Reading Notes: Jataka Tales, Part A

Notes:
  • A merchant packed goods in many carts in the desert.
  • The sun shone down and made the fine sand hot as a stove.
    • As the moon came about, the sand was cool enough for the merchant to travel on foot.
  •  The merchant made rice with a jar of water and firewood.
  • The merchant had a friend which was a pilot. 
  • As the sun approaches, they stopped and camped. They unyoked the oxen and fed them.
    • They built fires and cook the rice too.
    • The men laid down and rest until the sunset.
  • In the early evening, they cooked and built a fire again. 
    • After supper, they yoked the oxen and as soon the sand was cool enough, they started if their journey across the desert.
  • The merchant told his friend that one day they will reach the city.
  • The pilot thinks that the oxen must have turned about while he slept and that they were in the same place as of yesterday.
  • They unyoked the oxen, yet there were no water for them to drink.
    • they must have thrown away the water that was left the night before.
    • As they were trying to find water and resource, they laid down and said that the wood and water are gone and that they are lost.
  • Yet, the  merchant said there is no time to sleep and that he must find the water.
  • The oxen can't go on if they don't have water to drink.
    • If they give up they shall all be lost.
  • All of a sudden, they found grass which means water should be near by.
  • They found water under the rocks too.
  • The boy raised the hammer and hit the rock as hard as he could to get the water.
    • The water was available to them and they drink so much that they don't know how many ounces they consumed.
    • They bathe in the well as well.
  • They built their fire and cooked rice there too. 
    • They set a flag on the well for travelers to see.
  • They found the city, sold their goods, and returned back home.
Bibliography: The Sandy Road, by Ellen C. Babbitt.


They built fires and cooked the rice, Link Text.

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