Reading Notes: Babbitt, Jataka Tales (Part B)

2. The Elephant Girly-Face, Ellen C. Babbitt

• Elephant POV
• Rewrite so that the elephant kills the robbers instead?
• Perhaps they think he is no harm due to his reputation

3. The Banyan Deer, Ellen C. Babbitt

• King POV
• Human King would have to ask the gods to grant him a voice?
• Mother POV
• She gets out back into the "drawing" and volunteers as tribute when her son's name is pulled

5. The King's White Elephant, Ellen C. Babbitt

• Old Elephant POV
• Did Girly-Face get released?
• Young Elephant POV
• Or is this Girly-Face?
• Combine with The Elephant Girly-Face

Fun Fact: Albino Elephants are actually pink, not white! Be on the lookout for more info in this week's (or week 11's) "Famous Last Words!" because I'm squirreling hard and it's so fascinating!

White Elephants are generally just covered in clay

6. The Ox Who Envied the Pig, Ellen C. Babbitt

• Pig POV
• Makes it easy to come up with COD
• Maybe too brutal?
• Ox POV
• Old or Young?
• How do they die?

7. Granny's Blackie, Ellen C. Babbitt

• Elephant POV
• Combine with earlier elephant stories
• Order:
• King's - Baby
• Granny's - King gives elephant to Granny
• Girly-Face - Granny passes/gets REALLY old and her son takes ownership

Baby Elephant! via Wikimedia Commons