Reading Notes: Jataka Tales, Part C
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 the earth actually breaks up.
- Other animals waited until the lion and rabbit returns.
- The rabbit showed the lion where he slept.
- The Lion saw the coconuts falling from the tree and told the rabbit how foolish he was.
- Then the rabbit ran back to where the animals were and told them what happened.
- Overall, if it wasn't for the lion, the animals would still be running.
Lion carrying the Rabbit and off they go, Link Text.
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