Reading Notes: Jakata Tales (The Forest Fire)
The Forest Fire
In this story, there is a family of quail birds that live in a tree in a big forest. The mom and dad of the baby birds catch worms, insects, and grass-seeds. The baby birds eat all that they want, except one little bird doesn't eat any of the worms or insects, just the grass-seeds. The baby birds start to grow feathers on their wings, all but the little bird that only eats the grass-seeds. Everything is fine up until one night when a huge fire begins in the forest and comes toward their nest. The mom and dad and the babies fly away to safety, except the little bird who can't. He's stuck in the nest with no way out. He looks at the fire and tells bravely tells the fire to go away. It goes away, and him and his family are safe and happy.
I really liked this story because I did not expect the baby bird to tell the fire to go away. I thought the bird would pray to someone and have them save him. I want to recreate this story where the fire talks back to the bird or maybe turns into a nice river that lives next to the birds. This story is a good lesson to stand up to bullies or something that you are afraid of, so I could also recreate it where the little bird is a kid in middle school being bullied.
In this story, there is a family of quail birds that live in a tree in a big forest. The mom and dad of the baby birds catch worms, insects, and grass-seeds. The baby birds eat all that they want, except one little bird doesn't eat any of the worms or insects, just the grass-seeds. The baby birds start to grow feathers on their wings, all but the little bird that only eats the grass-seeds. Everything is fine up until one night when a huge fire begins in the forest and comes toward their nest. The mom and dad and the babies fly away to safety, except the little bird who can't. He's stuck in the nest with no way out. He looks at the fire and tells bravely tells the fire to go away. It goes away, and him and his family are safe and happy.
I really liked this story because I did not expect the baby bird to tell the fire to go away. I thought the bird would pray to someone and have them save him. I want to recreate this story where the fire talks back to the bird or maybe turns into a nice river that lives next to the birds. This story is a good lesson to stand up to bullies or something that you are afraid of, so I could also recreate it where the little bird is a kid in middle school being bullied.
(Little Bird in a nest, Pixabay)
Bibliography: The Forest Fire by Noor Inayat from "Twenty Jakata Tales"
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