Reading Notes: Week 13 Part B

The Two Pigs

- There were two little pigs that lived outside the town of Benares

- This old lady one day was passing by when she spotted the little pigs 

- The old lady took the two pigs back home with her, named them Mahatundila and Cullatundila

- Two years passed and the two pigs and the old lady lived a happy life 

- There was a party going on in the town of Benares and all the men in town ate all the meat

- They were not satisfied and so they showed up at the old ladies house to try and buy the two pigs

-The lady wasn't giving into the men and so the men got her drunk 

- With this the lady offered the youngest pig, Cullatundila

- Cullatundila caught onto the trap the old had set up for her

- Mahatundila found out about this and Mahatundila spoke words that touched everyone in the town including the king in the nearby palace 

- The king later died and the pigs left the kingdom and returned to the forest were they lived happily together 

- "Bathe in a pool of water as on a bright feast day, And you shall find a perfume that never fades away" 

Old Lady and The Two Pigs
Source: ISM Blog Post

The Patient Buffalo

- There was this monkey and buffalo sitting around the same time

- The buffalo was resting beneath and the monkey decided to go and try to annoy the buffalo

- The monkey tried jumping on the buffalo's head and swinging from his horns

- However, the buffalo was not phased by this

- So the monkey tried destroying all the grazing land the buffalo ate on, but still the buffalo was not disturbed 

- Then came along a fairy who told the buffalo of his great powers 

- The buffalo did not seem interested in this as the monkey was not a pest to him 

- The buffalo told the fairy that he could not punish the monkey for he had only a small brain

- With this the fairy took her wand and warded the monkey away

- The fairy also put a charm on the buffalo so no one else could come and bother the buffalo agian

- From that day on the buffalo lived a happy life

The Buffalo and Monkey
Source: ISM Blog Post

Bibliography: Twenty Jataka Tales. Noor Inayat. Source: Indian Epics Readings and Resources