Author's Notes:
This story is based on the Patient Buffalo Jataka. In the original story, a large buffalo lived in a lake covered in the shade of a large tree. A monkey would constantly bug the buffalo, bu the buffalo did not really mind as the monkey was not very smart. A fairy then asked the buffalo why he did not just gore the monkey. The buffalo explained that he did not mind the nuisance, and that the monkey was unintelligent. In response the fairy made it so the buffalo could not be caused any suffering by anyone. In my rendition of this Jataka I replaced the buffalo with a T-Rex, the monkey with a Raptor, and the fairy with a godly orb. This helps the dinosaur survive the cretaceous extinction event.
It was your average day to the dinosaurs sixty-five million years ago. The foliage was green and luscious. The sun was shining bright down upon the earth with great intensity. The ponds and lakes were all so clear that you could see all the way to the bottom. All the dinosaurs were hunting for food, and living their lives to the fullest. Little did they know, everything was about to change that day.
The tyrannosaurus dwelt deep in the aforementioned foliage as this was one of the coolest places in his area. He would leave to go and hunt for less fierce dinosaurs so that he could eat. Occasionally the T-Rex would be pestered by a raptor, but he never really minded it. This raptor would throw rocks at the much larger dinosaur, and scratch up his favorite tree. The raptor would also make his minuscule roars in an effort to wake the T-Rex. The raptor was so small that the T-Rex knew eating him would be of little to no value. The T-Rex just ignored his little nuisance for a while, but as time went on the little guy grew on the T-Rex.
One day, an orb of light floated down from the heavens, and questioned the T-Rex. "Why do you not just kill this smaller creature? It would be rather easy for you given your size and strength" the orb said. The T-Rex responded, "Well, he is just so small, and unintelligent that he would try and pick a fight with me. I just see no reason to retaliate against such a small, and less intelligent creature." The orb was surprised by this answer, and granted the T-Rex anything that he desired.
All of a sudden great fiery meteorites came blasting through the ancient atmosphere. The T-Rex knew what he desired now. He wanted to survive these deadly flaming space rocks, and wanted to bring his new raptor friend along with him. The orb obliged him, and placed a force-field around the two until the meteorites stopped falling. Once the rocks stopped falling, the two dinosaurs were among the only survivors of the cretaceous period. The earth was covered in a a grey film, and smelled of burnt plants. This began a new period on the earth, the Paleogene Period.
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Title: Twenty Jataka Tales
Author: Noor Inayat (Khan)
Illustrator: H. Willebeek Le Mair
Year: 1939
