Reading Notes: The Foolhardy Wolf

It is week eleven! For today, I read the Jataka tale called The Foolhardy Wolf by Ellen C. Babbitt. This story begins with a great lion that is immensely hungry. Therefore, he goes up on top of a mountain and scouts out his food source. He sees a great big buffalo and kills him. The lion eats all the buffalo meat. Full and satisfied, the buffalo goes back to his den. However, watching the lion was a very hungry wolf. The wolf was small and weak from not eating. Therefore, the wolf fell at the paws of the lion and begged him for food. The lion agreed and said, "If you serve me, I will feed you." The wolf agreed. The lion wanted to wolf to go upon the mountaintop and search for the lion's next kill. The wolf would then have to head back to the den and say "Mighty lion, come forth in thy might. Food is in sight." This was done until the wolf grew bigger and stronger from the help of the lion. The wolf eventually became complacent and wanted to kill the food source himself and take all the food. He told the lion, I want you to search for the food and say to me "Mighty wolf, come forth in thy might. Food is in sight." The wolf wanted to kill an elephant. The lion let the wolf dig his own grave. Therefore, the next day, the lion spotted an elephant and came to the wolf and said "Great wolf, come forth in thy might. Food is in sight." The wolf then charged the elephant missed and was trampled to death by the elephant. This would be a fun story to cover! I would like to add different characters and give them names!

The Mighty Lion: Max Pixel