I really liked this story and that it is a Jataka makes it awesome. Through out this story a boy lives and is spoiled by his parents his entire life. After his parents die the boy has no idea how to spend money and eventually blows through all the money in his possession. The boy tries to become rich again by barrowing money to eventually gaining enough back to pay them back. However, all the people who lent him money wanted it all back after several months of no repayment. The boy then takes all of the lenders to the river to drown himself rather then to let the other men deal with him. Once the boy was trying to drown himself a golden deer named Ruru that lived in a hidden spot on the river saved him. The only thing that Ruru asked in return was that he told no one of his location.
Days later the King of the town issued a search for a golden deer. The boy lead them straight to the deer!.
I think that I could be able to take the position of the deer in this story. After he saved a boy that is drowning or a near death experience he sits down with him to talk. After talking to the boy I will explain what the boy was doing to get into trouble that way I have a way to explain the other half of the story. Then I will have the boy leave to tell a person or hunter where the deer is to show that betrayal is not a good thing.
"Ruru the Golden Deer": Source
Book Source Information:
Bizzell LibraryDeer Stories: The Gentile Wisdom of the Jataka
Author: Anant Pai
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