The Brave Pig
There once was a carpenter who lived in a village. On his daily walk he found a pig that had been left for dead and decided to help this pig. He raised the pig as his pet and even trained it to help him work. One day his wife pointed out that other people may see this fat pet pig and decide they want to kill it for food. After hearing this the man decided to let the pig go back in the woods. After a few days the pig found himself a group of pigs to live with but they were all skinny due to their fear of a mean tiger that attacked them every morning. The pig that was raised by humans, we will call him Bill, thought of a plan to fight back against the tiger. He made the pigs all get into a formation to scare the tiger. When the tiger came in the morning he was scared by this at first and left the pigs alone. As the tiger walked through the woods he saw a man he brings pig meat to and the man convinced the tiger to go back. When the tiger got back he figured out that Bill was the fattest pig and also the leader so he decided to kill bill first. He dove at Bill but he ducked and the tiger fell into a pit the pigs had made and the pigs stoned the tiger.
Cover of Jataka Tales of Valour and Victory from the reserves at the Bizzell Memorial Library at the University of Oklahoma
By: Margie Sastry, Chandrakant Rane, and Anant Pai
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