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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: 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 .