Reading Notes: Babbitt's Jataka Tales Part A

Quite a few of these stories were the same as the Jataka tales we read before, but there were also plenty of new ones. The on I enjoyed the most was a story of a golden bowl. In it, there were two merchants who would travel to different towns, agreeing to split the towns into their own respective areas. The first merchant was very greedy, and came upon an old lady and little girl who were dirt poor. To make the little girl happy, the old lady offered an old bowl from her late husband in trade, not knowing it was made of gold. The merchant realized he could get it for nothing with a little bit of acting, so he said it was worthless, dropped it in the dirt and walked off. Seeing that the greedy merchant had already been down this street, the nice merchant decided to try and sell his wares here. He came upon the old lady and realized her bowl was gold and gave her all his wares for it, left town and sold it for a very large sum. The greedy merchant came back later to offer a small sum to the old lady only to find that the nice merchant had already gotten the bowl.

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Golden Bowl




Bibliography
Title: Jataka Tales
Author: Ellen C. Babbitt
Illustrator: Ellsworth Young
Year: 1912

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