Reading Notes: More Jataka Tales

The Girl Monkey and the String of Pearls by Ellen C. Babbitt

  • king and his family go to the lake for a swim, queen gives her pearls to her servant who watches over them in a box within the garden
  • garden has lots of monkeys 
  • Girl Monkey sees the pearls and wants them. She waits for the servant to fall asleep, and then she swoops down, grabs them, and runs back up her tree.
  • servant wakes up and sees the pearls gone, the king orders the guards to find the person responsible 
  • chief guard discovers no one could hav taken the pearls, so it must be a monkey
  • he comes up with a plan to trick the Girl Monkey
  • guards set out strings of beads, then the monkeys all come down and grab them, except girl monkey because she already has a string of pearls hidden
  • all the monkeys gloat about their beads to Girl Monkey, who finally pulls hers out to show them off, revealing herself to the chief guard
  • they catch her and send her to the king, who thanks the chief guard for being so wise
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