Reading Notes: Jataka Tales, Part B

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 bowl back.
    • Grandmother said no and the other merchant paid a great price for it and took it away.
  • The greedy merchant was furious and angry.
    • He ran to the riverside to stop the boat.
    • The other merchant told them to not stop the boat and then reached to the city.
    • He then lived a well live for a time on the money he paid for.
Bibliography: The Merchant of Seri, by Ellen C. Babbitt.

Greedy Merchant threw a grandmother's golden bowl, Link Text.

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