Week 10 Read Part B: Jataka tales

For the second part of the reading, my favorite story was Granny's Blackie.  I thought that as a story for children it was excellent, with the main lesson being that at some point in our lives we must grow up and take responsibility.  Blackie, the elephant, seeing Granny is getting exhausted from all her work to support them, takes it upon himself to earn the money for Granny and get a job.  The secondary message in this story comes when Blackie completes the job and is offered less pay then promised, and he holds firm until the man pays him his just wages.  He also resists all the temptations of fun he used to give into and stays steadfast in his resolve to be responsible, and as the story states, continues on doing the same in the future.  This story, while probably not what I will write a story about this week, nevertheless was my favorite story out of all the part B jatakas. 
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Black Elephant, from pexels



Bibliography:
Granny's Blackie, Jataka Tales, Ellen C. Babbit

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