Reading Notes:
- · Four princes heard a story about a Red-Bud tree.
- · They had never seen one before but longed to be the first.
- · The oldest prince asked his driver to take him to the woods.
- · It was too really in the spring to see any buds on it.
- · Later that season the son went to see it and this time there was a ton of red buds.
- · The tree was covered in green leaves when the third son went to see it.
- · Lastly the youngest begged to go see it and saw little bean pods.
- · He ran back to his brothers and cried saying he saw the tree!
- · They all argued about it because it looked different to all of them.
- · The king stepped in and explained that each season is different and so they had seen the same tree but all at different times.
Bibliography: Ellen C. Babbitt, More Jataka Tales
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