Reading Notes: More Jataka Tales, Part B

How the Monkey Saved His Troops

• The king and his men found this strange fruit, which was mango that they found out from people who lived in the area.
• They travel further down the river to collect the fruit and decided to camp overnight in the area to get more of the fruit in the morning. 
• While the king and people were sleeping, these group of monkeys came to eat some of the fruit, but they were being loud, which woke the king up. 
• King order his men to shoot the monkeys down with arrows. The monkeys look down and notice the archers. They went to their Chief and asked for help.
• The Chief of the monkey used himself as a bridge so his troops could get over from tree to another and escape. 
• The king saw how the monkey saved his kind and was impressed. He decided to make sure the monkey was taken care of the rest of his life. 

The Foolhardy Wolf

• There was a hungry wolf who asked this great lion in helping him get food. They made a deal, which was the wolf would spot the animals and tell the lion to go kill it. Then the lion would give part of the meat to  the wolf. 
• As this deal continues, the wolf got bigger and wanted to kill an animal of his own. He wanted to kill an elephant, but the lion was against this idea because he didn't think the wolf had what it takes.
• When the wolf attacked the elephant, he missed and was killed by the elephant. 
• At end lion said, "You will no more come forth in your might, you foolhardy Wolf."
• I could change the setting and characters.

The elephant killing the wolf
(Source: The Baldwin Project)

Bibliography: More Jataka Tales by Ellen C. Babbitt - Part B.