- Mahatundila and Cullatundila-two pigs that get taken in by an elderly woman and raised as her children
- "Bathe in the Pool of water as on a bright feast-day , and you shall find a perfume that never fades away"
- pool of water=love
- perfume=love (never fades away)
- The buffalo doesn't pick on the monkey because he knows he is too small/simple to deserve that harsh treatment
- Don't pick on the weak to make yourself feel better
- Mysterious deer that lives deep in the woods
- The Sarabha helps a King who is trying to capture out of a chasm he has fallen into.
- The king feels more pain from viewing the deer as his enemy
- A story of sacrifice
The Quarrelsome Quails
- All the quails have to do to avoid being caught is cooperate.
- The bickering of two quails also gets others trapped in the net
- The quail with small wings is able to do something his stronger brothers would never (drive back a forest fire)
- It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog
The End of the World
- A little hare creates an uproar because he mistakes a fruit falling from its tree for the world coming to an end.
- Don't jump to conclusions
Lion saving all the animals from "the end of the world": Twenty Jataka Tales
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