Reading Notes: Twenty Jataka Tales, Part A
I really liked that the monkey king thought the best way to rule was to love. I think that there are conflicting ideas about whether fear or love is the best way for a king/queen to control. I could write a story of two kingdoms showing these opposite methods of rule. They would clash, and I'd show how one is superior to the other.
The second story had a somewhat similar theme. It impressed me that the king actually listened to a commoner that he would not normally respect. I thought that the king should have asked the dog chief to stay with him and be his advisor. The dog seemed smarter than the king. I could write an extension to this story where the dog remains in the palace and helps the king as an equal instead of a pet.
I think the lesson of talking too much is one that many people need to learn. I think I'd like to write about a king who is cursed with being mute. He would see how much more he learned from listening when he could not speak. Once he realized this, the curse would be reversed, but he would remain a man of few words.
I didn't understand why the golden goose did not explain to his family that he was the father/husband who had left them. I also did not understand why he did not stay with them. If I wrote about this story, I'd either have the father confess his identity or have the goose be of no relation to the family. Either way, I'd give the family and goose a happy ending.
I thought it was interesting that all the king of the fish had to do for it to rain was quietly speak to Queen Rain. I'm considering writing about a town which was going through a drought. Many people would curse at the cloudless sky or cry in despair, but one woman would simply speak kindly to the entity of rain and ask that it cover her town. And the rain would answer.
Bibliography: Twenty Jataka Tales by Noor Inayat
Image Information: Dog, Source: Pixabay
The second story had a somewhat similar theme. It impressed me that the king actually listened to a commoner that he would not normally respect. I thought that the king should have asked the dog chief to stay with him and be his advisor. The dog seemed smarter than the king. I could write an extension to this story where the dog remains in the palace and helps the king as an equal instead of a pet.
I think the lesson of talking too much is one that many people need to learn. I think I'd like to write about a king who is cursed with being mute. He would see how much more he learned from listening when he could not speak. Once he realized this, the curse would be reversed, but he would remain a man of few words.
I didn't understand why the golden goose did not explain to his family that he was the father/husband who had left them. I also did not understand why he did not stay with them. If I wrote about this story, I'd either have the father confess his identity or have the goose be of no relation to the family. Either way, I'd give the family and goose a happy ending.
I thought it was interesting that all the king of the fish had to do for it to rain was quietly speak to Queen Rain. I'm considering writing about a town which was going through a drought. Many people would curse at the cloudless sky or cry in despair, but one woman would simply speak kindly to the entity of rain and ask that it cover her town. And the rain would answer.
Bibliography: Twenty Jataka Tales by Noor Inayat
Image Information: Dog, Source: Pixabay
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