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Reading Notes: Inayat Twenty Jataka Tales, Part A

 The Guilty Dogs

Dogs: Pixy.org


  • Plot: 
    • Main Events: After a day of charioting the king goes inside the palace, the horses go inside the stables and the chariot and leather straps are left outside in the rain. The dogs of the palace saw this as the perfect opportunity to destroy the leather straps and that they did. Angrily the King commands that all of the dogs of the city be killed for this "crime". All the innocent city dogs went to their chief worried for their life and then the chief went to the palace. At the palace he convinced the king to test his palace dogs to see if they are in fact the guilty ones and after feeding them kusa grass and buttermilk they all began to throw up the leather straps. This proved to the king that the city dogs were innocent and from then on they were treated like royal dogs. 
  • Characters: 
    • King: Quick to judge, Unaware
    • Chief Dog: Loyal, Determined
  • Moral of the Story: You should not jump to conclusions but instead you should investigate before making any decisions. You also can not always trust who you think you can. 


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