Similar to More Jataka Tales written by Ellen C. Babbitt, Twenty Jataka Tales features a few different stories as well as some previously written by Babbitt.
The Tortoise and the Geese
Two geese who were
friends of the tortoise wanted to take him on a trip. Both geese held a stick between them and the
tortoise held on to the stick with his mouth.
When they were flying in the air the tortoise heard children laughing
and yelled with anger. He fell onto the
palace grounds and broke his shell.
The Guilty Dogs
A king’s royal chariot was ruined due to his dogs chewing on
the leather straps. He ordered that all
dogs in his city were to be killed except his own. A chief dog from the city found a solution to
opening the king’s eyes of his royal dogs’ wrong doing.
The Golden Feathers
Is a similar to Ellen C. Babbit’s The Golden Goose. However,
this story is much grim. The father is able to help bring fortune to his
family. He turns into a goose with
golden feathers, but his wife becomes filled with greed.
Bibliography: Twenty Jataka Tales retold by Noor Inayat
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