486 Mahā-Ukkusa Jātaka (JTA 189) The Value of Friendship Ashin Sarana:
Emily’s drawing Once a man fell in love with a woman and she proposed to her, but then, after she proposed the woman said do you have any friends and the man said no so the woman said that she wouldn’t marry him if he had no friends because what if they needed help so the man got lots of friends in the royalty and indeed it turned out good for the couple and when the Buddha heard he told the story of the past. One day 2 hawks met each other and the female asked the male if he had friends and he said no so the male got some good animal friends and then the friends helped the couple ‘s family like the past life . In conclusion the pair of hawks were the couple and the friends were the friends from the royalty. The end.Andre Thu’s drawing Once there was a man who wanted to marry a lady, but the lady said that she would not marry him because he had no friends, so soon the man became friends with everyone and when his wedding came the king organized the marriage and everyone sent gifts and afterwards, the bikkhus were talking about this and the buddha explained that this was not the first time this had happened and that in the past he was a hawk. He wanted to marry a female hawk but first she wanted him to make friends, so he made friends with an osprey, a lion and a turtle. One day, some hunters were trying to roast the baby birds that the hawk had given birth to, so the hawk decided to get help from the osprey to help put out the fire. Though the osprey was not enough, so he got help from the turtle, but they tried to eat the turtle but failed and continued to try to roast the babies. Then, the hawk got help from the lion who scared the hunters away.Kids’ drawing
