More Jataka Tales by Ellen C. Babbitt
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(Part 2)

Now there were four on the log floating down stream together. Just around the bend in the river a certain poor man had built himself a hut. As he walked back and forth late at night listening to the storm, he heard the loud cries of the prince. The poor man said to himself: “I must get that man out of the water. I must save his life.” So he shouted: “I will save you! I will save you!” as he swam out in the river.

Soon he reached t...