Reading Notes: Jataka Tales, Part B

Notes:
  • King had an elephant named, Girly-face.
    • It's because he was gentle, good, and looked so kind.
  • One night, robbers came into the courtyard where the elephant slept.
    • The robbers woke Girly-face.
  • The robbers talked and said to kill anyone in the house if they're awake.
    • They never have a moment for being good. Just bad.
  • Therefore, the Girly-face heard everything and took their advice and hurt the robbers instead without feeling sorry.
  • The next morning, the keeper came in to feed the elephant, but the elephant picked him up by the trunk and threw the keeper to the ground killing him.
  • Another keeper came in to see what is going on and killed him too.
  • For days, the Girly-face was so ugly that no one would want to go near it.
    • But they left food for him but still would not go near it.
  • The king heard what happened and sent his wise men to fix the problem.
  • The wise man knew the elephant for a very long time.
  • The wise man asked if there were any bad men that the elephant may over heard them speaking.
  • The keeper said yes and it was the band of robbers.
  • The wise man told the king what happened and suggested that they should send good men near the elephant so Girly-face can hear them.
  • The king sent the best men at night to talk and said to each other that killing is bad and it should never happen again to let the elephant hear.
  • The elephant overheard the conversation and became good once again.
Bibliography: The Elephant Girly-Face, by Ellen C. Babbitt.

Girly-Face picked up the keeper and threw him to the ground, Link Text.

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