Jataka Tales

The Jackal Who Saved The Lion

<p><span class&equals;"spGb-e spGb-h">This is one of the good <&sol;span><strong><span class&equals;"spGb-e spGb-h">story<&sol;span><&sol;strong><span class&equals;"spGb-e spGb-h"><strong> of Jataka tales<&sol;strong><&sol;span>&period; A very long time ago&comma; there lived a mighty lion in the jungle&period; One day&comma; he went to the river to drink water&period; But his leg got stuck in the big&comma; slushy mud of the riverbank&period; No matter how much he tried&comma; his leg wouldn&&num;8217&semi;t come out&excl; He called out for help but alas&excl; There was none and so he remain stuck in the mud&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>After a few days&comma; the kind jackal came to the same spot of the river to drink water&period; He saw the lion stuck in the mud&period; &&num;8220&semi;Your Majesty&excl; Are you fine&quest;&&num;8221&semi; asked jackal&period; &&num;8220&semi;No jackal&comma; I am stuck in the mud&period; I cannot move&period; I have been here for days now&comma;&&num;8221&semi; the lion replied&period; You may also like to read&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bedtimeshortstories&period;com&sol;the-jackal-and-the-drum">The Jackal And The Drum<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;11663" style&equals;"width&colon; 510px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bedtimeshortstories&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;07&sol;the-jackal-who-saved-the-lion&period;jpg"><img aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-11663" class&equals;"wp-image-11663" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bedtimeshortstories&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;07&sol;the-jackal-who-saved-the-lion&period;jpg" alt&equals;"story of jataka tales" width&equals;"500" height&equals;"281" &sol;><&sol;a><p id&equals;"caption-attachment-11663" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">story of jataka tales<&sol;p><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>Image Source&commat; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;watch&quest;v&equals;KxxL7Jp-Vmo" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener nofollow">www&period;youtube&period;com<&sol;a>&period; The jackal quickly crossed over to the riverside where the lion was stuck&period; With his paws&comma; he dug out the mud where the lion&&num;8217&semi;s leg was caught&period; &&num;8220&semi;I think your leg should be free now&excl; Please try and come out&excl;&&num;8221&semi; said the jackal&period; The lion tried to move but he couldn&&num;8217&semi;t&period; His leg had become stiff after being in the same position for so many days&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Seeing this&comma; the jackal made more efforts to free the lion&period; He pushed him and pulled him till he finally came out of the mud&excl; The lion was very happy to be able to move freely after so many days&period; He thanked the jackal&period; The jackal said&comma; &&num;8220&semi;Now&comma; I must go home&excl;&&num;8221&semi; &&num;8220&semi;Where will you go&quest; Why don&&num;8217&semi;t you come and stay with me&period; You&&num;8217&semi;ve saved me and now you are my friend for life&comma;&&num;8221&semi; said the lion&period; The jackal accepted the lion&&num;8217&semi;s offer and both grew their own families&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>They continued to live together and hunt together&period; Their children would even play together but the lioness didn&&num;8217&semi;t like the friendship between the jackal and the lion&period; She conveyed the same to the Lady jackal&period; &&num;8220&semi;The lioness has told me that the lion doesn&&num;8217&semi;t want us to live here with him and his family&comma;&&num;8221&semi; cried Lady jackal&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Hearing this&comma; the jackal was very upset and went to see the lion&period; He said to the lion&comma; &&num;8220&semi;I thought we were friends but if you didn&&num;8217&semi;t want my family and me to live here with you&comma; you should have told me so&period; Instead&comma; you conveyed your message to me through the lioness and the Lady jackal&period; I&&num;8217&semi;m leaving with my family&excl;&&num;8221&semi; The lion had no clue about this and said&comma; &&num;8220&semi;No friend&comma; please don&&num;8217&semi;t leave me and go&excl; I have not done anything of that sort&period; I want you to stay with me&period;&&num;8221&semi; Also&comma; read <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bedtimeshortstories&period;com&sol;the-fox-reared-by-the-lion">The Fox Reared By Lion<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The jackal understood what had happened&period; The jackal said&comma; &&num;8220&semi;I&&num;8217&semi;m sorry friend&excl; I understand your sincerity and love towards me I think I judged you too quickly&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s not you who wants me gone but the lioness&period; I shouldn&&num;8217&semi;t live here any longer&period;&&num;8221&semi; The lion denied and promised him that he would talk to lioness&period; But jackal decided to another home and promised to remain friends forever as it was best for both the families&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Though the lion was upset&comma; he agreed&period; And so&comma; the jackal made another home for himself and his family&period; But his friendship with the lion remained&period; They met every day&comma; went on hunts together and shared life&&num;8217&semi;s good and bad till the end of their lives&period; You may also like to read&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bedtimeshortstories&period;com&sol;the-blue-jackal">The Blue Jackal<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Here is a visual depiction of one of the great <strong>story of Jataka tales<&sol;strong>&comma; <strong>&&num;8220&semi;The Jackal Who Saved The Lion&&num;8221&semi;&period;<&sol;strong> See the video story below&comma;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><strong>  <&sol;strong>Story Of Jataka Tales<br &sol;>&NewLine;<iframe src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;embed&sol;KxxL7Jp-Vmo" width&equals;"560" height&equals;"315" frameborder&equals;"0" allowfullscreen&equals;"allowfullscreen"><&sol;iframe><&sol;h2>&NewLine;

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