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More Jataka Tales by Ellen C. Babbitt ReadOasis Step 4 (Part 1) Pearls by Saucy Salad (Creative Commons) One day the king went for... The Girl Monkey and the Pearls

More Jataka Tales by Ellen C. Babbitt
ReadOasis Step 4
(Part 1)

Pearls by Saucy Salad (Creative Commons)

One day the king went for a long walk in the woods. When he came back to his own garden, he sent for his family to come down to the lake for a swim.

When they were all ready to go into the water, the queen and her ladies left their jewels in charge of the servants, and then went down into the lake.

As the queen put her string of pearls away in a box, she was watched by a Girl Monkey who s...

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