Reading Notes: Bidpai Part A The King, the Falcon, and the Drinking-Cup,
The King, the Falcon, and the Drinking-Cup
There once was a king who liked hunting very much. The king had a falcon which he valued as one of his most precious treasures. The king valued this falcon so much he fed it himself from his own hand and the falcon would be carried on the king's wrist during hunts.
One day when the king and his court were on a hunt a deer crossed their paths and the king started to pursue him. The rest of the court could not keep up with the king's speed and the king somehow became separated from the group completely and could not conquer the deer.
The king became hot and thirsty from his pursuit and he got off his horse and went in search of some water. After a long time, he encountered a hill with a small stream trickling down over the rocks. The king pulled a drinking cup from his sash and set it in under the stream until the cup was filled with water.
When the king raised the cup to his lips to drink the hawk swooped over and knocked the cup out of the king's hands. The king angered said " you awkward bird!" and again tried to fill the cup with water from the stream. Once again the hawk came in and knocked the cup from the king's hands. Losing his patience and having a great thirst the king threw the bird to the ground with great force that he killed the bird.
At that moment an attendant rode up and saw the king was thirsty and pulled out his flask to give the king to drink from. The king shook his and denied his gesture saying " I have my heart set on drinking from this stream which runs from the mountainside. Although it takes a long time to fill the cup drop by drip from here at the bottom, go to the top of the hill and bring me a cup of water from the source."
The attendant did as the king commanded but when he returned he came with an empty cup.
" you're majesty you have escaped death, at the source of the spring lies a dead dragon whose poison has tainted the stream. Please, your majesty, will you drink water from the flask?"
He held up the flask and as the king drank tears rolled down from his face.
" Your majesty, why do you weep?" asked the attendant
The king picked up the dead bird " My falcon my most precious treasure. This bird saved my life twice and my rage killed it with great force." the king sadly said
Bibliography: This story is part of the Bidpai unit. Story source: The Tortoise and the Geese and Other Fables of Bidpai by Maude Barrows Dutton, with illustrations by E. Boyd Smith, 1908.
There once was a king who liked hunting very much. The king had a falcon which he valued as one of his most precious treasures. The king valued this falcon so much he fed it himself from his own hand and the falcon would be carried on the king's wrist during hunts.
One day when the king and his court were on a hunt a deer crossed their paths and the king started to pursue him. The rest of the court could not keep up with the king's speed and the king somehow became separated from the group completely and could not conquer the deer.
The king became hot and thirsty from his pursuit and he got off his horse and went in search of some water. After a long time, he encountered a hill with a small stream trickling down over the rocks. The king pulled a drinking cup from his sash and set it in under the stream until the cup was filled with water.
When the king raised the cup to his lips to drink the hawk swooped over and knocked the cup out of the king's hands. The king angered said " you awkward bird!" and again tried to fill the cup with water from the stream. Once again the hawk came in and knocked the cup from the king's hands. Losing his patience and having a great thirst the king threw the bird to the ground with great force that he killed the bird.
At that moment an attendant rode up and saw the king was thirsty and pulled out his flask to give the king to drink from. The king shook his and denied his gesture saying " I have my heart set on drinking from this stream which runs from the mountainside. Although it takes a long time to fill the cup drop by drip from here at the bottom, go to the top of the hill and bring me a cup of water from the source."
The attendant did as the king commanded but when he returned he came with an empty cup.
" you're majesty you have escaped death, at the source of the spring lies a dead dragon whose poison has tainted the stream. Please, your majesty, will you drink water from the flask?"
He held up the flask and as the king drank tears rolled down from his face.
" Your majesty, why do you weep?" asked the attendant
The king picked up the dead bird " My falcon my most precious treasure. This bird saved my life twice and my rage killed it with great force." the king sadly said
Bibliography: This story is part of the Bidpai unit. Story source: The Tortoise and the Geese and Other Fables of Bidpai by Maude Barrows Dutton, with illustrations by E. Boyd Smith, 1908.
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