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Reading Notes: Fables of Bidpai
Based on the introduction, flip a story to be like taking this class. Thousands of books and stories to be read and not a single person can read them all. So a class is assigned to read them and even they can't read them all. It took 20 years of different classes to complete the work.
Rustic and Nightingale:
Being rewarded for stopping a menacing behavior. (Not very interesting)
The King, the Falcon, and the Drinking-Cup:
a character with a companion (think animal) that saves his life twice from poison but is killed by his master. Master learns of poison and drinks the water to be with animal
The Two Travelers:
a story about bravery versus cowardly personalities (rewards bravery)
Poor Man, Rich Man, Young Man:
3 part stories of each man
poor: aspirations for future development
rich: disregards the poor and ends up poor
young: aspires to be lazy and cared for and withers away only to realize mistakes
The Merchant and His Iron:
man lends iron, iron is eaten by rats, sparrow hawk eats rats, man tells sparrow eats boy, offers to return boy for lost iron.
Gardener, Farmer, Tyrant:
-The Gardener and the Bear
Better to have a wise enemy than a foolish friend.
Think of a funny and short story that replicates this.
Use the fly as a good analogy as the wise enemy.
-The other stories did not spark any interest for stories.
The King, the Hermit, and the Two Princes:
sons fights for wealth of their father, father keeps is from them, one learns of the spoils going dry and the other learns of nobility fand unselfish livelihood. Flip this into something more modern like trust fund kids and oil money. The father needs a person to give the money to until then.
Three Stories about Apes:
1) Don't mess with other's business
2) Smart bird pesters the foolish apes, ends up dead.
3) Greedy hog overlooks his manners as a guest.
The Ass, the Lion, and the Fox:
a very interesting read, but I'm not too sure what it entirely means just yet. I will need to reflect more upon the story to grasp the full theme.
Bibliography:
Author: Maude Barrows DuttonWork: The Tortoise and the Geese and Other Fables of Bidpai
Link: http://mythfolklore.blogspot.com/search/label/Unit%3A%20Bidpai
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