Reading Notes: More Jataka Tales

The Woodpecker, Turtle, and Deer by Ellen C. Babbitt

  • deer lived in the forest, turtle lived in lake, woodpecker lived in treetops, all friends
  • hunter comes and sees deer tracks, he sets traps near the lake
  • deer springs the traps and calls out for help, turtle and woodpecker come to his aide
  • turtle begins chewing off the leather straps on the trap, while woodpecker goes to the hunter's house
  • hunter wakes up and starts to come outside with his knife, but woodpecker flies at his face, and he goes back inside to rest longer
  • hunter wakes up and tries again, but woodpecker does it again. Lastly, hunter comes out and woodpecker flies back to his friends, yelling
  • turtle has bloody mouth from chewing so much and deer breaks the last strap
  • deer and woodpecker get away, but turtle is captured and put in a bag on a tree by the hunter
  • deer comes back to save turtle. He leads the hunter far into the forest, and then runs back to free turtle
  • deer lifts the bag from the tree and turtle escapes. Turtle, Deer, and Woodpecker all go back to their homes safely
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