- Main character, Rabbit, is introspective.
- Morals of the story: Always double-check. Don't blindly follow. It takes considerable reputation, or ethos, to be acknowledged and listened to (Lion).
The Turtle and the King
- REVERSE PSYCHOLOGY
- Turtle uses others' ignorance to his benefit
The Turtle and the Geese
- Moral: preoccupying yourself with what others think of you will hurt you in the long run.
- Make good on your promises
The Cunning Crane and the Crab
- Moral: one grain of truth doesn't validate a big lie
- Be wary of others playing your own game against you
- The crane said "tearfully". Good adjective for emotion.
The Crocodile and the Monkey's Heart
- I love the rhyme of "by hook or by crook"
- The ending of this story in a poem was witty and cute: Great is your body, verily, but how much smaller is your wit!
- Moral: body and mind are equally important
- The crocodile...went back sorrowing to the place he lived.
The Crocodile in the River
- murderous intent, work his wicked will. Great alliterative qualities!
- The Four Virtues: Truth, foresight, fixed resolve, and fearlessness,
- The crocodile betook himself to his own dwelling-place (verb)
The Monkey who Gathered Lotuses
- I LOVE the language used in this one: Filled with forebodings, begotten, unborn progeny, marvelous, supplanted, deposed, feigned
- Three qualities: Dexterity and Valor and Resource
- Moral: cleverness demands respect, even from enemies.
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Bibliography:
- Babbitt, Ellen C., Jataka Tales, https://sites.google.com/view/jatakas/rabbit
- Chalmers, Robert. Vanarinda Jataka, in The Jataka: Volume 1. http://thejatakas.blogspot.com/2017/08/0164-monkey-and-rock-in-river.html
- Rouse, W. H. D. The Giant Crab, and Other Tales from Old India. http://thejatakas.blogspot.com/2017/08/0143-cunning-crane-and-crab.html
- Shedlock, Marie L. Eastern Stories and Legends. http://thejatakas.blogspot.com/2017/08/0100-monkey-and-crocodile.html
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