- We read this story as part of week 1 of reading
- This version it's the crocodile's mother that wants the heart of the monkey
- Monkey agrees to crocodile's ride
- Crocodile lets Monkey breathe just to tell him he's going to kill him
- Monkey tricks Crocodile into thinking that his heart is a fruit
- Crocodile finds Monkey later
- the Crocodile pretends to be a rock and the monkey calls for it
- When Crocodile answers, the monkey says hello to him
- The Monkey convinces the crocodile to open his mouth so his eyes close
-He jumps over the crocodile
How the Turtle Saved His Own Life
- the princes get scared of the turtle in the lake, thinking it's a demon
- The king orders the demon be caught and killed
- An old man who's scared of water suggests throwing him in the water
- The turtle begs not for that one and is thrown into the water, only to be safe
The Merchant of Seri
- merchant goes from town to town selling brass and tinware with a second greedy man
- There was an old women who has a golden bowl who doesn't know it's a golden bowl
- the granddaughter begs her grandmother for something and suggests she trades the bowl
- The greedy merchant pretended not to be interested in the bowl so he leaves it
- the other merchant sees the bowl and tells them he can't buy that bowl
- He buys the bowl for all that he has and then crosses the river
- the greedy merchant comes back to find the bowl is gone
The Turtle who Couldn't Stop Talking
- There was two geese who befriend a turtle and ask him to fly back home with them
- They devise a way for the turtle to be able to fly but it only works if the turtle doesn't speak
- Kids make fun of their way and the turtle goes to defend his friends but he falls to his death
- His geese friends keep going
The Ox Who Won the Forfeit
- There was a strong Ox and an owner who constantly bragged about him
- They tie 100 wagons to the ox
- The owner whips his ox and treats him badly so he refuses to go
- The owner loses and has to pay a ton of money
- The ox askes the owner why he whipped him and called him names
- the owner apologizes and the ox offers to do it again
- The owner wins his money this time
The Sandy Road
- A merchant reaches a road that has very hot sand so can only be traveled at night
- They make camp during the day
- The pilot says they will be out of the sand in one more night
- however, the pilot fell asleep and the ox keep going
- when he wakes up they're out of water and lost
- they eventually find water
- they continue on their way
The Quarrel of Quails
- A man earns his living by catching and selling quails
- He can make the same noise as the leader of the quails
- The leader of the quails devises a way to stop so many from being captured
- It works and the man can't catch the quails
- The quails divided themselves into two groups after a fight and neither group wanted to lift the net
- Their fight let to them being sold
The Measure of Rice
- Valuer is an honest man in a dishonest kings court
- He set the price of expensive thing
- the King knew if Valuer was dishonest, he would be richer
- the Valuer gets fired and a new peasant is hired as Valuer
- He buys 500 horses for a measure of rice
- The horse-seller gives the Valuer a present and tells him to tell the king what a measure of rice is worth
- The new Valuer sets the measure of rice as the price of his whole city
- He's laughed out of the city
The Foolish, Timid Rabbit
- The rabbit thinks the world is falling apart and slowly pulls more and more animals into his frenzy until the King Lion stops him and shows him it was merely a coconut that fell from the tree.
Source: Jataka Tales by Ellen C. Babbitt (for picture too)
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