Reading Notes, More Jataka Tales: The Lion in Bad Company
A young lion.
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One day a young Wolf encountered a lion and wasn't able to get away so he pled to the lion and asked for his life to be spared if he agree to be the servant of the "Great Lion" and his family for the rest of its life. The young lion's parents had told him not to trust wolves but he became friends with him because he called him "Great Lion".The lion took the Wolf to the den where he lived with his father and mother and he lived there even though the lion's father was against it.
One day the Wolf talked the young lion into catching a small pony to ear and so the lion snuck up on one, attacked it, and took it back to the den. His father said "Son! Those ponies belong to the king. If you take from the king again, your life will be in danger." But the young Lion liked the taste of horse-meat so he continued to hunt ponies to eat them.
The king heard that the tiger was eating his ponies so he tried to implement protective measures against the lion but it always got around the protections and ate the ponies. Then, the king tasked an archer to shoot the lion.
One day when the wolf was watching the young lion kill a pony for their lunch, the archer shot the lion with an arrow, effectively setting the wolf free from the servitude.
One day the Wolf talked the young lion into catching a small pony to ear and so the lion snuck up on one, attacked it, and took it back to the den. His father said "Son! Those ponies belong to the king. If you take from the king again, your life will be in danger." But the young Lion liked the taste of horse-meat so he continued to hunt ponies to eat them.
The king heard that the tiger was eating his ponies so he tried to implement protective measures against the lion but it always got around the protections and ate the ponies. Then, the king tasked an archer to shoot the lion.
One day when the wolf was watching the young lion kill a pony for their lunch, the archer shot the lion with an arrow, effectively setting the wolf free from the servitude.
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