Week 11: Reading Notes B- Jataka



The lion in bad company


                                                                     Image Details: Image, Source: Pixabay

There was once a young lion who met a wolf in the woods. Since the wolf was not able to escape the lion, he flatters the lion and pledges him his loyalty. This impresses the lion and he takes the wolf home with him even though he warned not to make friends with a wolf. The lion’s father tells his son that he doesn’t approved his choice of friend, but the young lion refused to listen to him. The wolf wants to eat horse-flesh, so he convinces the lion that they should go hunt horses for their meat. The lion is hesitant, but the wolf convinces him to go hunting near the river bank where the horses lived. At first, the lion caught a small pony and took its body back to his den.

The lion’s father is disappointed with his son’s behavior as the ponies belong to the king and that he will get into trouble by the kings and his archers. However, the lion begins to enjoy the taste of horse meant and begins to kill more ponies. The king hears of the lions actions and built a tank inside the town. However, the lions killed the ponies when they bathed in the tank. Then, the king places the ponies inside the stables, but he lion manages to kill them again. Fed up with the lion’s action, the king hires an archer to kill the lion. When the wolf and lion go to kill the horses, the wolf stays behind to see what would happen to the lion. As the lion sprang over the wall, the archer shot an arrow at him. The wolf is content with himself as after the lion dies, he can go back home in the woods.

This was a very interesting story as we see the clear deception between the lion and the wolf. The wolf pleases the lion, only to turn his back on him and deceive him even though the lion called the wolf his friend. Even though the lion was not the noblest character, he was very loyal to their friendship. When the lion’s parents tell him that wolves are not good characters, he should have listened to them as he would have been able to save himself.


Bibliography: Babbitt, Ellen C. "The Lion in Bad Company."

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Introduction of a Future Psychologist

Image
Hi everyone! My Name is Rachana Rajala. I was born in Saskatoon, Canada; however, both of my parents are from India, particularly from a region known as Andhra Pradesh. I moved to the United States when I was two years and have been in Oklahoma since then. I am a currently a Senior at the University of Oklahoma. I am a psychology major and I am hoping to be a clinical psychologist who specializes in developmental and behavioral psychology. I think that the best class that I took last semester was a cognitive psychology course because it was really interesting and actually had to do something with my major. My biggest accomplishment was probably giving a five minute speech in one of my classes last semester. Since I was a kid,  I have had terrible social anxiety and have hated public speaking. However, last semester I was able to compose myself and be able to give a somewhat decent speech, so that would be my biggest accomplishment. Over the winter break I really didn't do any
Read more

Week Story 5: Sita's exile

Image
                                                                    Image Details: Sita, Source: Wikimedia It was a foggy Friday morning. Lakshmana and I had to leave early in the morning so that the tabloids wouldn’t see us sneaking out of the house. He came into my room last night and told me that I had to leave with Lakshmana in the morning to go meet some constituents that could help him in the election. “Why me? Why not send Hanuman?” I looked at Rama intently. He never sent me anywhere by myself and especially after the rumors about the affair; we decided it would be better if I didn’t make any public appearances for some time. Rama ran his fingers through his hair, “I need Hanuman here, Sita. He needs to rally up the rest of our followers for the speech. Besides, the people adore you. Maybe not right now, but you need to show them that you are stronger than this.” He looked up at me and I could see tears in his eyes. I never saw him cry, even when his father told h
Read more

Comment Wall

Image
I have created a Storybook on the new google sites. I plan on doing a storybook about the one of the most ill-fated hero's of the Mahabharata, Karna.                                                                   Image Details: Karna, Source: Wikimedia Here is the link .
Read more