Reading Notes: Fables of Bidpai Part B

 Bibliography: The Tortoise and the Geese and Other Fables of Bidpai by Maude Dutton (1908)

The Lean Cat and the Fat Cat

  • Once there was a lean cat who never had food to eat. One day, he sees one of his friends who has gotten fat off food from the king's table. His friend says he will take him to eat from the king's table. However, the king made a decree that no cats were entered inside. Every other cat ran away, but the lean-greedy cat did not care and ran onto the table.
    • Here he was caught by the cook and killed. 
    • The moral of the story is to always be content with what you have. 
  • A King had a prized falcon which he always took with him to hunt. Once, while he was hunting, he was separated from his hunting party while pursuing a deer. After the long ride the King was thirsty and found a stream to drink from. While the King was trying to collect water his falcon continously knocked it out of his hand making the King angry. The King became so angry that he threw his falcon on the ground and killed it. When his hunting party came to him he ordered them to get him water from the stream. However, when his attendant came back he informed the king that a dragon's carcass was upstream and that it's poison contaminated the stream.
    • The King realized his mistake and lamented over killing his prized falcon.
    • Here, we see that the moral is to not be rash and think things through. 

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