Reading Notes, Jakata Tales Part B

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Jakata Tales, Reading B

The Wise and Foolish Merchant

Two Merchants. One young and foolish, the other older and wiser. The foolish merchant seeks to get ahead by being the first to set prices but chooses to unwisely lighten his load prematurely and suffers loss. The Older merchant, satisfied to have prices set before him, chooses to be patient and cautious in his endeavors and gained some of what the foolish merchant had lost.

The Elephant Girly Face

An elephant remembers (an elephant never forgets) might apply in to this story some respects. The innocent looking elephant with a clam and pleasant demeanor is sway in judgement by the overheard counsel of thieves. The elephant turns aggressive and vicious from the misguided lessons. Recognizing where the misguidance originated from, the elephant’s keepers counter it with advice to be pleasant and polite and so the elephant remembers and is swayed to return to a calm disposition.

The Banyan Deer

A Prime Buck offers his life for the life of a mother doe from another herd. His kindness and sacrifice is rewarded with life and protect.

The Princes and the Water-Sprite

When competition and greed can spur radical change, good ethics and a shared sense of equity can prevail.

The King’s White Elephant

This story reeks of endowed privilege. In a positive sense, however, the white elephant was true to a fostering environment and was awarded.

The Ox Who Envied the Pig

Be worried when someone gives you a lot. They will eventually want something valuable in return.

Granny’s Blackie

Youngsters are hungry to help and keen enough to recognize good, bad, and indifferent. Give them the reward of hard work that they seek.

The Crab and the Cane

Fish are dumb. Crabs don’t get taken advantage of.

Why the Owl is Not King of the Birds

A contentious and distrusting base that’s has the power to appoint is not a way to  make good group decisions

Bibliography:

Ellen C. Babbitt, The Jakata Tales