The Wise and Foolish Merchant
- A thrifty merchant ended up buying wears to sell and a stupid young merchant bought goods in the same city. The started at the same time
- The young merchant goes first because he thinks he'll get the first pick of everything
- The thrifty merchant is okay with that because he'll smooth out the roads
- A demon sees the merchant and wants to overcome him so he empties his water
- The foolish merchant empties the water completely and there was no water to be found
- The demons meet the thrifty merchant as well and doesn't throw away his water
- the demons don't bother the thrifty merchant and he leaves with the foolish merchant's goods
The Elephant Girly-face
- Girly-face is named because he is so gentle, good and looked so kind
- Robbers break into Girly-face's home and plans to kill Girly-face's owners
- Girly-face learns from the cruel robbers and he kills his keeper the next morning
- He keeps getting fed but no one will approach him
- A wise man discovers that Girly-face learned from the robbers
- They plant some good men to tell Girly-face how to act and it works
The Banyan Deer
- There was a deer that was golden in color, that looked beautiful.
- The King of the county liked to eat deer meat
- A deer park is made so the King can hunt
- He allows the Deer Kings to live
- The two deer kings talk about how they need to save themselves
- They give one deer up a day
-One day the lot falls on a mother with a young baby
- The Kings aren't kind and forces her to die
- The King of the Banyan Deer goes in her place
- The King sees the Kings sacrifice and stops hunting deer
The Princes and the Water-Sprite
- 3 princes: Prince of the Stars, Moon Prince and Sun Prince
- The queen is given whatever boon she wants
- She asks for the youngest son to get the kingdom, but the king refused
- He worries for the older two princes so he sends them away until he dies
- The youngest prince goes with them
- A water-sprite was given the pond and if people could answer "What are Good Fairies like?" they weren't in her power
- The Sun Prince tries and gets carried into the cave, so does the Moon Prince
- The Prince of the Stars answeres it correctly and he gets one of his brothers back
- He asks for his youngest brother
- His answer means that both brothers come back
- The eldest brother inherits the throne once his father dies
The King's White Elephant
- Three carpenters are approached by a limping elephant
- They help him remove his splinter and wash his wound
- He goes to help the carpenters
- Once he's too old, he asks his son to help them instead
- His son is the white elephant
- His son would play with the carpenters children
- The King sees the white elephant and takes him back to palace and he lives a good life
The Ox Who Never Envied the Pig
- There's an ox and his brother called Big Red and Little Red
- the pigs are ordered to be fattened for the wedding feast
- Little Red is jealous the pigs are being fed well
- Big Red tells his brother why
Grannie's Blackie
- a man gave a woman a baby elephant and she takes good care of him
- The Elephant is called "Granny's Blackie"
- Blackie plays with the children
- Blackie never does work, only plays
- Blackie wants to help Granny with money
- Blackie works to pull wagons to get money for Granny
- The man only pays Blackie half of what she is owed and he's upset
- He doesn't move and Blackie is paid what he is owed
- Granny is pleased with Blackie
The Crab and the Crane
- A crane tricks fish into "going to a new lake" when they really get eaten. The crab notices and tricks the crane instead and the crane dies
Why the Owl is Not the King of Birds
- A tale about owls and crows
- Everyone chooses kings to rule over them, so the birds must choose
- The birds decide to make the owl the King of Birds
- The crow points out how sour and cross the owl looks
- They fight and have been enemies ever since
- Turtle Doves are chosen as the king of birds
Source: Jataka Tales by Ellen C. Babbitt (Image too)
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| Girly-face being Examined from Source (see above) |
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