Reading Notes: Indian Fairy Tales (Part A)
Indian Fairy Tales
Bibliography: Indian Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs myth-folklore-unit-indian-fairy-tales.html
A lion was eating a bone and it got stuck in this throat so it started swelling. A nearby crane noticed. The can said he could take the bone out of the lions throat but he was scared that the lion would try and eat him. The lion promised not to so the crane agreed to do it. He did it and was successful and safe.
A man begged for rice and after a while he was able to collect a pot full of it. He thought that if there was ever a famine he could sell the rice and make money. He also intended on buying a goat and letting it have children to make a herd of goats. With the goats he planned to buy a cow and sell the calves ignorer to buy a buffalo. And with the buffaloes he will buy meres, horses, and eventually gold. With the gold he intends to buy a large house. And with this large house he will gain a wife who has a sone. He said he would tell the wife to get the child and she could not listen so he would kick her and he pretended to kick his foot but ended up kicking the pot of rice.
There was a crane and he lived by a pond where there were fish, the crane thought he must out smart these fish. The crane said he was thinking about the fish because the water ran out in the pond. the fish agreed that they did not know what to do. The crane said that he could put them into his beak and carry them to a larger pond. The fish trusted the crane and agreed to go with him. The crane took all the fish and ate them all. After he was done there was still a crab left The crab agreed to go and caught hold of the cranes neck. The crane turned away from the pond and told the crab he was going to eat him. the crab out smarted the crane and cut his neck with his claw so the crane died and the crab lived in the pond.
Comments
Post a Comment