Reading Notes: Jataka Tales, Part B

Notes:
  • A king has three sons:
    • Prince of the Stars.
    • Moon Prince.
    • Sun Prince.
  • The queen went away because she was afraid of the king's decision.
  • Therefore, the king told his son's to live in the forest before his death.
  • Then after his death, come back and the palace would be theirs.
  • However, the sun prince asked where they were going.
  • After the sun prince heard what happened, the sun prince wanted to come with them as well.
  • The three brothers then stumbled upon the the King of Fairies.
  • A watersprite asked the sun prince a question.
  • The two other brothers were getting worried and the Moon Prince went to the pond where the sun prince was.
  • As the Moon Prince reaches to the pond, the watersprite asked him another question as well.
    • The watersprite said he didn't know the answer as well so he dragged him to the cave where the Sun Prince was.
  • The older brother, the Prince of the Stars then went to find his two brothers.
  • Then the prince of stars stumbled upon the watersprite and knew it was him.
  • Then the prince asked why the watersprite carried off his brothers.
    • He explained that they didn't know the right answer.
    • So the prince told him that he will answer the right answer this time.
  • The prince answered correctly to the watersprite and then took him to his brothers.
  • After that, the three brothers lived in the forest until their king passed away.
    • Then they went back to the palace.
    • The older brother became king and all three of the brothers ruled together.
    • The older brother also built a home for the water-sprite in the palace grounds as well.
Bibliography: The Princes and The Water-Sprite, by Ellen C. Babbitt.

The Sun Prince went to the pond, Link Text.

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