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Week 10 Story: The Great Wolf

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The wolf searching for food. (Source: Wikipedia ) Hey guys, there's an updated version on my portfolio, here ! Once upon a time, there was a skinny grey wolf who wandered around for hours trying to find something to eat. He searched for some food and even tried to kill some small animals. However, he was so weak from starvation and was unable to succeed in his hunt. The poor wolf hasn’t had a good meal for a couple of days now until one day everything changed for him. During his search for food, the wolf spotted a great lion killing this big buffalo in just a matter of seconds. The wolf couldn’t believe his eyes and how strong this lion was capable of killing such a big animal. He followed the lion back to his den where he confronted the great lion. The wolf stooped to the lion’s feet and begged the lion to help him get some good food to eat as he was very weak. The wolf continued to tell the lion he would do anything for him. At first, the lion wasn’t too sure what ...

Reading Notes: More Jataka Tales, Part B

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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 w...

Reading Notes: More Jataka Tales, Part A

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The Cunning Wolf Some people had no more food left for dinner, so a man volunteered to go get more meat for dinner with his club. He lays next to a watering hole and pretending to be dead, so when an animals comes he can surprise attack him. A bunch of animals noticed him and watched him for a while. The king of the wolves decides to go check out if the man is really dead, so he tells the others to wait.  The king wolf slightly tugs on the man's club, and instantly the man kind of pulls the club back. The wolf realizing the man is not dead and tried to fool the animals that he was dead. Luckily, the man misses when he threw the club at the wolf and noticed that they were no animals near by. Man goes back with no food because the animals outsmarted his move to kill them.  The Woodpecker and the Lion A woodpecker saw that this lion was in pain and found it it was because he had a bone stuck in his throat.  Lion asked for his help, but at first the woodpecker ...