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Reading Notes: Jatakas Anthology

The Cunning Crane and the Crab

By: W.H.D Rouse 

  • starts with the setting
  • begins by introducing character
  • introduces the problem
  • introduces the trick
  • talks about the opposing sides of the characters
  • the crane fakes being nice
  • other characters believe him
  • give the setting with detail
  • detailed description of the characters emotions
  • prepares to trick the other characters
  • the cranes trick worked
  • introduces third character
  • the crab begins to out whit the crane
  • crab tricks the crane and switches it back on him
  • the crane received to him what he had done to the fish
  • the third character outsmarted all of the others
  • the crab lived happily
  • all others were dead
Source: A crane and his victim, a fish. 

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