05-13-2007, 12:54 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-SwamyG+May 13 2007, 10:51 AM-->QUOTE(SwamyG @ May 13 2007, 10:51 AM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->For some reason the cat-figurine reminds me of a story about a cat fooling some mice. Any Panchatantra stories of this nature? Gosh...I know there is a story just can't remember. <!--emo&:angry:--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/mad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='mad.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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There is a story but that involves a cat, some birds and an old vulture. The story in brief is:
Some birds who used to live on a tree felt pity for an old blind vulture named "jaradgava" (whose senses are getting old), and they used to bring him some food in return for him guarding their young on the tree.
A cat ( mArjAra ), came there and pretended to be indulged in a difficult religious rite (chAndrAyaNa vrata). He told the vulture that he had eaten too many mice etc and to atone for those sins he was doing penance and had turned totally vegetarian. He gained confidence of the old vulture by his false peity, and started eating the birds young behind the vulture's back one after another and dumped the bones in the old vulture's "kotara" (tree hollow).
Eventually birds became very worried and decided to search the vulture's kotara. And finding the bones of their young there, attacked the vulture and killed him.
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There is a story but that involves a cat, some birds and an old vulture. The story in brief is:
Some birds who used to live on a tree felt pity for an old blind vulture named "jaradgava" (whose senses are getting old), and they used to bring him some food in return for him guarding their young on the tree.
A cat ( mArjAra ), came there and pretended to be indulged in a difficult religious rite (chAndrAyaNa vrata). He told the vulture that he had eaten too many mice etc and to atone for those sins he was doing penance and had turned totally vegetarian. He gained confidence of the old vulture by his false peity, and started eating the birds young behind the vulture's back one after another and dumped the bones in the old vulture's "kotara" (tree hollow).
Eventually birds became very worried and decided to search the vulture's kotara. And finding the bones of their young there, attacked the vulture and killed him.