Reading Notes.. Twenty Jataka Tales (Part A)
Twenty Jataka Tales
Author: Noor Inayat (Khan)
The Fairy and the Hare:
The animals in the woods gathered food that they had stole from someone else. The hare did not have anything to offer but he did not steal. When the fairy transformed herself into an old beggar she went and asked the animals for food and they all offered what they had. When she went to the hare he offered himself to eat. She then told him he was kind and everyone would know of it for the rest of their lives.
The Master's Test: The teacher sends them all to get him money by stealing and the young pupils agree to do so that they can make him happy. One pupil does not move and when he is asked why he tells the teacher that "himself is watching" so he rather not do wrong by stealing and would rather beg for money.
The Empty Lake:
The fish tells a story to the other fish about a time when the like was dried up by the sun rays and Mother Earth as they drank up the water. One day they asked for water to come down and Queen Rain poured down and eventually the lake was filled once again.
Author: Noor Inayat (Khan)
The Fairy and the Hare:
The animals in the woods gathered food that they had stole from someone else. The hare did not have anything to offer but he did not steal. When the fairy transformed herself into an old beggar she went and asked the animals for food and they all offered what they had. When she went to the hare he offered himself to eat. She then told him he was kind and everyone would know of it for the rest of their lives.
The Master's Test: The teacher sends them all to get him money by stealing and the young pupils agree to do so that they can make him happy. One pupil does not move and when he is asked why he tells the teacher that "himself is watching" so he rather not do wrong by stealing and would rather beg for money.
The Empty Lake:
The fish tells a story to the other fish about a time when the like was dried up by the sun rays and Mother Earth as they drank up the water. One day they asked for water to come down and Queen Rain poured down and eventually the lake was filled once again.
The fish in the lake. [source]
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