Week
4 Reading Diary:
Jataka Tales’ Reading B:
·
Golden
Goose, the goose has an idea to give the woman and her
two children some of his golden feathers to the family, so that they could sell
them to make money and live in comfort. The goose was doing his good deed over
and over, but the mother become greedy and plucked off all of his feathers, in
which the feathers turned white and no value.
·
The
Stupid Monkeys, this story has a message of trusting
someone to do something simple and they do it, but do not do it in a proper
manner, in which they actually mess it all up. The monkey had a simple task of
watering the trees, but did not know when they had given the trees enough water
for them to live, so they pulled them up and they ended up dying.
·
The
Cunning Wolf, the wolf, who is usually the tricky
character is actually the victim of this story, but uses his intelligence to
get him out of the complicated situation brought his way by the dangerous man.
·
The
Woodpecker and the Lion, the woodpecker was brave enough
and had enough integrity to help the lion get the bone out of his mouth, even
though he was putting his life on line. He wanted help from the lion, but the
lion refused since he spared the woodpecker’s life. This made the woodpecker
realize he could not trust the lion ever again.
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