Reading Notes

Of all the Jatakas I read I would have to say Rabbit and Crane and Crab were the two I enjoyed reading the most. The rabbit was one I enjoyed, because I loved Chicken Little growing up! Crane and Crab, on the other hand, was one I liked because of the sly crab that used his wits to over come the 'bad guy'.

Even though I really enjoyed both of the readings there are still things I would have changed about them to add more depth. One of the best things about Chicken Little is they tied "the earth is falling" to "the boy who cried wolf", and made a pretty spectacular cartoon movie out of it. If I were to remake the Rabbit tale I would probably give it more of an entertaining backstory.  Maybe the rabbit wasn't the most popular, and wanted everyone to be his friend for at least a day so he lied and said the world was breaking so everyone would live like the world was going to end. My story wouldn't necessarily be them all acting crazy, but them treating people nicely and fulfilling their wildest dreams before the world ends! Then TADAH world doesn't end, and everyone thinks "wow. the world would be a better place if we acted like every day was the last day".

If I were adding a different ending to crane and crab, it would probably be that after he snapped the Cranes neck off and landed in the water, he actually landed in a lake that had his long lost crab family that he got to be reunited with! That is a much happier ending than him living in a big lake all alone...

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