BoomerSooner359: Reading Notes: Free Reading 15 More Jataka Tales Part A

Today I read of the wise goat and the wolves! A family of goats lived in a cave in the side of a hill and not far from them lived a couple wolves. The wolves enjoyed the meat of goats so they decided to feast on the family of goats until there were no more. One by one they ate all the goats until one wise goat remained. They tried and tried but could not catch the wise goat. Finally one wolf said to the other they should trick the goat. He would lay down and pretend to be dead while the other wolf made the goat feel sorry and come to help bury the dead wolf. When the goat came near, the wolf would jump up and attack! So they tried their plan and the goat would not go. Finally the wolf convinced the goat to go but it had taken so long that as they neared, the “dead” wolf raised his head to see if they were coming. The goat saw this and ran away! They tried again but instead, the wolf said that they wanted to be friends because the goat made the other wolf better by walking near it! The goat got smarter and said that she would go but she was bringing her friends to celebrate with them. She would bring all the hounds she knew! The wolves got scared and were never seen again! I liked how the goat was wise enough to outwit the goats but I wondered why didn’t she save her friends? If she were that wise, I would imagine that she would have at least tried to save her friends!