- the lesson: the tall strong pine is a great help, for with its support the weak vine may climb as high
- this Khuden tigers kinda funny
- I GUESS I'll eat you, but you're kind of pitiful. Who are you again?
- he got scared of the frog and ran away
The Cony Who Got into Bad Company.
- a cony = rabbit
- the lesson: if you are without kindness, you will meet no kindness in return
- there was a rabbit and a rat who was friends with a lama
- they decided to steal stuff from him and were caught by him and had their ears and whiskers cut off
- the rat tried to get its king to get revenge, but the king of conies knew the truth and denied to help
- the king of conies then told the cony that it should not hang out with rats because they have always been thieving folk
The Story of the Donkey and the Rock.
- the lesson: between iron and brass there is union if the welding is skillful
- there were two men who worked to take care of their mothers
- one day, the man with the donkey accidentally knocked over the other man's pot of oil
- they brought the issue to the king
- which decided to hold a trial for the donkey and rock
- people came to see and were forced to pay money
- in the end, the man who lost is oil was paid back and no one was sentenced for the incident
How the Fox Fell a Victim to His Own Deceit.
- the lesson: between the official and his people is confidence if the headman is skillful
- there was a tiger with a son
- she found a calf and a fox to be his friends
- after she died, she told them to always be friends
- the fox, however, was jealous of the calf and wanted to get him out of the picture
- he told the tiger and the calf individually that the other was going to kill them
- they found out and killed the fox
The Ingratitude of Man.
- the lesson: whatever you have promised make it not as changeable as a loop in a string, but as firm as a line on a crack
- there was a man, a crow, a rat, and a snake who were friends
- they fell down in a hole in the road and were rescued by the traveler
- the crow wanted to repay the traveler by giving him the queen's necklace
- the rescued man betrayed the traveler by turning him in to the king and saying he stole the necklace
- the traveler was imprisoned and then saved by the snake
Covetousness.
- the lesson: as hail leads rain, so a quarrel leads relatives apart
- in the mountains, there was a pool where all the animals drank
- a hunter set a trap and killed a bear
- a fox came along and accidentally killed himself on the hunter's bow
- an elephant then thought he could jump like a rabbit and needed up killing himself
- everyone just died in this story...
The Wise Carpenter.
- the lesson: for men there is no hope, except to find happiness in the worship of the gods
- i didn't really like this story
The Story of Drashup and the Goddesses.
- the lesson: in birth and death there is no fear, and in fear there is no doubt
- a man named drashup lived alone because all of his family was dead
- some goddesses foretold that a baby girl that was just born would die eating the shoulder of a sheep and that drashup would marry her
- he overheard them and was angered
- he went to the girl and tried to kill her
- he met her later on and fell in love with her
- and her fate continued as they said
From "The Story of Drashup and the Goddesses"
Source: UN-Textbook.
The Man and the Ghost.
- the lesson: as you desire the sun, so you desire your friend's return
- there was a man walking and he saw the ghost
- the ghost passed through the water without making a sound and was confused as to why he was making so much noise
- the two became good friends
- the ghost stole the soul of the king's son and put it in the sack
- the man disguised himself as a holy lama with the bag and healed the king's son, granting himself riches
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