The second half of the reading of the Jataka Tales (Babbitt) by Ellen
Babbit were very similar to the first half because they kept with the animal
and teaching theme. The Golden
Goose and The Foolhardy Wolf were
closely related because they both had greedy characters in them. I think it
would be so cool if there was such thing as a golden goose! Both stories had
characters who had everything going for them, but they just weren’t happy
enough. They’re similar to how many people act today… always searching for the
next best thing! In the end though both of their plans back fire and leave them
wishing they had just been happy with what they had. I also was shocked because I wasn’t expecting the wolf to be killed by the elephant in the story! I related
well to The Stupid Monkeys story
because I am a firm believer in if you want something done right you do it
yourself. I don’t think the monkey’s intentionally killed all of the trees, but
the king should have known better than leave them with the task of watering all
of his plants. I really enjoyed the story called The Elephant and the Dog
because I loved how the animals were such good friends. I may use their
relationship together in my storytelling for this week. I also liked how the
story had a happy ending with the dog being able to return to the elephant.
Maybe I could tell the story through the elephants diary and describe how he
felt when his friend was taken away from him.
(Illustration of The Elephant and the Dog
Source: UnTextbook)
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