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501 Elepha|        that time on Girly-face was tame and as good as ever an Elephant
502 PbNote| distinguish these legends and they teach many wholesome lessons,
503 Sprite|          right," he said. And with tears he kissed them on the foreheads
504 PbNote|           of his pardoners when he tells the tale of "the Ryotoures
505 Wise  |         will eat the freshly grown tender shoots. Those who go before
506 PbNote|        priceless Pearl, in the New Testament. The tale of the Measures
507 PbNote|           be preached from them as texts." ~
508       | than
509 White |            it would be well again.~Thankful for the cure, the Elephant
510 Quails|            getting his net off the thorns and he went home empty-handed.
511       | throughout
512 Sandy |            them to drink. They had thrown away the water that was
513 Quails|           The next time the fowler throws a net over you, each of
514 Turtle|          what the old man said, he thrust out his head and asked: "
515       | Thus
516 Ox    |         bring your Ox, and we will tie a hundred wagons in a line
517 Granny|            put the silver in a bag tied around Blackie's neck.~Then
518 Rabbit|                    IX~THE FOOLISH, TIMID RABBIT~ONCE upon a time,
519 Mercha|            he 'll give some little tin dish."~"Call him, then,
520 Crocod|          that you do not answer me to-night?"~"Oh," said the stupid
521 White |       Other times he brought their tools for them. And the carpenters
522 Crocod|            into the tree.~From the topmost branches he called down
523 Birds |         BIRDS~WHY is it that Crows torment the Owls as they sleep in
524 Granny|       instead of two, he would not touch the money at all. He stood
525 Wise  |            grass that has not been touched. The water will be clean.
526       | Toward
527 Deer  |            him, day after day.~The townspeople did not like this for while
528 Mercha|         door-steps, and bought, or traded, with them.~In one house
529 Crocod|            You have caught me in a trap this time," said the Monkey. "
530 Sandy |          up a flag on the well for travelers to see. ~At sundown, they
531 Ox    |            man said: "I will never treat you badly again. I am sorry
532 Crocod|         When the Crocodile saw the trick the Monkey had played on
533 Wise  |            all wet. Drops of water trickled down over their faces just
534 PbNote|          Jataka Tales contain deep truths, and are calculated to impress
535 Sandy |           ground. At last he saw a tuft of grass. "There must be
536 Sprite|          give her the boon.~On the twenty-first birthday of the Sun Prince
537 Deer  |          they had been hit once or twice they would drop down dead.~
538 Elepha|         and days Girly-face was so ugly that no one dared go near.
539 PbNote|      handed down orally, and it is uncertain when they were put together
540 For   |         glad that Miss Babbitt has undertaken to put together this collection,
541       | unless
542 PbNote|          tales, or by Chaucer, who unwittingly puts a Jataka story into
543 White |          so much for me, I must be useful to them."~So after that
544 Ox    |                                    V~THE OX WHO WON THE FORFEIT~
545 PbNote|   importance of a true estimate of values. The tale of the Banyan
546 PbNote|          which have appeared under various guises throughout the centuries,
547 Sandy |                                    VI~THE SANDY ROAD~ONCE upon
548 Quails|                                    VII~THE QUARREL OF THE QUAILS~
549 Rice  |                                    VIII~THE MEASURE OF RICE~AT one
550 Wise  |           across the desert to the villages beyond. You come dripping
551 Stop  |            the Geese came again to visit the Turtle and they became
552 Rabbit|            them, for they knew the voice of the King of Beasts, and
553 Wise  |         home with his followers to wait for the night to come.~The
554 Elepha|         the house kill any one who wakens. A robber must not be afraid
555 Sandy |         all be lost!"~On and on he walked, keeping close watch of
556 Crocod|          the Crocodile. "My mother wants Monkey-heart to eat, and
557 Mercha|          money he had, and all his wares. "Give me but eight pennies,"
558 White |             They pulled it out and washed the sore carefully so that
559 Sandy |          get enough, and then they watered the oxen, and bathed. ~Then
560 Wise  |        Then when we were faint and weak they might have put an end
561 Birds |           that's the cross look he wears when he is happy, how will
562 Elepha|     robbers were caught here a few weeks ago. They had met in the
563 Wise  |       Those who go before will dig wells from which we shall drink.
564 Wise  |            put mud on the carriage wheels, hung water-lilies and wet
565 Ox    |         him and said: "Why did you whip me to-day? You never whipped
566 Crocod|           bank of the river than - whisk! up he ran into the tree.~
567 Crocod|         quickly to the bank. Up he whisked into his tree.~When the
568       | whole
569 PbNote|        legends and they teach many wholesome lessons, among them the
570       | whom
571       | whose
572 Wise  |          this desert there lived a wicked demon. This demon saw the
573 PbNote|           the "Birth-stories" were widely known in the third century
574 Quails|        happened, and the next. His wife was angry because he did
575 Stop  |          foot of a hill. Two young wild Geese, looking for food,
576 Stop  |             How could I? I have no wings," said the Turtle.~"Oh,
577 Quails|          together in a forest. The wisest of them all was their leader.~
578 Crocod|         tree on the river bank. He wishes to go across the river to
579 Crane |          the Crane went on, "I was wishing I might do something for
580 Crocod|         into the water."~"Put your wits to work, and you'll find
581 Ox    |                       V~THE OX WHO WON THE FORFEIT~LONG ago a man
582 Sprite|        came along in the form of a woodsman.~"You seem tired, Friend,"
583 Wise  |        made the clothes the demons wore and their hair all wet.
584 Mercha|              You said the bowl was worthless, but another merchant has
585 Deer  |         are being killed. Many are wounded besides those who are killed.
586 Wise  |                                    X~THE WISE AND THE FOOLISH
587 Elepha|                                    XI~THE ELEPHANT GIRLY-FACE~
588 Deer  |                                    XII~THE BANYAN DEER~THERE was
589 Sprite|                                    XIII~THE PRINCES AND THE WATER-SPRITE~
590 White |                                    XIV~THE KING'S WHITE ELEPHANT~
591 Pig   |                                    XV~THE OX WHO ENVIED THE PIG~
592 Granny|                                    XVI~GRANNY'S BLACKIE~ONCE upon
593 Crane |                                    XVII~THE CRAB AND THE CRANE~IN
594 Birds |                                    XVIII~WHY THE OWL IS NOT KING
595 Pig   |           on eating plain food for years, but the poor little Pig
596 Sandy |           same place where we were yesterday. The oxen must have turned
597 Sandy |           we shall be in the city. Yoke the oxen and start on."~
598 Sandy |          they split up their extra yokes and axles, and built a fire,
599 Wise  |             those men told us that yonder was the beginning of a great
600 Sprite|        king, "Great King, when our youngest child was born you said
601       | yourself
602       | yourselves