Reading Notes: Babbitt Part A

 

Reading source: Jataka Tales

Title: Jataka Tales

Author: Ellen C. Babbitt
Illustrator: Ellsworth Young
Year: 1912

The Monkey and the Crocodile:

The monkey lived in a tree. Croc wanted the monkey's heart. The crocodile's mom told the young croc to use his wits to capture the monkey. The croc offered the monkey a ride on his back. The monkey wanted fruit from the island so he agreed. The crocodile took the monkey underwater and tried to drown him. The monkey asked why and the croc said his mom wanted a monkey's heart. The monkey replied that he didn't bring his heart with him. He climbed up the tree and hid from the croc saying, "my heart is way up here come and get it." The monkey saw there was a rock but the crocodile was laying on it. So he called out 
"hello rock? why do you not answer me" and so the crocodile felt stupid. He needed to respond for the rock, the crocodile admitted it was him after the monkey figured it out. The monkey told the croc to open his mouth and let him crawl inside it. The monkey played a trick on the crocodile and ran away. 

The Quarrel of the Quails:

Quails were being captured in a net and taken to town. The leader yelled at the other quails that the next time they got captured they should poke their heads through the net and fly away. The man who caught them saw them flying away and realized they would begin to quarrel and when this happened he could catch them again. The quails began to fight each other and bump into each other. He was able to get them there.