The Three Fishes: Names were Thoughtful, Very Thoughtful, and Thoughtless. Very Thoughtful realized the danger of being by the town and wanted to go back to the countryside. The other two put it off, and end dup getting caught in a net. V.T wanted to save them, and went by the net and acted like fish that had gotten out of the net. This caused the fisherman to pull in the net by the corner, opening it for the 2 to escape. They realized their error and agreed to go back to the country side.
Tricky Wolf and the Rats: Rats live in the woods, wolf wants to eat them. He tricked them by saying he was lame and only stood on his back legs, and his mouth was open because he survives on air. the rats felt bad and would go visit, each time he would eat one. The chief realized, went last so the wolf would tried to eat him, bit the wolf and the wolf died.
The Woodpecker, Turtle, and Deer: were all friends. Hunter wants the deer and set a trap successfully. The turtle and woodpecker came to help. Woodpecker will distract while turtle chews the trap. They succeeded but the turtle was hurt. The Hunter tied the turtle to the tree. The deer led the hunter into the woods and then lost him. He circled back around to the turtle and helped him get free. Then they all hid until the hunter left.
The Golden Goose: had a poor woman with 2 kids living nearby. Thought about giving them a feather so they could sell it, and did. Each visit he gave one. Mother wanted them all in case he didn't come back, but the kids disagreed. Mother pulled them all out forcibly causing them to turn into normal feathers. He left and never returned.
The Stupid Monkeys: Kings gardener wanted to go to the towns festival and thought the monkeys could water the plants for him. The monkeys agreed, but to check to see if they had enough water they pulled the trees to look at the roots. The trees all died.
The Cunning Wolf: people went to woods for holiday and ate all the meat for lunch. One man offered to hunt for dinner. He took a club and lay at the lake. The King of the wolves knew it was probably a trick and went and pulled on the club. The man pulled back so the animals scattered. The man went back empty handed.
The Penny-Wise Monkey: King gat an army to take over another country. They left and camped in the forest. They gave the horses peas, the monkeys saw and grabbed some. A monkey dropped one, and then dropped them all so he could go after the one he had dropped. The monkey lost a lot for a little, the king saw and decided to go home instead.
The Red-bud Tree: 4 princes heard of the tree and wanted to be the first to see it. The eldest went in winter and saw it dead and didn't understand and left. The next one went in spring and saw it covered in red-buds. A little later the next went and it was green so he didn't get it. Later the youngest went and saw it covered with pods. He ran to his brothers to say he saw it. They compared what they saw, then the king said it was because of different times of year.
The Woodpecker and the Lion: Lion was eating and got a bone caught in his throat. Woodpecker offered to help, but scared of being even. Lion promised he wouldn't if he would help. The woodpecker used a stick to prop the lions mouth open, and hit the bone causing it to get unstuck with no thanks. Later he asked the lion for a favor and the lion answered he already did by not eating him. The woodpecker avoided the lion.
The Otters and the Wolf: Wolf wanted fish so her mate went to the river. Saw the Otters looking for fish, and they got a big one that took both. they couldn't agree how to divide it between the side with the head and the side with the tail and asked the wolf. He gave one the head, the other the tail and took the middle home saying it was his fee for settling the debate.
Gibbs, Laura. “Overview. Babbitt. More Jataka Tales.” Overview. Babbitt. More Jataka Tales, 1 Jan. 1970, http://iereadingguides.blogspot.com/2015/05/free-book-babbit-jataka-tales-and-more.html.
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