Reading Notes: The Talkative Tortoise Part B
Bibliography: The Talkative Tortoise
There was a future Buddha that was born and became an adviser to a king. The king was very talkative, and the Buddha wanted to put an end to the talkative nature of the king. He was always looking for a way to do so. One day nearby, there was a tortoise. He became great friends with two ducks. The ducks offered to take him with them to their nice home. In order to do so, the tortoise would have to keep his mouth clenched on a stick while they carried him in the sky and refrain from talking. The tortoise agreed. On the way, villagers spotted this sight and mocked the tortoise. The tortoise spoke in retaliation. As a result, the tortoise fell to the ground and died. The future Buddha took the king to see this sight. It served as a lesson for the king to talk less and choose his words more carefully. This would be a great storytelling opportunity. I would like to tell a story about the importance of silence and not talking all the time with different characters. Perhaps I could even use a totally different plot but a similar theme of remaining silent when needed. I could talk about a class at OU that requires students to remain silent. One student talked and was kicked out of the class. This serves as a lesson for a professor in the classroom next-door who is always talking nonstop.
There was a future Buddha that was born and became an adviser to a king. The king was very talkative, and the Buddha wanted to put an end to the talkative nature of the king. He was always looking for a way to do so. One day nearby, there was a tortoise. He became great friends with two ducks. The ducks offered to take him with them to their nice home. In order to do so, the tortoise would have to keep his mouth clenched on a stick while they carried him in the sky and refrain from talking. The tortoise agreed. On the way, villagers spotted this sight and mocked the tortoise. The tortoise spoke in retaliation. As a result, the tortoise fell to the ground and died. The future Buddha took the king to see this sight. It served as a lesson for the king to talk less and choose his words more carefully. This would be a great storytelling opportunity. I would like to tell a story about the importance of silence and not talking all the time with different characters. Perhaps I could even use a totally different plot but a similar theme of remaining silent when needed. I could talk about a class at OU that requires students to remain silent. One student talked and was kicked out of the class. This serves as a lesson for a professor in the classroom next-door who is always talking nonstop.
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