Tuesday, January 23, 2018

Reading Notes: Jatakas, Panchatantra, and Other Fables from India

The Golden Goose
Main Characters: 
Goose
Mom
2 Daughters
Plot:
A goose with golden feathers offered to give his feathers one by one to a poor mother with two daughters so that they could sell the feathers and live off of it but the mom became greedy and made a plan to grab the goose the next time he comes and take off all of his feathers by force. However, the golden feathers turned to plain white feathers because they were taken by force rather than voluntarily by the goose and then the goose never came back so the greedy mom was left with nothing.
Moral: Greediness leaves you with nothing in the end. 


The Golden Goose: Ellsworth Young

Bibliography. "The Golden Goose" from Jakata Tales by Ellen C. Babbitt with illustrations by Ellsworth Young, web source

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