{"id":8319,"date":"2020-09-06T10:30:21","date_gmt":"2020-09-06T17:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.danielharper.org\/yauu\/?p=8319"},"modified":"2021-03-25T15:33:55","modified_gmt":"2021-03-25T22:33:55","slug":"the-monkey-and-the-crocodile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.danielharper.org\/yauu\/2020\/09\/the-monkey-and-the-crocodile\/","title":{"rendered":"Jataka tale: The Monkey and the Crocodile"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Possum and his friends act out the Sumsumara-Jataka (no. 208):<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Full script is below the fold….<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Possum: Hey, guys, let’s act out a Jataka tale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nanas: What’s a Jataka tale?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sharpie: Buddhists believe that Jataka tales are stories about one of Buddha’s previous lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elephant: But I don’t believe that people had previous lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sharpie: Well, Jataka Tales are also just good, fun stories that can make you think.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Possum [as narrator]: A monkey lived in in a fig tree by a river, and in the river lived some crocodiles. One day, one of the crocodiles said to her son, “I want the heart of a Monkey to eat.” Now this little crocodile was stupid, but he came up with a plan. He swam to the tree where the Monkey lived.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Crocodile: Oh, Monkey, come with me to the other side of the river where the mangoes are ripe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nanas: But I can’t swim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Crocodile: I’ll take you over on my back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Possum: The monkey wanted some mangoes, so she jumped onto the Crocodile’s back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nanas: This is great!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Crocodile: Check this out!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Possum: And the crocodile dove under the water. The monkey didn’t like that at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nanas: Don’t dive! I can’t breathe underwater.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Possum: Now remember, this crocodile was stupid. He said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Crocodile: I’m going to drown you so my mother can eat your heart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nanas: Oh, that’s too bad. I didn’t bring my heart with me. It’s up there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Possum: And the monkey pointed to one of the figs hanging way up high in the tree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Crocodile: You mean you left your heart in your tree?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nanas: Yes. If you want it, take me back to my tree. But first, take me to the island so I can get some mangoes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Crocodile: No, monkey. Give me your heart first, then I’ll take you to the island.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Possum: But as soon as the monkey jumped onto land, she ran quickly up the fig tree, and she shouted down to the crocodile:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Monkey: O silly crocodile! Did you really believe there were animals who kept their hearts in a tree?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Possum: The crocodile went back sorrowing to the place he lived.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elephant: I like the way the Monkey did not have to use violence to get herself out of trouble.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Possum: I like the way this is a religious story, but the Monkey does not call on a god or goddess to get herself out of trouble.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sharpie: There are many ways to interpret this story. How do YOU interpret it?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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