Reading Notes: Asian and African, Reading B
1. Tibetan Folk Tales: How the Wolf, the Fox, and the Rabbit Committed a Crime by Albert Shelton.
A wolf, a fox, and a rabbit were walking along the road together one day where they saw a wizard carrying a backpack. The rabbit told the other two that he would limp in front of the wizard so that he would put down his pack and try to catch him, then the wolf and fox would grab his things. As the rabbit predicted, the man left his things to go catch the rabbit. When he came back, he found that his belongings were missing and continued down the road in sadness.
Meanwhile, the wolf, fox, and rabbit had met up to see what was in the pack. Inside were a pair of heavy layered Tibetan boots, a cymbal with a clapper, and an idol of tsamba and some bread. The rabbit divvied up the items, giving the wolf the boots since he has to walk the most, the fox the bell for his children to play with, and the food to himself.
So the wolf put on the boots to go hunt sheep, but the boots were so heavy that he fell on ice and couldn't pull himself up. A shepherd then found him and killed him. The fox brought home the bell to his children, thinking it would delight them, but actually they were all afraid of the loud noise. So the rabbit ate up all of the tsamba and the bread and got the best deal out of the whole heist.
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Tibetan Folk Tales by Albert Shelton.
A wolf, a fox, and a rabbit were walking along the road together one day where they saw a wizard carrying a backpack. The rabbit told the other two that he would limp in front of the wizard so that he would put down his pack and try to catch him, then the wolf and fox would grab his things. As the rabbit predicted, the man left his things to go catch the rabbit. When he came back, he found that his belongings were missing and continued down the road in sadness.
Meanwhile, the wolf, fox, and rabbit had met up to see what was in the pack. Inside were a pair of heavy layered Tibetan boots, a cymbal with a clapper, and an idol of tsamba and some bread. The rabbit divvied up the items, giving the wolf the boots since he has to walk the most, the fox the bell for his children to play with, and the food to himself.
So the wolf put on the boots to go hunt sheep, but the boots were so heavy that he fell on ice and couldn't pull himself up. A shepherd then found him and killed him. The fox brought home the bell to his children, thinking it would delight them, but actually they were all afraid of the loud noise. So the rabbit ate up all of the tsamba and the bread and got the best deal out of the whole heist.
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Tibetan Folk Tales by Albert Shelton.
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