Reading Notes: Jataka Tales

The Foolish, Timid Rabbit by Ellen C. Babbitt

  • rabbit sitting under palm tree, sleeping
  • wakes up and wonders what would happen if earth suddenly broke apart
  • suddenly, a coconut falls from the tree, and timid rabbit thinks the earth is breaking all up
  • he runs and yells, attracting the attention of another rabbit
  • the other rabbit asks him why he's running, and he tells him the earth is breaking all up and needs to run, too!
  • second rabbit runs, and tells another rabbit, who tells another rabbit, until there's a lot of rabbits running
  • they tell deer, who tells fox, who tells elephant, and suddenly there's a big heard of animals running and panicking because they think the earth is breaking all up
  • Lion, King of the Beasts, roars three times and tells the herd to stop. He asks them why they're running and scared
  • they tell him the earth is breaking all up
  • Lion asks who saw it
  • Elephant says Fox told him, and Fox says Deer told him, and Deer says a rabbit told him, and they finally narrow it down to the first rabbit
  • Lion tells Rabbit to show him where the earth was breaking all up from
  • Rabbit shows him, and Lion sees the coconut
  • he tells him he is foolish for starting such a commotion
  • if it weren't for Lion, they might all still be running
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