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Jataka Tales - Ellen C Babbitt · Rainbow Valley

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  Speaker 1: Publisher's note of Jataka Tales. This is a LibriVox recording.
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  Speaker 1: All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more
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  Speaker 1: Tales by Ellen C. Babbitt Publisher's Note. The Jatakas or
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  Speaker 1: birth stories, form one of the sacred books of the
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  Speaker 1: Buddhists and relate to the adventures of the Buddha in
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  Speaker 1: his former existences, the best character in any story being
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  Speaker 1: identified with the Master. These legends were continually introduced into
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  Speaker 1: the religious discourses of the Buddhist teachers to illustrate the
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  Speaker 1: doctrines of their faith or to magnify the glory and
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  Speaker 1: sanctity of the Buddha, somewhat as medieval preachers in Europe
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  Speaker 1: used to enliven their sermons by introducing fables and popular
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  Speaker 1: tales to rouse the flagging interest of their hearers. Sculptured
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  Speaker 1: scenes from the Jatakas found upon the carved railings around
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  Speaker 1: the relic shrines of Sanchi and Amaravati and of Bahrut
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  Speaker 1: indicate that the birth stories were widely known in the
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  Speaker 1: third century BC, and were then considered as part of
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  Speaker 1: the sacred history of the religion. At first, the tales
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  Speaker 1: were probably handed down orally, and it is uncertain when
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  Speaker 1: they were put together in a systematic form. While some
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  Speaker 1: of the stories are Buddhistic and depend for their point
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  Speaker 1: on some custom or idea peculiar to Buddhism, many are
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  Speaker 1: age old fables, the flotsam and jetsam of folklore, which
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  Speaker 1: have appeared under various guisers throughout the centuries, as when
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  Speaker 1: they were used by Bercaccio or Poggio merely as merry tales,
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  Speaker 1: or by Chaucer, who unwittingly put such a tarka story
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  Speaker 1: into the mouth of his partners when he tells the
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  Speaker 1: tale of the Rioters. Three quaint humour and gentle earnestness
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  Speaker 1: distinguished these legends, and they teach many wholesome lessons, among
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  Speaker 1: them the duty of kindness to animals. Felix Adler, in
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  Speaker 1: his Moral Instruction of Children, says the Jataka tales contain
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  Speaker 1: deep truths and are calculated to impress lessons of great
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  Speaker 1: moral beauty. The tale of the merchant of Serre, who
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  Speaker 1: gave up all that he had in exchange for a
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  Speaker 1: golden dish, embodies much the same idea as the parable
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  Speaker 1: of the priceless pearl in the New Testament. The tale
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  Speaker 1: of the measures of Rice illustrates the importance of a
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  Speaker 1: true estimate of values. The tale of the ban Yander,
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  Speaker 1: which offered its life to save a roe and her young,
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  Speaker 1: illustrates self sacrifice of the noblest sort. The Tale of
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  Speaker 1: the Sandy Road is one of the finest in the collection.
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  Speaker 1: He adds that these tales are as everyone must admit,
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  Speaker 1: nobly conceived, lofty in meaning, and many a helpful sermon
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  Speaker 1: might be preached from them as texts. End of publisher's note.
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  Speaker 1: Recording by Lucas Boulding.
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  Speaker 2: by Ellen C.
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  Speaker 3: Babbitt.
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  Speaker 2: The Monkey and the Crocodile, Part one. A monkey lived
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  Speaker 2: in a great tree on a river bank, and the
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  Speaker 2: river there were many crocodiles. A crocodile watched the monkeys
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  Speaker 2: for a long time, and one day she said to
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  Speaker 2: her son, my son, get me one of those monkeys.
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  Speaker 2: I want the heart of a monkey to eat. How
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  Speaker 2: am I to catch a monkey, asked the little crocodile.
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  Speaker 2: I do not travel on land, and the monkey does
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  Speaker 2: not go into the water. Put your wits to work
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  Speaker 2: and you'll find a way, said the mother, And the
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  Speaker 2: little crocodile thought and thought. At last he said to himself,
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  Speaker 2: I know what I'll do. I'll get that monkey that
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  Speaker 2: lives in a big tree on the river bank. He
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  Speaker 2: wishes to go across the river to the island where
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  Speaker 2: the fruit is so ripe. So the crocodile swam to
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  Speaker 2: the tree where the monkey lived. But he was a
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  Speaker 2: stupid crocodile. Oh, monkey, he called, come with me over
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  Speaker 2: to the island where the fruit is so ripe. How
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  Speaker 2: can I go with you? Asked the monkey. I do
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  Speaker 2: not swim, no, but I do. I will take you
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  Speaker 2: over on my back, said the crocodile. The monkey was
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  Speaker 2: greedy and wanted the ripe fruit. So we jumped down
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  Speaker 2: on the crocodile's back. Off we go, said the crocodile.
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  Speaker 2: This is a fine ride you're giving me, said the monkey.
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  Speaker 2: Do you think so well? How do you like this,
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  Speaker 2: asked the crocodile, diving. Oh, don't, cried the monkey as
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  Speaker 2: he went under the water. He was afraid to let go,
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  Speaker 2: and he did not know what to do under the water.
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  Speaker 2: When the crocodile came up, the monkey spluttered and choked.
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  Speaker 2: Why did you take me out of the water, crocodile,
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  Speaker 2: he asked, I'm going to kill you by keeping you
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  Speaker 2: under the water, answered the crocodile. My mother wants monkey
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  Speaker 2: hearts to eat, and I'm going to take yours to her.
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  Speaker 2: I wish you had told me you wanted my heart,
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  Speaker 2: said the monkey, that I might have brought it with me.
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  Speaker 2: How queer, said the stupid crocodile. Do you mean to
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  Speaker 2: say that you left your heart back there in a tree?
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  Speaker 2: That is what I mean, said the monkey. If you
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  Speaker 2: want my heart, we must go back to the tree
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  Speaker 2: and get it. But we are so near the island
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  Speaker 2: where the right fruit is. Please take me there first,
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  Speaker 2: no monkey, said the crocodile. I'll take you straight back
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  Speaker 2: to your tree. Never mind the right fruit. Get your
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  Speaker 2: heart and bring it to me at once. Then we'll
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  Speaker 2: see about going to the island. Very well, said the monkey.
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  Speaker 2: But no sooner had he jumped on to the bank
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  Speaker 2: of the river than whisk up. He ran into the
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  Speaker 2: tree from the topmost branches. He called down to the
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  Speaker 2: crocodile in the water below. My heart is way up here.
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  Speaker 2: If you want it, come for it. Come fort Part two.
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  Speaker 2: The monkey soon moved away from that tree. He wanted
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  Speaker 2: to get away from the crocodile so that he might
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  Speaker 2: live in peace, But the crocodile found him far down
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  Speaker 2: the river, living in another tree. In the middle of
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  Speaker 2: the river was an island covered with fruit trees. Half
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  Speaker 2: Way between the bank of the river and the island,
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  Speaker 2: a large rock rose out of the water. The monkey
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  Speaker 2: could jump to the rock and then to the island.
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  Speaker 2: The crocodile watched the monkey crossing from the bank of
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  Speaker 2: the river to the rock and then to the island.
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  Speaker 2: He thought to himself, the monkey will stay on the
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  Speaker 2: island all day, and I'll catch him on his way
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  Speaker 2: home at night. The monkey had a fine feast while
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  Speaker 2: the crocodile swam about watching him all day. Toward the night,
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  Speaker 2: crocodile crawled out of the water and lay on the
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  Speaker 2: rock perfectly still. When it grew dark among the trees,
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  Speaker 2: the monkey started for home. He ran down to the
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  Speaker 2: river bank, and there he stopped. What is the matter
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  Speaker 2: with the rock? The monkey thought to himself, I never
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  Speaker 2: saw it so high before. The crocodile is lying on it.
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  Speaker 2: But he went to the edge of the water and
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  Speaker 2: called Hello Roc.
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  Speaker 3: No answer.
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  Speaker 2: Then he called again Hello Roc. Three times the monkey called,
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  Speaker 2: and then he said, why is it, friend Roc, that
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  Speaker 2: you do not answer me to night? Oh, said the
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  Speaker 2: stupid crocodile to himself. The rock answers the monkey. At night,
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  Speaker 2: I'll have to answer for the rock this time, so
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  Speaker 2: he answered, yes, monkey, what is it? The monkey laughed
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  Speaker 2: and said, oh, it's you crocodile, is it? Yes, said
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  Speaker 2: the crocodile. I'm waiting here for you. I'm going to
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  Speaker 2: eat you. You have caught me in a trap this time,
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  Speaker 2: said the monkey. There is no other way for me
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  Speaker 2: to go home. Open your mouth wide so I can
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  Speaker 2: jump right in now. The monkey well knew that. The
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  Speaker 2: crocodiles opened their mouths wide they shut their eyes. While
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  Speaker 2: the crocodile lay on the rock with his mouth wide
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  Speaker 2: open his eyes shut. The monkey jumped, but not into
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  Speaker 2: his mouth. Oh No. He landed on the top of
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  Speaker 2: the crocodile's head, and then he sprang quickly to the
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  Speaker 2: bank up, he whisked into his tree. When the crocodile
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  Speaker 2: saw the trick the monkey had played on him, he said, monkey,
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  Speaker 2: you have great cunning. You know no fear. I'll let
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  Speaker 2: you alone after this. Thank you, crocodile. But I shall
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  Speaker 2: be on the watch tree just the same, said the monkey.
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  Speaker 4: Chapter two of jet Cartails. This is a Liberal Walks recording.
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  Speaker 4: Chapter two, How the turtle saved his own life. A
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  Speaker 4: king once had a lake made in the courtyard for
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  Speaker 4: the young princess to play in. They swam about in
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  Speaker 4: it and sailed their boats and rafts on it. One day,
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  Speaker 4: the king told them he had asked the men to
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  Speaker 4: put some fishes into the lake. Off the boys ran
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  Speaker 4: to see the fishes. Now along the fishes there was
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  Speaker 4: a turtle. The boys were delighted with the fishes, but
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  Speaker 4: they had never seen a turtle, and they were afraid
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  Speaker 4: of it, Thinking it was a demon. They ran back
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  Speaker 4: to their father, crying, there is a demon on the
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  Speaker 4: bank of the lake. The king ordered his men to
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  Speaker 4: catch the demon and to bring it to the palace.
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  Speaker 4: When the turtle was brought in, the boys cried and
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  Speaker 4: ran away. The king was very fond of his sons,
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  Speaker 4: so he ordered the men who had brought the turtle
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  Speaker 4: to kill it. How shall we kill it, they asked,
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  Speaker 4: Pound it to powder, said some one. Bake it in
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  Speaker 4: hot coals, said another. So one plan after another was
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  Speaker 4: spoken of. Then an old man, who had always been
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  Speaker 4: afraid of the water, said, throw the king into the
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  Speaker 4: lake where it flows out over the rocks into the river.
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  Speaker 4: Then it will surely be killed. When the turtle heard
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  Speaker 4: what the old man said, he thrust out his head
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  Speaker 4: and asked, friend, what have I done that you should
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  Speaker 4: do such a dreadful thing as that to me. The
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  Speaker 4: other plans were bad enough, but to throw me in
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  Speaker 4: the lake. Don't speak of such a cruel thing. When
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  Speaker 4: the king heard what the turtle said, he told his
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  Speaker 4: men to take the turtle at once and throw it
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  Speaker 4: into the lake. The turtle laughed to himself as he
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  Speaker 4: slid away down the river to his old home. Good.
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  Speaker 4: He said, those people do not know how safe I
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  Speaker 4: am in the water. End of chapter two recording by
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  Speaker 5: Chapter three of Shattaka tells. This is a LibriVox recording.
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  Speaker 5: by ethelboos Jataka tells by Ailin C. Bobbittt. Chapter three,
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  Speaker 5: The Merchant of SII. There was once a merchant of
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  Speaker 5: SII who sold bread and timware. He went from town
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  Speaker 5: to town and company with another man who also sold
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  Speaker 5: bress and timware. The second man was greedy, getting all
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  Speaker 5: he could for nothing, and giving as little as he
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  Speaker 5: could for what he bought. When they went into a town,
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  Speaker 5: they divided the streets between them. Each man went up
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  Speaker 5: and down the streets he had chosen, calling timware for sale,
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  Speaker 5: brass for sale. People came out to their doorsteps and
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  Speaker 5: bought or traded with them. In one house there lived
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  Speaker 5: a poor old woman and her granddaughter. The family had
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  Speaker 5: once been rich, but now the only thing they had
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  Speaker 5: left of all their riches was a golden bowl. The
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  Speaker 5: grandmother did not know it was a golden bowl, but
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  Speaker 5: she had this because her husband used to eat out
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  Speaker 5: of it. In the old days, it stood on a
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  Speaker 5: shelf among the other pots and pants, and was not
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  Speaker 5: often use it. The greedy merchiont passed this house, calling,
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  Speaker 5: buy my water jars, buy my pants. The granddaughter said, oh, grandmother,
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  Speaker 5: do you buy something for me? My dear, said the
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  Speaker 5: old woman, We are too poor to buy anything. I
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  Speaker 5: have not anything to trade, even, grand mother, see what
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  Speaker 5: the merchant will give for the old bowl. We do
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  Speaker 5: not use that, and perhaps he will take it and
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  Speaker 5: give us something we want for it. The old woman
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  Speaker 5: called the merchant and showed him the bowl, saying, we
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  Speaker 5: will take this, sir, and give the little girl here
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  Speaker 5: something for it. The greedy man took the bowl and
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  Speaker 5: scratched it its side with a needle. Thus he found
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  Speaker 5: that it was a golden bowl. He hoped he could
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  Speaker 5: get it for nothing, so he said, what is this worth?
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  Speaker 5: Not even a halfpenny? He threw the bowl on the
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  Speaker 5: ground and went away. By and by the other merchant
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  Speaker 5: passed the house, for it was agreed that each martian
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  Speaker 5: might go through any street which the other had left.
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  Speaker 5: He called, buy my water jars, buy my tinware, buy
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  Speaker 5: my breasts. The little girl heard him and begged her
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  Speaker 5: grandmother to see what he would give for the bow.
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  Speaker 5: My child, said the grandmother. The merchant, who was just here,
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  Speaker 5: threw the bowl on the ground and went away. I
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  Speaker 5: have nothing else to offer in trade, but grandmother, said
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  Speaker 5: the girl, that was a cross man. This one looks pleasant.
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  Speaker 5: Ask him perhaps he will give some little tin dish.
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  Speaker 5: Call him then, and show it to him, said the
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  Speaker 5: old woman. As soon as the merchant took the bowl
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  Speaker 5: in his hands, he knew it was gold. He said,
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  Speaker 5: all that I have here is not worth so much
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  Speaker 5: as this bowl. It's a golden bowl. I am not
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  Speaker 5: rich enough to buy it. But sir, a merchant who
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  Speaker 5: passed here a few months ago, threw it on the ground,
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  Speaker 5: saying it was not worth a half penny, and he
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  Speaker 5: went away, said the grandmother. It was worth nothing to him.
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  Speaker 5: If you value it, take it, giving the little girl
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  Speaker 5: some dish she likes for it. But the merchant would
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  Speaker 5: not have it. So he gave the woman all the
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  Speaker 5: money he had and all his wares. Give me but
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  Speaker 5: eight pennies, he said. So he took the pennies and left,
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  Speaker 5: going quickly to the river. He paid the boatman the
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  Speaker 5: eight pennies to take him across the river. Soon the
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  Speaker 5: greedy merchant went back to the house where he had
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  Speaker 5: seen the golden bowl and said, bring that boat to me,
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  Speaker 5: and you'll give you something for it. No, said the grandmother.
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  Speaker 5: You said the bowl was worthless, But another merchant has
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  Speaker 5: paid a great price for it, and take it away.
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  Speaker 5: Then the greedy merchant was angry, crying out through this
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  Speaker 5: other man, I have lost a small fortune. That bowt
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  Speaker 5: was gold. He ran down the riverside, and seeing the
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  Speaker 5: other merchant and the boat out of the river, he called, hello,
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  Speaker 5: boat man, stop your boat. But the man in the
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  Speaker 5: boat said, don't stop. So he reached the city on
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  Speaker 5: the other side of the river and leave the well
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  Speaker 5: for the time on the money the bowl brought him
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  Speaker 5: and of Chapter three of Jakara Teos.
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  Speaker 6: Chapter four of Jataka Tales. This is a LibriVox recording.
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  Speaker 6: by Dawn Jataka Tales by Ellen C. Babbitt, Chapter four,
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  Speaker 6: The Turtle who Couldn't Stop talking. A turtle lived in
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  Speaker 6: a pond at the foot of a hill. Two young
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  Speaker 6: wild geese looking for food saw the turtle and talked
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  Speaker 6: with him. The next day, the geese came again to
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  Speaker 6: visit the turtle, and they became very well acquainted. Soon
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  Speaker 6: they were great friends, Friend turtle, The geese said, one day,
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  Speaker 6: we have a beautiful home far away. We're going to
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  Speaker 6: fly back to it tomorrow. It will be a long
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  Speaker 6: but pleasant journey. Will you go with us? How could i?
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  Speaker 6: I have no wings, said the turtle. Oh, we will
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  Speaker 6: take you, if only you can keep your mouth shut
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  Speaker 6: and say not a word to anybody. They said. I
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  Speaker 6: can do that, said the turtle. Do take me with you.
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  Speaker 6: I will do exactly as you wish. So the next
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  Speaker 6: day the geese brought a stick and they held the
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  Speaker 6: hands of it. Now take the middle of this in
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  Speaker 6: your mouth, and don't say a word until we reach home,
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  Speaker 6: they said. The geese then sprang into the air with
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  Speaker 6: a turtle between them, holding fast to the stick. The
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  Speaker 6: village children saw the two geese flying along with the
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  Speaker 6: turtle and cried out, oh, see the turtle up in
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  Speaker 6: the air. Look at the geese carrying a turtle by
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  Speaker 6: a stick. Did you ever see anything more ridiculous in
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  Speaker 6: your life? The turtle looked down and began to say, well,
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  Speaker 6: and if my friends carry me, what business is that
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  Speaker 6: of yours? When he let go and fell dead at
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  Speaker 6: the feet of the children. As the two geese flew on,
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  Speaker 6: they heard the people say when they came to see
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  Speaker 6: the poor turtle, that fellow could not keep his mouth shut.
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  Speaker 6: He had to talk, and so lost his life. End
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  Speaker 6: of chapter four. Recording by Dawn. Chapter five of Jataka Tales.
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  Speaker 6: Llen C. Babbitt, Chapter five The Ox who won the forfeit.
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  Speaker 6: Long ago, a man owned a very strong ox. The
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  Speaker 6: owner was so proud of his ox that he boasted
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  Speaker 6: to every man he met about how strong his ox was.
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  Speaker 6: One day, the owner went into a village and said
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  Speaker 6: to the men there, I will pay a forfeit of
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  Speaker 6: a thousand pieces of silver if my strong ox cannot
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  Speaker 6: draw a line of one hundred wagons. The men laughed
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  Speaker 6: and said, very well, bring your ox and we will
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  Speaker 6: tie a hundred wagons in a line and see your
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  Speaker 6: ox draw them along. So the man brought his ox
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  Speaker 6: into the village. A crowd gathered to see the sight.
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  Speaker 6: The hundred carts were in line, and the strong ox
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  Speaker 6: was yoked to the first wagon. Then the owner whipped
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  Speaker 6: his ox and said, get up, you wretch, Get along,
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  Speaker 6: you rascal. But the ox had never been talked to
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  Speaker 6: in that way, and he stood still. Neither the blows
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  Speaker 6: nor the hard names could make him move. At last,
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  Speaker 6: the poor man paid his forfeit and went sadly home.
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  Speaker 6: There he threw himself on his bed and cried, why
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  Speaker 6: did that strong ox act so many a time? He
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  Speaker 6: has moved heavier loads easily? Why did he shame me
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  Speaker 6: before all those people? At last he got up and
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  Speaker 6: went about his work. When he went to feed the
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  Speaker 6: ox that night, the ox turned to him and said,
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  Speaker 6: why did you whip me to day? You never whipped
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  Speaker 6: me before. Why did you call me wretch and rascal?
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  Speaker 6: You never called me hard names before. Then the man said,
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  Speaker 6: I will never treat you badly again. I am sorry
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  Speaker 6: I whipped you and called you names. I will never
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  Speaker 6: do so any more. Forgive me very well, said the ox. Tomorrow,
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  Speaker 6: I will go into the village and draw the one
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  Speaker 6: hundred carts for you. You have always been a kind master,
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  Speaker 6: until to day tomorrow you shall gain what you lost.
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  Speaker 6: The next morning, the owner fed the ox well and
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  Speaker 6: hung a garland of flowers about his neck. When they
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  Speaker 6: went into the village, the men laughed at the man again.
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  Speaker 6: They said, did you come back to lose more money?
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  Speaker 6: To day? I will pay a forfeit of two thousand
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  Speaker 6: pieces of silver if my ox is not strong enough
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  Speaker 6: to pull the one hundred carts, said the owner. So again,
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  Speaker 6: the carts were placed in a line, and the ox
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  Speaker 6: was yoked to the first. A crowd came to watch. Again.
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  Speaker 6: The owner said, good, Ox, show how strong you are?
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  Speaker 6: You fine fine creature, and he patted his neck and
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  Speaker 6: stroked his sides. At once, the ox pulled with all
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  Speaker 6: his strength. The carts moved on until the last cart
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  Speaker 6: stood where the first had been. Then the crowd shouted
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  Speaker 6: and they paid back the forfeit the man had lost, saying,
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  Speaker 6: your ox is the strongest ox we ever saw. And
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  Speaker 6: the ox and the man went home happy. End of
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  Speaker 6: chapter five recording By.
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  Speaker 7: Dawn, Chapter six of Jataka Tales. This is a LibriVox
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  Speaker 7: Jataka Tales by Ellen C. Babbitt, Chapter six, The Sandy Road.
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  Speaker 7: Once upon a time a merchant, with his goods packed
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  Speaker 7: in many carts, came to a desert. He was on
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  Speaker 7: his way to the country on the other side of
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  Speaker 7: the desert. The sun shone on the fine sand, making
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  Speaker 7: it as hot as the top of a stove. No
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  Speaker 7: man could walk on it in the sunlight. But at night,
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  Speaker 7: after the sun went down, the sand cooled and men
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  Speaker 7: could travel upon it. So the merchant waited until after
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  Speaker 7: dark and then set out. Besides the goods that he
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  Speaker 7: was going to sell, he took jars of water and
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  Speaker 7: of rice and firewood, so that the rice could be cooked.
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  Speaker 7: All night long. He and his men rode on and on.
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  Speaker 7: One man was the pilot. He rode first, for he
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  Speaker 7: knew the stars, and by them he guided the drivers.
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  Speaker 7: At daybreak, they stopped and camped. They unyoked the oxen
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  Speaker 7: and fed them. They built fires and cooked the rice.
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  Speaker 7: Then they spread a great awning over all the carts
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  Speaker 7: and the oxen, and the men lay down under it
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  Speaker 7: to rest until sunset. In the early evening, they again
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  Speaker 7: built fires and cooked rice. After supper, they folded the
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  Speaker 7: awning and put it away. They yoked the oxen, and
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  Speaker 7: as soon as the sand was cool, they started again
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  Speaker 7: on their journey across the desert. Night after night they
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  Speaker 7: traveled in this way, resting during the heat of the day.
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  Speaker 7: At last, one morning, the pilot said, and one more
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  Speaker 7: night we shall get out of the sand. The men
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  Speaker 7: were glad to hear this, for they were tired. After
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  Speaker 7: supper that night, the merchant said, you may as well
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  Speaker 7: throw away nearly all the water and the firewood. By
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  Speaker 7: tomorrow we shall be in the city. Yoke the oxen
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  Speaker 7: and start on. Then the pilot took his place at
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  Speaker 7: the head of line, but instead of sitting up and
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  Speaker 7: guiding the drivers, he lay down in the wagon on
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  Speaker 7: the cushions. Soon he was fast asleep because he had
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  Speaker 7: not slept for many nights, and the light had been
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  Speaker 7: so strong in the daytime that he had not slept well.
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  Speaker 7: Then all night long, the oxen went on. Near daybreak,
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  Speaker 7: the pilot awoke and looked at the last stars fading
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  Speaker 7: in the light halt. He called to the drivers, we
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  Speaker 7: are in the same place where we were yesterday. The
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  Speaker 7: oxen must have turned about while I slept. They unyoked
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  Speaker 7: the oxen, but there was no water for them to drink.
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  Speaker 7: They had thrown away the water that was left the
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  Speaker 7: night before. So the man spread the awning over the carts,
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  Speaker 7: and the oxen lay down, tired and thirsty. The men
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  Speaker 7: too lay down, saying the wood and water are gone.
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  Speaker 7: We are lost. But the merchant said to himself, this
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  Speaker 7: is no time for me to sleep. I must find water.
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  Speaker 7: The oxen cannot go on if they do not have
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  Speaker 7: water to drink. The men must have water. They cannot
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  Speaker 7: cook the rice unless they have water. If I give up,
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  Speaker 7: we shall all be lost. On and on he walked,
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  Speaker 7: keeping close watch of the ground. At last he saw
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  Speaker 7: a tuft of grass. There must be water somewhere below,
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  Speaker 7: or that grass would not be there, he said. He
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  Speaker 7: ran back, shouting to the men, bring the spade and
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  Speaker 7: the hammer. They jumped up and ran with him to
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  Speaker 7: the spot where the grass grew. They began to dig,
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  Speaker 7: and by and by they struck a rock and could
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  Speaker 7: dig no further. Then the merchant jumped down into the
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  Speaker 7: hole they had done and put his ear to the rock.
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  Speaker 7: I running water under this rock. He called to them.
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  Speaker 7: We must not give up. Then the merchant came up
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  Speaker 7: out of the hole and said to a serving lad,
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  Speaker 7: my boy, if you give up, we are lost. You
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  Speaker 7: go down and try. The boy stood up straight and
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  Speaker 7: raised the hammer high above his head and hit the
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  Speaker 7: rock as hard as ever he could. He would not
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  Speaker 7: give in. They must be saved. Down came the hammer.
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  Speaker 7: This time the rock broke, and the boy had hardly
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  Speaker 7: time to get out of the well before it was
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  Speaker 7: full of cool water. The men drank as if they
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  Speaker 7: never could get enough, and then they watered the oxen
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  Speaker 7: and bathe. Then they split up their extra yokes and
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  Speaker 7: axles and built a fire and cooked their rice. Feeling bad,
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  Speaker 7: they rested through the day. They set up a flag
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  Speaker 7: on the well for the travelers to see. At sundown,
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  Speaker 7: they started on again, and the next morning reached the city,
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  Speaker 7: where they sold the goods and then returned home. End
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  Speaker 7: of chapter six. Recording by Susan Moran, Portland, Maine.
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  Speaker 1: Chapter seven of Jataka Tales. This is a LibriVox recording.
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  Speaker 1: Tales by Ellen C. Babbitt, Chapter seven, The Quarrel of
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  Speaker 1: the Quails. Once upon a time, many quails lived together
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  Speaker 1: in a forest. The wisest of them all was their leader.
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  Speaker 1: A man lived near the forest and earned his living
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  Speaker 1: by catching quails and selling them. Day after day, he
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  Speaker 1: listened to the note of the leader calling the quails by,
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  Speaker 1: and by this man, the fowler was able to call
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  Speaker 1: the quails together. Hearing the note, the quails thought it
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  Speaker 1: was their leader who called. When they were crowded together,
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  Speaker 1: the fowler threw his net over them, and off he
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  Speaker 1: went into the town, where he soon sold all the
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  Speaker 1: quails that he had caught. The wise leader saw the
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  Speaker 1: plan of the fowler for catching the quails. He called
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  Speaker 1: the birds to him and said, this fowler is carrying
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  Speaker 1: away so many of us. We must put a stop
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  Speaker 1: to it. I have thought of a plan. It is this.
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  Speaker 1: The next time the fowler throws a net over you,
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  Speaker 1: each of you must put your head through one of
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  Speaker 1: the little holes in the net. Then all of you
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  Speaker 1: together must fly away to the nearest thorn bush. You
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  Speaker 1: can leave net on the thorn bush and be free yourselves.
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  Speaker 1: The quails said that was a very good plan, and
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  Speaker 1: they would try it the next time the fowler threw
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  Speaker 1: the net over them. The very next day, the fowler
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  Speaker 1: came and called them together, then he threw the net
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  Speaker 1: over them. The quails lifted the net and flew away
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  Speaker 1: with it to the nearest thorn bush, where they left it.
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  Speaker 1: They flew back to their leader to tell him how
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  Speaker 1: well his plan had worked. The fowler was busy until
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  Speaker 1: evening getting his net off the thorns, and he went
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  Speaker 1: home empty handed. The next day the same thing happened,
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  Speaker 1: and the next his wife was angry because he did
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  Speaker 1: not bring home any money. But the fowler said, the
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  Speaker 1: fact is those quails are working together now. The moment
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  Speaker 1: my net is over them, off they fly with it,
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  Speaker 1: leaving it on the thorn bush. As soon as the
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  Speaker 1: quails begin to quarrel, I shall be able to catch them.
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  Speaker 1: Not long after this, one of the quails, in alighting
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  Speaker 1: on their feeding ground, trod by accident on another's head.
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  Speaker 1: Who trod on my head, angrily, cried the second I did,
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  Speaker 1: but I didn't mean to. Don't be angry, said the
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  Speaker 1: first quail. But the second quail was angry. And said
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  Speaker 1: mean things. Soon all the quails had taken side in
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  Speaker 1: this quarrel. When the fowl came that day, he flung
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  Speaker 1: his net over them, and this time instead of flying
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  Speaker 1: off with it, one side said, now you lift the net,
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  Speaker 1: and the other side said, lift it yourself. You try
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  Speaker 1: to make us lift it. All, said the quails on
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  Speaker 1: one side, No, we don't, said the others. You begin,
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  Speaker 1: and we will help. But neither side began. So the
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  Speaker 1: quails quarreled, and while they were quarreling, the fowler caught
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  Speaker 1: them all in his net. He took them to the
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  Speaker 1: town and sold them for a good price. End of
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  Speaker 1: chapter seven. Recording by Lucas Bolding. Chapter eight of Jataka Tales.
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  Speaker 1: Chapter eight, The measure of rice. At one time a
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  Speaker 1: dishonest king had a man called the valuer in his court.
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  Speaker 1: The valuer set the price which ought to be paid
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  Speaker 1: for horses and elephants and the other animals. He also
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  Speaker 1: set the price on jewelry and gold and things of
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  Speaker 1: that kind. This man was honest and just, and set
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  Speaker 1: the proper price to be paid to the owners of
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  Speaker 1: the goods. The king was not pleased with this valuer,
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  Speaker 1: because he was honest. If I had another sort of
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  Speaker 1: man as valuer, I might gain more riches, he thought.
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  Speaker 1: One day the king saw a stupid, miserly peasant come
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  Speaker 1: into the palace yard. The king sent for the fellow
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  Speaker 1: and asked him if he would like to be the valuer.
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  Speaker 1: The peasant said he would like the pame. So the
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  Speaker 1: king had made him valuer. He sent the honest valuer
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  Speaker 1: away from the palace. Then the peasant began to set
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  Speaker 1: prices on horses and elephants, upon gold and jewels. He
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  Speaker 1: did not know their value, so he would say anything
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  Speaker 1: he chose. As the king had made him valuer. The
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  Speaker 1: people had to sell their goods for the prices he set.
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  Speaker 1: By and by, a horse dealer bought five hundred horses
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  Speaker 1: to the court of this king. The valuer came and
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  Speaker 1: said they were worth a mere measure of rice. So
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  Speaker 1: the king ordered the horse dealer to be given the
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  Speaker 1: measure of rice, and the horses to be put in
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  Speaker 1: the palace stables. The horse dealer went to see the
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  Speaker 1: honest man who had been the valuer, and told him
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  Speaker 1: what had happened. What shall I do, asked the horse dealer.
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  Speaker 1: I think you can give a present to the valuer
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  Speaker 1: which will make him do and say what you want
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  Speaker 1: him to do, said the man. Go to him and
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  Speaker 1: give him a fine present. Then say to him you
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  Speaker 1: said the horses are worth a measure of rice. But
• 33:58
  Speaker 1: now tell me what a measure of rice worth? Can
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  Speaker 1: you value that? Standing in your place by the king.
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  Speaker 1: If he says, he can go with him to the king,
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  Speaker 1: and I will be there too. The horse dealer thought
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  Speaker 1: this was a good idea, so he took a fine
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  Speaker 1: present to the valuer and said what the other man
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  Speaker 1: had told him to say. The valuer took the present
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  Speaker 1: and said, yes, I can go before the King with
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  Speaker 1: you and tell what a measure of rice is worth.
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  Speaker 1: I can value that. Now, well, let us go at once,
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  Speaker 1: said the horse dealer. So they went before the King
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  Speaker 1: and his ministers in the palace. The horse dealer bowed
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  Speaker 1: down before the king and said, O King, I have
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  Speaker 1: learned that a measure of rice is the value of
• 34:37
  Speaker 1: my five hundred horses. But will the king be pleased
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  Speaker 1: to ask the valuer what is the value of the
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  Speaker 1: measure of rice. The King, not knowing what had happened, asked,
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  Speaker 1: how now, valuer, what are five hundred horses worth a
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  Speaker 1: measure of rice? O King said he very good. Then,
• 34:57
  Speaker 1: if five hundred horses are worth a measure of rice,
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  Speaker 1: what is a measure of rice worth? The measure of
• 35:04
  Speaker 1: rice is worth your whole city, replied the foolish fellow.
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  Speaker 1: The ministers clapped their hands, laughing and saying, what a
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  Speaker 1: foolish valuer. How can such a man hold that office?
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  Speaker 1: We used to think this great city was beyond price,
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  Speaker 1: but this man says it is worth only a measure
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  Speaker 1: of rice. The King was ashamed and drove out the
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  Speaker 1: foolish fellow. I try to please the king by setting
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  Speaker 1: a low price on the horses. And now see what
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  Speaker 1: has happened to me, said the valuer, as he ran
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  Speaker 1: away from the laughing crowd. End of chapter eight. Recording
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  Speaker 1: by Lucas Bowlding Chapter nine of Jataka Tales. This is
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  Speaker 1: Jataka tells by Ellen C. Babbit, Chapter nine, The Foolish
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  Speaker 1: timid Rabbit. Once upon a time a rabbit was asleep
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  Speaker 1: under a palm tree. All at once he woke up
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  Speaker 1: and thought, what if the world should break up? What
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  Speaker 1: would then become of me? At that moment, some monkeys
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  Speaker 1: dropped a cocoanut. It fell on the ground just back
• 36:23
  Speaker 1: of the rabbit. Hearing the noise, the rabbit said to himself,
• 36:27
  Speaker 1: the earth is all breaking up, and he jumped up
• 36:29
  Speaker 1: and ran as fast as he could, without even looking
• 36:31
  Speaker 1: back to see what made the noise. Another rabbit saw
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  Speaker 1: him running and called after him, what are you running
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  Speaker 1: so fast for? Don't ask me, he cried, But the
• 36:41
  Speaker 1: other rabbit ran after him, begging to know what was
• 36:43
  Speaker 1: the matter. Then the first rabbit said, don't you know?
• 36:47
  Speaker 1: The earth is all breaking up? And on he ran,
• 36:50
  Speaker 1: and the second rabbit ran with him. The next rabbit
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  Speaker 1: they met ran with them when he heard that the
• 36:56
  Speaker 1: earth was all breaking up. One rabbit after another joined them,
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  Speaker 1: until there were hundreds of rabbits running as fast as
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  Speaker 1: they could go. They passed a deer calling out him
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  Speaker 1: that the earth was all breaking up. The deer then
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  Speaker 1: ran with them. The deer called to a fox to
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  Speaker 1: come along, because the earth was all breaking up. On
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  Speaker 1: and on they ran, and an elephant joined them. At last,
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  Speaker 1: the lion saw the animals running and heard their cry
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  Speaker 1: that the earth was all breaking up. He thought there
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  Speaker 1: must be some mistake, so he ran to the foot
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  Speaker 1: of a hill in front of them and roared three times.
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  Speaker 1: This stopped them, for they knew the voice of the
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  Speaker 1: King of beasts, and they feared him. Why are you
• 37:38
  Speaker 1: running so fast, asked the lion, O king Lion, They
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  Speaker 1: answered him, the earth is all breaking up. Who saw
• 37:47
  Speaker 1: it breaking up, asked the lion. I didn't, said the elephant.
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  Speaker 1: Ask the fox, he told me about it. I didn't,
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  Speaker 1: said the fox. The rabbits told me about it, said
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  Speaker 1: the deer. One after another. The rabbits said, I did
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  Speaker 1: not see it, but another rabbit told me about it.
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  Speaker 1: At last, the lion came to the rabbit who had
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  Speaker 1: first said the earth was all breaking up. Is it
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  Speaker 1: true that the earth is all breaking up? The lion asked, yes,
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  Speaker 1: O lion, it is, said the rabbit. I was asleep
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  Speaker 1: under a palm tree. I woke up and thought what
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  Speaker 1: would become of me if the earth should all break up.
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  Speaker 1: At that very moment, I heard the sound of the
• 38:25
  Speaker 1: earth breaking up, and I ran away. Then said the lion,
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  Speaker 1: you and I will go back to the place where
• 38:31
  Speaker 1: the earth began to break up and see what is
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  Speaker 1: the matter. So the lion put the little rabbit on
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  Speaker 1: his back, and away they went like the wind. The
• 38:40
  Speaker 1: other animals waited for them at the foot of the hill.
• 38:43
  Speaker 1: The rabbit told the lion when they were near the
• 38:45
  Speaker 1: place where he slept, and the lion saw just where
• 38:47
  Speaker 1: the rabbit had been sleeping. He saw too the cocoanut
• 38:51
  Speaker 1: that had fallen to the ground near by. Then the
• 38:54
  Speaker 1: lion said to the rabbit, it must have been the
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  Speaker 1: sound of the cocoanut falling to the ground that you heard,
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  Speaker 1: you foolish rabbit. And the lion ran back to the
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  Speaker 1: other animals and told them all about it. If it
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  Speaker 1: had not been for the wise king of beasts, they
• 39:07
  Speaker 1: might be running still. End of chapter nine. Recording by
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  Speaker 1: Lucas Boulding.
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  Speaker 3: Chapter ten of Jataka Tales. This is a LibriVox recording.
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  Speaker 3: cat Tales by Allen C.
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  Speaker 7: Babbitt.
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  Speaker 3: The Wise and the Foolish Merchant. Once upon a time
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  Speaker 3: in a certain country, a thrifty merchant visited a great
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  Speaker 3: city and bought a great supply of goods. He loaded
• 39:47
  Speaker 3: wagons with the goods, which he was going to sell
• 39:50
  Speaker 3: as he traveled through the country. A stupid young merchant
• 39:54
  Speaker 3: was buying goods in the same city. He too was
• 39:57
  Speaker 3: going to sell what he bought as he traveled through
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  Speaker 3: the country. They were both ready to start at the
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  Speaker 3: same time. The thrifty merchant thought, we cannot travel together,
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  Speaker 3: for the men will find it hard to get wood
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  Speaker 3: and water, and there will not be enough grass for
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  Speaker 3: so many oxen. Either he or I ought to go first.
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  Speaker 3: So he went to the young man and told him this, saying,
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  Speaker 3: will you go before or come on after me. The
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  Speaker 3: other one thought it will be better for me to
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  Speaker 3: go first. I shall then travel on a road that
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  Speaker 3: is not cut up. The oxen will eat grass that
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  Speaker 3: has not been touched. The water will be clean. Also,
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  Speaker 3: I shall sell my goods at what price I like.
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  Speaker 3: So he said, friend, I will go on first. This
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  Speaker 3: answer pleased the thrifty merchant. He said to himself, those
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  Speaker 3: who go before will make the rough places smooth. The
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  Speaker 3: old rank grass will have been eaten by the oxen
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  Speaker 3: that have gone before, while my oxen will eat the
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  Speaker 3: freshly grown tender shoots. Those to go before will dig
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  Speaker 3: wells from which we shall drink. Then, too, I will
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  Speaker 3: not have to bother about setting prices, but I can
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  Speaker 3: sell my goods at the price is set by the
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  Speaker 3: other man. So he said aloud, very well, friend, you
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  Speaker 3: may go on first. At once. The foolish merchant started
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  Speaker 3: on his journey. Soon he had left the city and
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  Speaker 3: was in the country. By and by he came to
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  Speaker 3: a desert which he had to cross. So he filled
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  Speaker 3: great water jars with water, loaded them into a large wagon,
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  Speaker 3: and started across the desert. Now on the sands of
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  Speaker 3: this desert delivered a wicked demon. This demon saw the
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  Speaker 3: foolish young merchant coming and thought to himself, if I
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  Speaker 3: can make him empty those water jars, soon, I shall
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  Speaker 3: be able to overcome him and have him in my power.
• 41:51
  Speaker 3: So the demon went further along the road and changed
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  Speaker 3: himself into the likeness of a noble gentleman. He called
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  Speaker 3: up a beautiful carriage drawn by milk white oxen. Then
• 42:02
  Speaker 3: he called ten other demons, dressed them like men, and
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  Speaker 3: armed them with bows and arrows, swords and shields. Seated
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  Speaker 3: in his carriage, followed by the ten demons, he rode
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  Speaker 3: back to meet the merchant. He put mud on the
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  Speaker 3: carriage wheels, hang water lilies and wet grasses upon the
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  Speaker 3: oxen and the carriage. Then he made the clothes the
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  Speaker 3: demons wore, and their hair all wet. Drops of water
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  Speaker 3: trickled down over their faces, just as if they had
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  Speaker 3: all come through a stream. As the demon's near the
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  Speaker 3: foolish merchant, they turned their couch to one side of
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  Speaker 3: the way, saying pleasantly, where are you going? The merchant replied,
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  Speaker 3: we have come from the great city back there, and
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  Speaker 3: are going across the desert to the villages beyond. You come,
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  Speaker 3: dripping with mud and carrying water, lilies and grasses. Does
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  Speaker 3: it rain on the road you have come by? Did
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  Speaker 3: you come through a stream? The demon answered, the dark
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  Speaker 3: streak across the sky eye is a forest in it
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  Speaker 3: thereupon's full of water lilies. The rains come often. What
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  Speaker 3: have you in all those carts goods to be sold?
• 43:10
  Speaker 3: Replied the merchant. But in that last, big heavy wagon,
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  Speaker 3: what do you carry, the demon asked, jars full of
• 43:18
  Speaker 3: water for the journey, answered the merchant. The demon said,
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  Speaker 3: you have done well to bring water as far as this,
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  Speaker 3: but there is no need of it beyond Empty out
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  Speaker 3: all the water and go uneasily. Then he added, but
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  Speaker 3: we have delayed too long. Drive on, And he drove
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  Speaker 3: on until he was out of sight of the merchant.
• 43:40
  Speaker 3: Then he returned to his home with his followers to
• 43:42
  Speaker 3: wait for the night to come. The foolish merchant did
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  Speaker 3: as a demon bade him, and emptied every jar, saving
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  Speaker 3: not even a cupful. On and on they traveled, and
• 43:54
  Speaker 3: the streak on the sky faded with the sunset. There
• 43:58
  Speaker 3: was no forest, the dark line being only clouds. No
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  Speaker 3: water was to be found. The men had no water
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  Speaker 3: to drink and no food to eat, but they had
• 44:07
  Speaker 3: no water in which to cook the rice, so they went,
• 44:10
  Speaker 3: thirsty and supperless to bed. The Oxen, too, was hungry
• 44:15
  Speaker 3: and thirsty, and dropped down to sleep here and there.
• 44:19
  Speaker 3: Late at night, the demons fell upon them and easily
• 44:22
  Speaker 3: carried off every man. They drove the oxen on ahead
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  Speaker 3: of them, but the loaded carts they did not care
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  Speaker 3: to take away. A month and a half after this,
• 44:33
  Speaker 3: the wise merchant followed over the same road. He too
• 44:37
  Speaker 3: was met on the desert by the demon, just as
• 44:40
  Speaker 3: the other had been. But the wise men knew the
• 44:43
  Speaker 3: man was a demon because he cast no shadow. When
• 44:47
  Speaker 3: the demon told him of the ponds in the forest
• 44:49
  Speaker 3: ahead and advised him to throw away the water jars,
• 44:52
  Speaker 3: the wise merchant replied, we don't throw away the water
• 44:56
  Speaker 3: we have until we get to a place where we
• 44:58
  Speaker 3: see there is more. Then the demon drove on, But
• 45:04
  Speaker 3: the men who were with the merchants said, sir, those
• 45:06
  Speaker 3: men told us that yonder was the beginning of a
• 45:09
  Speaker 3: great forest, and from there onwards it was always raining.
• 45:13
  Speaker 3: Their clothes and hair were dripping with water. Let us
• 45:16
  Speaker 3: throw away the water jars and go on faster with
• 45:19
  Speaker 3: lighter carts. Stopping all the carts, the wise merchant asked
• 45:24
  Speaker 3: the man, have you ever heard any one say that
• 45:27
  Speaker 3: there was a lake or pond in this desert? You've
• 45:31
  Speaker 3: lived near here always, we never heard of a ponder lake,
• 45:36
  Speaker 3: they said. Does any man feel a wind laden with
• 45:39
  Speaker 3: dampness blowing against them? He asked, no, sir, They answered,
• 45:45
  Speaker 3: can you see a rain cloud any of you? Said he, no, sir,
• 45:50
  Speaker 3: not one. They said. Those fellows were not men, they
• 45:54
  Speaker 3: were demons, said the wise merchant. They must have come
• 45:58
  Speaker 3: out to make us throw away the water. Then when
• 46:01
  Speaker 3: we were faint and weak, they might have put an
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  Speaker 3: end to us. Go on at once, and don't throw
• 46:07
  Speaker 3: away a single half pint of water. So they drove on,
• 46:11
  Speaker 3: and before nightfall they came upon the loaded wagons belonging
• 46:15
  Speaker 3: to the foolish merchant. Then the thrifty merchant had his
• 46:19
  Speaker 3: wagons drawn up in a circle. In the middle of
• 46:22
  Speaker 3: the circle, he had the oxen lie down, and also
• 46:24
  Speaker 3: some of the men. He himself, with the headman, stood
• 46:28
  Speaker 3: on guard swords in hand, and waited for the demons.
• 46:31
  Speaker 3: But the demons did not bother them. Early the next morning,
• 46:34
  Speaker 3: the thrifty Merchant took the best of the wagons left
• 46:36
  Speaker 3: by the foolish merchant and went on safely to the
• 46:40
  Speaker 3: city across the desert. There he sold all the goods
• 46:43
  Speaker 3: to a prophet and returned with his company to his
• 46:46
  Speaker 3: own city. And of the Wise and the Foolish Merchant,
• 46:57
  Speaker 3: Chapter eleven of Chattaka Tales, This is a LibriVox recording.
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  Speaker 3: Tales by Allen C. Babbitt. The Elephant Curly Face. Once
• 47:18
  Speaker 3: upon a time a king had an elephant named Gurly Face.
• 47:22
  Speaker 3: The elephant was called girly Face because he was so
• 47:24
  Speaker 3: gentle and good and looked so kind. Girl Face never
• 47:28
  Speaker 3: hurts anybody. The keeper of the elephant, Soten, said, Now,
• 47:32
  Speaker 3: one night, some robbers came into the courtyard and sat
• 47:34
  Speaker 3: on the ground just outside the stall where Gurlly Face slept.
• 47:39
  Speaker 3: The talk of the robbers awoke curly Face. This is
• 47:43
  Speaker 3: the way to break into a house, they said. Once
• 47:46
  Speaker 3: inside the house, kill any one who awakens. A robber
• 47:50
  Speaker 3: must not be afraid. To kill. A robber, must be
• 47:52
  Speaker 3: cruel and have no pity. He must never be good
• 47:56
  Speaker 3: even for a moment. Gurly Face said to himself, those
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  Speaker 3: men are teaching me how I should act. I will
• 48:03
  Speaker 3: be cruel, I will show no pity. I will not
• 48:06
  Speaker 3: be good, not even for a moment. So the next morning,
• 48:10
  Speaker 3: when the keeper came to feed Curliface, he picked him
• 48:12
  Speaker 3: up in his trunk and threw the poor keeper to
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  Speaker 3: the ground, killing him. Another keeper ran to see what
• 48:19
  Speaker 3: the trouble was, and Girliface killed him too. For days
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  Speaker 3: and days, Girliface was so ugly that no one dared
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  Speaker 3: go near. The food was left for him, but no
• 48:30
  Speaker 3: man would go near him. By and by the king
• 48:34
  Speaker 3: heard of this and sent one of his wise men
• 48:37
  Speaker 3: to find out what ale Girlly Face. The wise man
• 48:40
  Speaker 3: had known Girliface a long time. He looked the elephant
• 48:43
  Speaker 3: over carefully and could find nothing that seemed to be
• 48:46
  Speaker 3: the matter. He thought, at last, GIRLI Face must have
• 48:50
  Speaker 3: heard some bad men talking. Have there been any bad
• 48:54
  Speaker 3: men talking about here? Asked the wise man.
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  Speaker 7: Yes.
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  Speaker 3: One of the keepers said a band of robbers were
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  Speaker 3: caught here a few weeks ago. They had met in
• 49:03
  Speaker 3: the yard to talk over their plans. They were talking
• 49:06
  Speaker 3: together near the store where GIRLI Face sleeps. So the
• 49:10
  Speaker 3: wise men went back to the king said he, I
• 49:13
  Speaker 3: think Girliface has been listening to bad talk. If you
• 49:17
  Speaker 3: will send some good men to talk where Girliface can
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  Speaker 3: hear them, I think you will be a good elephant
• 49:22
  Speaker 3: once more. So that night the king sent the company
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  Speaker 3: of the best men to be found to sit and
• 49:28
  Speaker 3: talk near the stall where Girliface lived. They said to
• 49:31
  Speaker 3: one another, it is wrong to hurt any one, it
• 49:34
  Speaker 3: is wrong to kill. Every one should be gentle and good.
• 49:40
  Speaker 3: Now those men are teaching me, thought Gurliface, I must
• 49:44
  Speaker 3: be gentle and good. I must hurt no one. I
• 49:47
  Speaker 3: must not kill any one. And from that time on
• 49:50
  Speaker 3: Girliface was tame and as good as ever an elephant
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  Speaker 3: could be. And of the elephant girl.
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  Speaker 8: Face Chapter twelve of Jakata Tales. This is a LibriVox recording.
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  Speaker 8: by Linda Jakata Tales by Ellen C. Babbitt, Chapter twelve,
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  Speaker 8: The Banyan Deer. There was once a deer the color
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  Speaker 8: of gold. His eyes were like round jewels, his horns
• 50:30
  Speaker 8: were white as silver, His mouth was red like a flower.
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  Speaker 8: His hoofs were bright and hard. He had a large
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  Speaker 8: body and a fine tail. He lived in a forest
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  Speaker 8: and was king of a herd of five hundred banyon deer.
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  Speaker 8: Nearby lived another herd of deer called the monkey deer.
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  Speaker 8: They two had a king. The king of that country
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  Speaker 8: was fond of hunting the deer and eating deer meat.
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  Speaker 8: He did not like to go alone, so he called
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  Speaker 8: the people of his town to go with him day
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  Speaker 8: after day. The town people did not like this, for
• 51:01
  Speaker 8: while they were gone, no one did their work. So
• 51:04
  Speaker 8: they decided to make a park and drive the deer
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  Speaker 8: into it. Then the king could go into the park
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  Speaker 8: and hunt, and they could go on with their daily work.
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  Speaker 8: They made a park, planted grass in it and provided
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  Speaker 8: water for the deer, built a fence all around it,
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  Speaker 8: and drove the deer into it. Then they shut the
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  Speaker 8: gate and went to the king to tell him that
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  Speaker 8: in the park nearby he could find all the deer
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  Speaker 8: he wanted. The king went at once to look at
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  Speaker 8: the deer. First he saw there the two deer kings
• 51:31
  Speaker 8: and granted them their lives. Then he looked at their
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  Speaker 8: great herds. Some days the king would go to hunt
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  Speaker 8: the deer. Sometimes his cook would go. As soon as
• 51:39
  Speaker 8: any of the deer saw them, they would shake with
• 51:42
  Speaker 8: fear and run, but when they had been hit once
• 51:45
  Speaker 8: or twice, they would drop down dead. The king of
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  Speaker 8: the Banyan Deer sent for the king of the monkey deer,
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  Speaker 8: and said, friend, many of the deer are being killed.
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  Speaker 8: Many are wounded, besides those who were killed. After this,
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  Speaker 8: suppose one from my herd goes up to be killed
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  Speaker 8: one day, and the next day, let one from your
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  Speaker 8: herd go up, fewer deer will be lost. This way,
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  Speaker 8: the monkey deer agreed. Each day the deer whose turn
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  Speaker 8: it was would go and lie down, placing its head
• 52:14
  Speaker 8: on the block. The cook would come and carry off
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  Speaker 8: the one he found lying there. One day, the lot
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  Speaker 8: fell to a mother deer who had a young baby.
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  Speaker 8: She went to her king and said, oh, King of
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  Speaker 8: the monkey deer, let the turn pass me by until
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  Speaker 8: my baby is old enough to get along without me.
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  Speaker 8: Then I will go and put my head on the block.
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  Speaker 8: But the king did not help her. He told her
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  Speaker 8: that if the lot had fallen to her, she must die.
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  Speaker 8: Then she went to the King of the banyon deer
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  Speaker 8: and asked him to save her. Go back to your herd.
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  Speaker 8: I will go in your place, said he. The next
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  Speaker 8: day the cook found the King of the banyon deer
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  Speaker 8: lying with his head on the block. The cook went
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  Speaker 8: to the king, who came himself to find out about
• 52:58
  Speaker 8: this King of the ban. Did I not grant you
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  Speaker 8: your life? Why are you lying here, oh great king,
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  Speaker 8: said the king of the Banyon Deer. A mother came
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  Speaker 8: with her young baby and told me that the lot
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  Speaker 8: had fallen to her. I could not ask anyone else
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  Speaker 8: to take her place, so I came myself king of
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  Speaker 8: the Banyender. I never saw such kindness and mercy. Rise up.
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  Speaker 8: I grant your life and hers, Nor will I hunt
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  Speaker 8: any more the deer in either park or forest. End
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  Speaker 8: of chapter twelve. The Banyonder Recording by Linda.
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  Speaker 7: Chapter thirteen of Jataka Tales. This is a LibriVox recording.
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  Speaker 7: Tales by Ellen C. Babbitt. The Princes and the Water Sprite.
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  Speaker 7: Once upon a time a king had three sons. The
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  Speaker 7: first was called Prince of the Stars, the next was
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  Speaker 7: called the Moon Prince, and the third was called the
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  Speaker 7: Sun Prince. The king was so very happy when the
• 54:28
  Speaker 7: third son was born that he promised to give the
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  Speaker 7: queen any boon she might ask. The queen kept the
• 54:36
  Speaker 7: promise in mine, waiting until the third Sun was grown
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  Speaker 7: before asking the king to give her the boon. On
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  Speaker 7: the twenty first birthday of the Sun Prince, she said
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  Speaker 7: to the King, Great King, when our youngest child was born,
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  Speaker 7: you said you would give me a boon. Now I
• 54:58
  Speaker 7: ask you to give the kingdom to son prince. But
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  Speaker 7: the King refused, saying that the kingdom must go to
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  Speaker 7: the oldest son, for it belonged by right to him.
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  Speaker 7: Next it would belong by right to the second son,
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  Speaker 7: and not until they were both dead could the kingdom
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  Speaker 7: go to the third son. The queen went away, but
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  Speaker 7: the king saw that she was not pleased with his answer.
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  Speaker 7: He feared that she would do harm to the older
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  Speaker 7: princes to get them out of the way of the
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  Speaker 7: Sun Prince, so he called his elder sons and told
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  Speaker 7: them that they must go and live in the forest
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  Speaker 7: until his death, then come back and reign in the
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  Speaker 7: city that is yours by right, he said, And with
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  Speaker 7: tears he kissed them on the foreheads and set them away.
• 56:01
  Speaker 7: As they were going down out of the palace after
• 56:04
  Speaker 7: saying good bye to their father, the Sun Prince called
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  Speaker 7: to them, where are you going? And when he heard
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  Speaker 7: where they were going and why, he said, I will
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  Speaker 7: go with you my brothers. So off they started. They
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  Speaker 7: went on and on and by and by they reached
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  Speaker 7: the forest. There they sat down to rest in the
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  Speaker 7: shade of a pond. Then the eldest brother said to
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  Speaker 7: the sun Prince, go down to the pond and bathe
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  Speaker 7: and drink. Then bring us a drink while we rest here.
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  Speaker 7: Now the King of the fairies had given this pond
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  Speaker 7: to a water sprite. The fairy king had said to
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  Speaker 7: the water sprite, you are to have it in your power.
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  Speaker 7: All who go down into the water, except those who
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  Speaker 7: give the right answer to one question question. Those who
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  Speaker 7: give the right answer will not be in your power.
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  Speaker 7: The question is what are the good fairies like? When
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  Speaker 7: the sun Prince went into the pond, the water sprite
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  Speaker 7: saw him and asked him the question, what are the
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  Speaker 7: good fairies like? They are like the sun and the
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  Speaker 7: moon said the sun Prince, you don't know what the
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  Speaker 7: good fairies are like, cried the water sprite, and he
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  Speaker 7: carried the poor boy down into her cave. By and by,
• 57:38
  Speaker 7: the eldest brother said, Moon prince, go down and see
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  Speaker 7: why our brothers stays so long in the pond. As
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  Speaker 7: soon as the moon prince reached the water's edge. The
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  Speaker 7: water sprite called to him and said, tell me what
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  Speaker 7: the good fairies are like like the sky above us,
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  Speaker 7: replied the moon Prince. You don't know either, said the
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  Speaker 7: water sprite, and dragged the moon Prince down into the
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  Speaker 7: cave where the sun Prince sat. Something must have happened
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  Speaker 7: to those two brothers of mine, thought the eldest. So
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  Speaker 7: he went to the pond and saw the marks of
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  Speaker 7: the footsteps where his brothers had gone into the water.
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  Speaker 7: Then he knew that a water sprite must live in
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  Speaker 7: that pond. He girded on his sword and stood with
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  Speaker 7: his bow in his hand. The water sprite soon came
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  Speaker 7: along in the form of a woodsman. You seem tired, friend,
• 58:38
  Speaker 7: he said to the prince, why don't you bathe in
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  Speaker 7: the lake and then lie on the bank and rest.
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  Speaker 7: But the prince knew that it was a water sprite,
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  Speaker 7: and he said, you have carried off my brothers. Yes,
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  Speaker 7: said the water sprite. Why did you carry them off?
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  Speaker 7: Because they did not end answer my question, said the
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  Speaker 7: water sprite, and I have power over all who go
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  Speaker 7: down into the water, except those who do give the
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  Speaker 7: right answer. I will answer your question, said the eldest brother,
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  Speaker 7: and he did. The good fairies are like the pure
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  Speaker 7: in heart, who fear to sin, the good kindly in
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  Speaker 7: word and deed. O Wise Prince, I will bring back
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  Speaker 7: to you one of your brothers. Which shall I bring,
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  Speaker 7: said the water sprite, Bring me the younger one, said
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  Speaker 7: the prince. It was on his account that our father
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  Speaker 7: sent us away. I could never go away with Moon
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  Speaker 7: Prince and leave poor Sun Prince here. Oh, wise Prince,
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  Speaker 7: you know what the good should do, and you are kind.
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  Speaker 7: I will bring back both your brothers, said the water Sprite.
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  Speaker 7: After that the three princes lived together in the forest
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  Speaker 7: until the king died. Then they went back to the palace.
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  Speaker 7: The eldest brother was made king, and he and his
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  Speaker 7: brother's rule with him. He also built a home for
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  Speaker 7: the water Sprite in the palace grounds. End of the
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  Speaker 7: Prince and the water Sprites. Recording by Susan morin Portland.
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  Speaker 9: Maine, Chapter fourteen of Jeddica Tales. This is a LibriVox recording.
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  Speaker 9: by Kathleen Larberg Kvoy sixty Jeddica Tales by Ellen C. Babbitt,
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  Speaker 9: Chapter fourteen, The King's White Elephant. Once upon a time
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  Speaker 9: a number of carpenters lived on a river bank near
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  Speaker 9: a large forest. Every day, the carpenters went in boats
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  Speaker 9: to the forest to cut down the trees and make
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  Speaker 9: them into lumber. One day, while they were at work,
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  Speaker 9: an elephant came limping on three feet to them. He
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  Speaker 9: held up one foot and the carpenter saw that it
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  Speaker 9: was swollen and sore. Then the elephant lay down, and
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  Speaker 9: the men saw that there was a great splinter in
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  Speaker 9: the sore foot. They pulled it out and washed the
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  Speaker 9: store carefully, so that in a short time it would
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  Speaker 9: be well again. Thankful for the cure, the elephant thought,
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  Speaker 9: these carpenters have done so much for me, I must
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  Speaker 9: be useful to them. So after that, the elephant used
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  Speaker 9: to pull up trees for the carpenters. Sometimes, when the
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  Speaker 9: trees were chopped down, he would row the logs down
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  Speaker 9: to the river. Other times he brought their tools for them,
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  Speaker 9: and the carpenters used to feed him well morning, noon,
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  Speaker 9: and night. Now this elephant had a son who was
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  Speaker 9: white all over, a beautiful, strong, young one, said the
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  Speaker 9: old elephant to himself, I will take myself unto the
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  Speaker 9: place in the forest where I go to work each day,
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  Speaker 9: so that he may learn to help the carpenters, for
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  Speaker 9: I am no longer young and strong. So the old
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  Speaker 9: elephant told his son how the carpenters had taken good
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  Speaker 9: care of him when he was badly hurt, and took
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  Speaker 9: him to them. The white elephant did as his father
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  Speaker 9: told him to do and helped the carpenters, and they
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  Speaker 9: fed him well. When the work was done. At night,
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  Speaker 9: the young elephant went to play in the river. The
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  Speaker 9: carpenter's children played with him in the water and on
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  Speaker 9: the bank. He liked to pick them up in his
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  Speaker 9: trunk and set them on the high branches of the trees,
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  Speaker 9: and then let them climb down on his back. One day,
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  Speaker 9: the king came down the river and saw this beautiful
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  Speaker 9: white elephant working for the carpenters. The king at once
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  Speaker 9: wanted the elephant for his own, and paid the carpenters
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  Speaker 9: a great price for him. Then, with a last look
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  Speaker 9: at his playmates the children, the beautiful white elephant went
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  Speaker 9: on with the king. The king was proud of his
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  Speaker 9: new elephant and took the best care of him as
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  Speaker 9: long as he lived and of Chapter fourteen. Recording by
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  Speaker 9: Kathleen Larber Cavevoy sixty Chapter fifteen of Jadica Tales. This
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  Speaker 9: LibriVox dot org. Recording by Kathleen Larber Cavevoy sixty Jadica
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  Speaker 9: Tales by Ellen C. Babbitt, Chapter fifteen. The ox who
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  Speaker 9: envied the pig. Once upon a time there was an
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  Speaker 9: ox named big Red. He had a younger brother named
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  Speaker 9: Little Red. These two brothers did all the carting on
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  Speaker 9: a large farm. Now, the farmer had an only daughter,
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  Speaker 9: and she was soon to be married. Her mother gave
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  Speaker 9: orders that the pig should be fattened for the wedding feast.
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  Speaker 9: Little Red noticed that the pig was fed on choice food.
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  Speaker 9: He said to his brother, how is it, big Red,
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  Speaker 9: that you and I are given only straw and grass
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  Speaker 9: to eat while we do all the hard work on
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  Speaker 9: the farm. That lazy pig does nothing but eat the
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  Speaker 9: choice food the farmer gives him, said his brother, my
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  Speaker 9: dear little Red, envy him. Not that little pig is
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  Speaker 9: eating the food of death. He has been fattened for
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  Speaker 9: the wedding feast. Eat your straw and grass and be
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  Speaker 9: content and live long. Not long afterwards, the fattened pig
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  Speaker 9: was killed and cooked for the wedding feast. Then Big
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  Speaker 9: Red said, did you see, Little Red, what became of
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  Speaker 9: the pig after all his fine feeding? Yes, said the
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  Speaker 9: little brother.
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  Speaker 10: We can go on eating plain food for years, but
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  Speaker 10: the poor little pig ate the food of death, and
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  Speaker 10: now he is dead. His feed was good while it lasted,
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  Speaker 10: but it did not last long. End of chapter fifteen.
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  Speaker 10: Recording by Kathleen Larberg Kvevoy sixty.
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  Speaker 7: Chapter sixteen of Jataka Tails. This is a LibriVox recording.
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  Speaker 7: Tales by Ellen C. Babbitt, Chapter sixteen. Grannie's Blackie. Once
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  Speaker 7: upon a time a rich man gave a baby elephant
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  Speaker 7: to a woman. She took the best of care of
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  Speaker 7: this great baby, and soon became very fond of him.
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  Speaker 7: The children in the village called her Grannie, and they
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  Speaker 7: called the elephant Grannie's Blackie the elephant carried the children
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  Speaker 7: on his back all over the village. They shared their
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  Speaker 7: goodies with him, and he played with them. Blackie, give
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  Speaker 7: us a swing, they said to him, almost every day.
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  Speaker 7: Come on, who is first? Blackie answered and picked them
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  Speaker 7: up with his trunk, swung them high in the air,
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  Speaker 7: and then put them down again carefully. But Blackie never
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  Speaker 7: did any work. He ate and slept, played with the children,
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  Speaker 7: and visited with Grannie. One day, Blackie wanted Grannie to
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  Speaker 7: go off to the woods with him. I can't go, Blackie, dear,
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  Speaker 7: I have too much work to do. Then Blackie looked
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  Speaker 7: at her and saw that she was growing old and feeble.
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  Speaker 7: I am young and strong, he thought, I'll see if
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  Speaker 7: I cannot find some work to do. If I could
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  Speaker 7: bring some money home to her, she would not have
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  Speaker 7: to work so hard. So next morning, bright and early,
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  Speaker 7: he started down to the river bank. There he found
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  Speaker 7: a man who was in great trouble. There was a
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  Speaker 7: long line of wagons so heavily loaded that the oxen
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  Speaker 7: could not draw them through the shallow water. When the
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  Speaker 7: man saw Blackie standing on the bank, he asked, who
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  Speaker 7: owns this elephant? I want to hire him to help
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  Speaker 7: my oxen pull these wagons across the river. A child
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  Speaker 7: standing nearby said, that is Grannie's Blackie very well, said
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  Speaker 7: the man, I'll pay two pieces of silver for each
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  Speaker 7: wagon this elephant draws across the river. Blackie was glad
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  Speaker 7: to hear this promise. He went into the river and
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  Speaker 7: drew one wagon after another across to the other side.
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  Speaker 7: Then he went up to the man for the money.
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  Speaker 7: The man counted out one piece of silver for each wagon.
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  Speaker 7: When Blackie saw that the man had counted out but
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  Speaker 7: one piece of silver for each wagon instead of two,
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  Speaker 7: he would not touch the money at all. He stood
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  Speaker 7: in the road and would not let the wagons pass him.
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  Speaker 7: The man tried to get Blackie out of the way,
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  Speaker 7: but not one step would he move. Then the man
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  Speaker 7: went back and counted out another piece of silver for
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  Speaker 7: each of the wagons and put the silver in a
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  Speaker 7: bag tied around Blackie's neck. Then Blackie started for home,
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  Speaker 7: proud to think that he had a present for Grannie.
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  Speaker 7: The children had missed Blackie and had asked Grannie where
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  Speaker 7: he was, but she said she did not know where
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  Speaker 7: he had gone. They all looked for him, but it
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  Speaker 7: was nearly night before they heard him coming. Where have
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  Speaker 7: you been, Blackie? And what is that around your neck?
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  Speaker 7: The children cried, running to meet their playmate, but Blackie
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  Speaker 7: would not stop to talk with his playmates. He ran
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  Speaker 7: straight home to Grannie. Oh Blackie, She said, where have
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  Speaker 7: you been? What is in that bag? And she took
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  Speaker 7: the bag off his neck. Oh Blackie, Blackie said, Grannie,
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  Speaker 7: how hard you must to have worked to earn these
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  Speaker 7: pieces of silver. What a good Blackie you are. And
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  Speaker 7: after that black he did the hard work and Granny rested,
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  Speaker 7: and they were both very happy. End of chapter sixteen.
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  Speaker 7: Recording by Susan morin Portland, Maine. Chapter seventeen of Jataka Tales.
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  Speaker 7: Chapter seventeen, The Crab and the Crane. In the long ago,
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  Speaker 7: there was a summer when very little rain fell. All
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  Speaker 7: the animals suffered for want of water, but the fishes
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  Speaker 7: suffered most of all. In one pond full of fishes,
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  Speaker 7: the water was very low. Indeed, a crane sat on
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  Speaker 7: the bank watching the fishes. What are you doing, asked
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  Speaker 7: a little fish. I am thinking of you fishes there
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  Speaker 7: in the pond. It is so nearly dry, answered the crane. Yes.
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  Speaker 7: The crane went on, I was wishing I might do
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  Speaker 7: something for you. I know of a pond in the
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  Speaker 7: deep woods where there is plenty of water, I declare,
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  Speaker 7: said the little fish. You are the first crane that
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  Speaker 7: ever offered to help a fish. That may be, said
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  Speaker 7: the crain. But the water is low in your pond.
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  Speaker 7: I could easily carry you, one by one on my
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  Speaker 7: back to that of a pond where there is plenty
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  Speaker 7: of water and food and cool shade. I don't believe
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  Speaker 7: there is any such pond, said the little fish. What
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  Speaker 7: you wish to do is to eat us one by one.
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  Speaker 7: If you don't believe me, said the crane, send with
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  Speaker 7: me one of the fishes whom you can believe. I'll
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  Speaker 7: show him the pond and bring him back to tell
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  Speaker 7: you all about it. A big fish heard the crane
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  Speaker 7: and said, I'll go with you to see the pond.
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  Speaker 7: I may as well be eaten by the crane as
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  Speaker 7: to die here. So the crane put the big fish
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  Speaker 7: on his back and started for the deep woods. Soon
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  Speaker 7: the crane showed the big fish the pool of water.
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  Speaker 7: See how cool and shady it is here, he said,
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  Speaker 7: And how much larger the pond is, and how full
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  Speaker 7: it is, yes, said the big fish. Take me back
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  Speaker 7: to the little ponds, and I'll tell the other fishes
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  Speaker 7: all about it. So back they went. The fish all
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  Speaker 7: wanted to go when they heard the big fish talk
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  Speaker 7: about the fine pond which he had seen. Then the
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  Speaker 7: crane picked up another fish and carried it away, not
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  Speaker 7: to the pool, but into the woods where the other
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  Speaker 7: fishes could not see them. Then the crane put the
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  Speaker 7: fish down and ate it. The crane went back for
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  Speaker 7: another fish. He carried it to the same place in
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  Speaker 7: the woods and ate it too. This he did until
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  Speaker 7: he had eaten all the fishes in the pond. The
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  Speaker 7: next day, the crane went to the pond to see
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  Speaker 7: if he had left a fish. There was not one left,
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  Speaker 7: but there was a crab on the sand. Little crab
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  Speaker 7: said the crane. Would you let me take you to
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  Speaker 7: the fine pond in the deep woods where I took
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  Speaker 7: the fishes. But how would you carry me, asked the crab. Oh, easily,
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  Speaker 7: answered the crane. I'll take you on my back as
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  Speaker 7: I did the fishes. No, thank you, said the crab.
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  Speaker 7: I can't go that way. I am afraid you might
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  Speaker 7: drop me. If I could take hold of your neck
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  Speaker 7: with my claws, I would go. You know, we crabs
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  Speaker 7: have a tight grip. The crane knew about the tight
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  Speaker 7: grip of the crab, and he did not like to
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  Speaker 7: have the crab hold on with his claws. But he
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  Speaker 7: was hungry, and he said, very well, hold tight, And
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  Speaker 7: off went the crane with the crab. When they reached
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  Speaker 7: the place where the crane had eaten the fishes, the
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  Speaker 7: crane said, I think you can walk the rest of
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  Speaker 7: the way. Let go of my neck. I see no pond,
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  Speaker 7: said the crab. All I can see is a pile
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  Speaker 7: of fish bones. Is that all that is left of
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  Speaker 7: the fishes? Yeah, said the crane. And if you let
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  Speaker 7: go of my neck, your shell will be all that
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  Speaker 7: it will be left of you. And the crane put
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  Speaker 7: his head down near the ground so that the crab
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  Speaker 7: could get off easily. But the crab pinched the crane's
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  Speaker 7: neck so that his head fell off. Not my shell,
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  Speaker 7: but your bones are left to dry with the bones
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  Speaker 7: of the fishes, said the crab, end of chapter seventeen.
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  Speaker 7: Recording by Susan Moran, Portland, Maine. Chapter eighteen of Jataka Tales.
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  Speaker 7: Chapter eighteen. Why the owl is not king of the birds?
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  Speaker 7: Why is it that crows torment the owls as they
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  Speaker 7: sleep in the daytime, for the same reason that the
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  Speaker 7: owls try to kill the crows while they sleep at night.
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  Speaker 7: Listen to a tale of long ago, and then you
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  Speaker 7: will see why. Once upon a time, the people who
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  Speaker 7: lived together when the world was young, took a certain
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  Speaker 7: man for their king. The four footed animals also took
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  Speaker 7: one of their number for their king. The fish in
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  Speaker 7: the ocean chose a king to rule over them. Then
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  Speaker 7: the birds gathered together on a great flat rock, crying
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  Speaker 7: among men, there is a king and among the beasts,
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  Speaker 7: and the fish have one two, but we birds have none.
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  Speaker 7: We ought to have a king. Let us choose one now.
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  Speaker 7: And so the birds talked the matter over, and at
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  Speaker 7: last they all said, let us have the owl for
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  Speaker 7: our king. No, not all. For one old crow rose
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  Speaker 7: up and said, for my heart, I don't want the
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  Speaker 7: owls to be our king. Look at him now, while
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  Speaker 7: you are all crying that you want him for your king.
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  Speaker 7: See how sour he looks right now. If that's the
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  Speaker 7: cross look he wears when he is happy, how will
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  Speaker 7: he look when he is angry? I, for one, want
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  Speaker 7: no such sour looking king. Then the crow flew up
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  Speaker 7: into the air, crying, I don't like it. I don't
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  Speaker 7: like it. The owl rose and followed him. From at
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  Speaker 7: that time on, the crows and owls have been enemies.
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  Speaker 7: The birds chose a turtle dove to be their king,
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  Speaker 7: and then flew to their homes. End of Chapter eighteen.
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  Speaker 7: Recording by Susan Morn, Portland, Maine, and of Jataka Tales
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  Speaker 7: by Ellen C. Babbitt