The Bidpai unit stories are mostly about fools and
tricksters. In “The hare, the Fox and the Wolf” the wolf frightened the hare
one day, and told her that he would eat her. The Hare persuaded the wolf to go
after the fox. Once they got there however, the fox ended up tricking them both
and made them fall in a trap. Thinking that this was all the Hare’s idea he ate
the hare on the way down into the trap. In the end the fox got away safety.
It is known that foxes can be sly and witty. A famous fox
that sort of fits this description is Swiper the Fox from “Dora the Explorer.”
The story about three snakes was an interesting read. Each
story featured a snake as either the main focus of the story or the outcome
(means to an end). In my opinion, in each of the snake stories no matter what
happened the snake always has to do with the end of the story. The snake either
gets what it wants, gets karma inflicted on it (eating things), or gives out a
punishment.
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