Reading Notes: Fables of Bidpai Part A

  • A Gardener who lived by himself was lonely and wanted a companion. As he looked for someone to talk to he met a bear who was also lonely. They quickly became friends and the Gardener would feed the bear while the bear keeps flies off the Gardener while he sleeps. One day, while the Gardener was sleeping a fly was hopping around him and the bear started to get angry and threw a large stone at the fly and it killed the fly and the Gardener.
    • This shows that it is better to have a wise enemy than a foolish friend.
  • A Hunter places a snare for a Fox, but the Fox is clever and does not fall for it. However, a Leopard comes along and falls into the trap. The Hunter hears all the noise it made and jumps into the hole after it thinking it's the Fox, but the it is the Leopard who kills the Hunter instead.
  • A Rich Man, who is also very stingy, buys wood from poor woodcutters for only half their price. A Priest who sees this calls him out on it, but the Rich Man does not care and drives them off. During the night a fire breaks out in the Rich Man's house and everything he has is destroyed and now he is just as poor as everyone else. 

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