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Reading source: Jataka Tales
Title: Jataka Tales
Author: Ellen C. Babbitt
Illustrator: Ellsworth Young
Year: 1912
The king had an elephant named girly-face. The elephant was so gentle and kind and that's how the name was earned. There were robbers one night and they awoke girly-face. The robbers talked about how they would kill anyone who woke up. Girly-face thought, the men were teaching him how to act. So he showed no mercy. Girly-face killed people whenever they came to him. No one would go near girly-face because he was so ugly now. The king heard of this and sent his men to see what had ailed his beloved girly-face.
He realized that girly-face must've heard some bad men talking. The king realized girly-face needed some positive influences. He told them to send good men to talk near him so that girly-face would have good influences. So the good men went and talked about how killing is wrong in front of girly-face. Girlyface realized what he had done wrong and learned from the men. After that he was the best elephant ever.
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