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...