Reading Diary B Jatakas (Babbitt)

Jataka Tales (Babbitt)

Once again, this unit had great stories. The stories all included crazy animal characters that make them very interesting to read.

The Stupid Monkeys These poor monkeys, they wanted to help the gardener, but had no idea anything about trees. I cannot believe that they killed all of the trees by looking at the length of their roots. But I will say, it is the gardeners fault for leaving the task to the monkeys. How are they supposed to know what to do.

The Woodpecker and the Lion I enjoyed reading this story. The woodpecker was very nice to the lion, even though he had worries. I thought it was nice of the woodpecker to help out the lion even though he was scared the lion was going to eat him. It was very smart of the woodpecker to put sticks in the lions mouth, so he could not eat him. I still think that the lion should have done something more for the woodpecker.

The Hawks and Their Friends this was a great story that incorporated many animals. I like how the father hawk had to keep repeating what was happening and all of the animals responded with, "I will come at once." I also think that this would be a great story to use in my storybook, the location is at a lake and it is easy to incorporate an adventure into it.

Beauty and Brownie

Picture of Beauty and Brownie

This story brought the other side of hunting, it was the animals perspective. Which to me, was really sad. Those poor deer have to watch out for their entire family and can't get caught in the traps. I wish that both of the deer would have listened to their father.