to come join
  • quals come up with plan to lift the net together and fly away when they are caught, and then leave the net on a thorn bush
  • it works a couple times, and the fowler gets frustrated that he can't make any money
  • he waits for them to "quarrel"
  • quails start to argue, and he casts a net over them. None can escape because they are divided and are bickering / arguing / quarreling 
  • fowler wins because they can't work together
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Bickering Birds

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