Reading Notes: Week 2 Anthology

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The Crocodile and the Monkey's Heart, Eastern Stories and Legends by Marie L. Shedlock

Characters:

 Brahmadatta
-King of Benares

 Bodhisatta 
-Buddha
-Monkey
-quick wit

 Crocodile
-foolish
-outsmarted by monkey
-sad and miserable
-sorrowful

 Crododile's mate
-desired to eat the heart of the king of monkeys

Summary:
The plot of the story begins with the Crocodile's mate wanting to eat the heart of Bodhisatta. The Crocodile offers to carry the Monkey across the river, but tries to drown the Monkey once the Monkey trusts the Crocodile. The Monkey outsmarts the Crocodile by convincing him he keeps his heart in a tree. The Crocodile believes him, and when the Crocodile takes him to the tree. the Monkey is able to escape. The Crocodile returns to his home feeling sad and foolish.

Plot:
To me, the most important event was the Monkey escaping the Crocodile. I thought it was ironic that the Crocodile was able to fool the Monkey into trusting him in the beginning of the story, only to be outsmarted by trusting the Monkey in the second part of the story.
Birth of Bodhisatta: Wikimedia

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