Reading Notes: Inayat. Twenty Jataka Tales Part B

For todays reading I read the second part of Inayat's Twenty Jaka Tales. These stories continued in the trend of the others. They usually have a lesson and theme to them. This theme is usally taought through animals. One story I liked was The Quarrelsome Quails. This story tells of how the birds must always work together. As long as they work together they will always be able to escape the net. The bird king tells them that if they fight and do not work together they will die. This eventually happens and two birds begin to fight. The king and those who heeded his warning left. The fighting birds were captured as well as those around them. The message being to stand strong and work together. This story is short and impactful. This leaves a lot of room open to create my own unique story. I can writa story about a group of people that must wor together to survive. When they stop working together, this leads to their demise. I could see this story taking place in a modern, desperate survival situation. Another story i enjoyed was "The end of the world". This story tells the story of a small mouse that has a piece of fruit fall on his head. The mouse panicks and sets of a chain reaction of all the animals panicking over nothing. I like the message of rationale thought an not getting caught up things.

The sky is falling
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Title: Twenty Jataka Tales
Author: Noor Inayat (Khan)

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