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Reading Notes: Jataka Tales, Part B

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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

Reading Notes: Jataka Tales, Part A

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Notes: There was a thrifty merchant visiting a great city to sell his goods. There was another merchant that was considered stupid, selling his merchants too. One man asked the other to go before or after and not trying to sell at the same time. So the man suggested to go first. The foolish man began to travel, and filled water-jars with water and loaded them into a large wagon to cross the desert. There was a wicked demon in the desert and said to himself if he could talk the foolish merchant emptying his water-jars, then he could make him his slave. So the demon changed himself to a noble gentleman. He got the other demons to change too. The demon started to have a conversation with the merchant. The demon suggested the merchant to empty all his water-jars because he wouldn't need it anymore. So the foolish merchant did what the demon told him to do and now traveling with no water. Therefore, that night, they ended up sleeping on the ground. The demons then came

Reading Notes: Jataka Tales, Part C

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Notes: Rabbit sleeps under a palm-tree. A monkey dropped a coconut and it fell on the rabbit's back. Rabbit thought the earth was breaking up. Therefore, the rabbit ran as fast as he could without even looking back at him. Another rabbit saw him running and ran with him too. The first rabbit told the other rabbit that the earth is breaking up. Another rabbit ran with them too after they heard what happened. In the end, there were more than a hundred rabbits running with them. A deer ran with them as well. The Fox came along. The elephant joined as well The Lion came up to the hills and roared three times. This stopped them from running cause these animals were afraid of him. The Lion asked them why they were running so fast. They told him why. One by one, the lion asked who saw the earth breaking up and it leads to the rabbit. The rabbit told the lion that he did see the earth breaking up. Then the lion suggested to go back to where the rabbit was and to see if

Reading Notes: Jataka Tales, Part C

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Notes: Quails living together in a forest. Have one leader who is wise. One man lived near the forest to catch and sell quails. The quails needed this fowler to stop and made a plan to stop him and free themselves. The man threw the net over the quails and the quails flew away with the net. The fowler tried to get his net back that was on thorns and the man went home empty-handed. As days go by, the man did his same routine and his net flew away. His wife was getting angry cause he didn't bring home any money. The man had a plan B. Quails had an argument on what to do next when the fowler gets back. Therefore, the man got the quails and took them to town and sold them for a good price. Bibliography:   The Quarrel of The Quails , by Ellen C. Babbitt. Quails lifted the net and flew away,  Link Text .

Reading Notes: Jataka Tales, Part C

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Notes: A man owns an Ox. The owner bet on his ox for silver if his Ox wasn't so strong. However, he was. So they challenged the Ox and tied it to a hundred wagons in a line to see if it can draw it. During the competition, the Ox yoked the first wagon. The owner even whipped his Ox . Therefore, the Ox stood still. The poor man paid his forfeit from the competition.. The owner told himself, crying in bed, why the Ox embarrassed him in public. The owner came our to feed his Ox. The Ox asked why he called him names and whipped him. The owner realized what he did was wrong and apologized. Therefore, the ox forgave him and said he will win the competition for him. The next morning they were ready for the competition. However, the other men were laughing at him for coming back. The owner was ready to prove them wrong. The Ox pulled all his strength for his owner due to receiving support. In the end, they won the competition and went home and lived happily ever

Week 13 Story: A Golden Story

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Once upon a time, there was girl that lived in a wonderful palace of a village called Far-Far-Away. Her name was Cinderella. She lived such a wonderful life yet became very spoiled and greedy. One night, there was a heavy storm. An old lady approaches to the front door of the palace and rings the doorbell. Cinderella answers. The old lady asked if she could come in and stay in for the night until the storm passes by and gives Cinderella a golden bowl as an exchange. Cinderella said, "Oh hell nah..." after looking so disgusted by the way the old lady looks. Soon after, there was a bright light flashing from the old lady. The old lady has transformed into a beautiful woman; as if she almost looked like Cameron Diaz. The old lady told Cinderella how spoiled and careless she was and cursed her into the ugliest women of all. She will remain ugly for the rest of her life until she does something nice that could fill her heart once again. After the cursed lady disappears, Ci

Reading Notes: Jataka Tales, Part B

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Notes: Merchant who sole brass and tinware. The other merchant was greedy. They both went out to town and yelled Tinware for sale. People came out and bought them too. There was once a family that was rich and now poor. They only thing that's considered rich that they own is a gold bowl which a grandmother's husband used to use every day. The greedy man passed their house. The old woman told the merchant that they are too poor to buy anything. The child asked the grandmother to trade the bowl. The grandmother asked the greedy merchant if she could trade the gold bowl for something for her daughter. The greedy man figured it was real gold and told them that it was worth nothing and threw it to the ground. The grandmother told the other merchant what happened. This merchant truthfully told the old lady that he was not rich enough to buy this golden bowl. The merchant gave all that he could own for the grandmother. The greedy man came back and asked for the b