Reading Notes: Babbitt Jataka Tales, Part A

The two stories I responded most towards were...

...drumroll

the measure of rice 

this one definitely got me

I love how it's just a bunch of mumbo jumbo because language is a social construct and doesn't really mean anything

so the new peasant valuer says the 500 horses are worth a measure of rice

but what does that mean??

I was really hoping he would respond to the question of "if you have valued 500 horses as a measure of rice, what is a measure of rice worth?" with "500 horses." 

Oh that would've really gotten me.

But instead he says the city which is still pretty good.

I just think it's a commentary on greed and the value of someone being good at their job. 

the quarrel of quails

so this one was pretty good too

I had already read some of this section, mainly the turtle focused ones

(I really love turtles and my mom got a russian tortoise for christmas)

so this one was second favorite to those

I just think it represents my sorority

conflict within a group can easily send a whole plan crashing down

the quails were quarreling so they died

it was over a simple mishap but escalated to a mini civil war

this is important and reflects a message of unity and the value in sticking together and remaining logical

BIBLIOGRAPHY: 

Ellen C. Babbitt

The Measure of Rice

The Quarrel of Quails

IMAGE:

(Quarreling Quails)