Reading Notes: Jataka Tales

The Empty Lake by Noon Inayat
  • lake covered with waterlilies lived fish, one of them told them all a story:
  • once a great golden king fish of theirs that they admired and followed
  • queen rain forgot to send showers to earth before the time of heat
  • Mother Earth and thirsty sun rays drank the water of their lake and king wind destroyed all the water with his fires
  • queen rain heard them calling and got the cloud fairies who make the water and thunder king
  • thunder king made his army to fire, which made thunder, and lightning and water
  • rain fell it was soft and sweet
  • King feared the water would be taken away
  • King fish spoke again and said King of Thunder and Queen of Rain please let it rain
  • sky fell like a mountain of water
  • sunrays covered and crows chased away
  • King thunder and queen rain came down from sky
  • they tell them they love him and just call when he needs water
Mountain, Water, Landscape, Mountain And Water, Nature
Lake

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