Reading Jataka Tails Part B

Granny's Blackie

  • there was an old grandma, known as Granny to the town, who owned a baby elephant 
  • all the children were very fond of this elephant 
  • one day the elephant wanted to go to the woods, but granny said she had too much work to do
  • realizing she was aging, the elephant sought out to work to get money
  • the elephant goes up to the woods and finds a man who was struggling 
  • there were so many wagons that were too heavy that the man's oxen could not drag them through the river
  • when the man saw the elephant he thought to ask him for his help in exchange for money
  • the man told the elephant that he would pay him two silver pieces for each wagon drawn
  • once the work was finished, the man only paid the elephant one silver piece per wagon
  • seeing that the elephant noticed, the elephant stood in the river and blocked the man and his wagons from going anywhere until he was paid
  • the ma, caught in his unfairness, paid the elephant
  • the elephant took the money back to granny and she was elated


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