Reading Notes: Inayat Twenty Jataka Tales Part A
Characters: King Brahmadatta Plot: - the monkeys enjoy their tree and pluck the fruit to eat it - they are warned not to drop any fruit into the river or men will come to find the fruit - fruit is dropped into the river and carried down - the King I was taken by the delicious fruit and sends a boat of men to find the tree - the King orders his men to kill the monkeys in the tree and eat them - the chief monkey allows all of his follower to escape by crawling over his back - the chief is injured but in doing so King B is amazed and follows after the chief by ruling with love - dogs ruin the trappings of the royal chariot - the king wants all of the dogs killed - the chief dog goes to the king to convince him only to kill the guilty dogs - the chief proves it is the royal dogs that ruined the trappings - the king spares the other dogs - geese tell an old tortoise about a golden cave they have - they offer to help the tortoise get there since he has no wings - they te...