Extra Credit Reading Notes Ramayana Part C

 Summary of Tiny Tales 101-150

104. SUGRIVA FIGHTS VALI

• Sugriva and Rama make a deal
• Sugriva would fight Vali
• As they would fight Rama Would shoot Vali in the back with an arrow
• As the fight went on Rama could not tell who was who
• he did not shoot
• Sugriva fled
• Sugriva questioned why Rama didn't shoot
• Sugriva wore a flower garland and they fought again
• Rama shot Vali
• He fell fatally injured
• his wife wept
• she said Sita would be released but not without grief

117.  SURASA ATTACKS HANUMAN

• The sea monster Surasa rose up from the waters and opened her mouth yelling "feed me"
• She exclaimed that everyone should feed her or be her food
• Hanuman yelled back that he had no food to give her
• She said she would eat him instead
• Hanuman grew so big he was larger than Surasa herself
• But she opened her mouth wider and wider
• Hanuman then shrunk so small that he buzzed between her teeth before she shut her mouth
• he then remarked that he offered himself as food and she failed to eat him
• she was impressed with his escape

128. HANUMAN SPREADS THE FIRE

• Ravana knew that monkeys were proud of their tails
• Since he could not kill Hanuman, he decided to set his tail on fire
• as he did so, Hanuman set Ravana's throne on fire
• he set the whole palace on fire
• As well as the whole town of Lanka, house by house
• he did not set Ashoka grove (where Sita was) on fire
• she prayed for Hanuman's protection

139. A SQUIRREL WANTS TO HELP

• As the monkeys and bears were hurrying to build the bridge across the ocean for Rama to cross a squirrel wanted to help also
• Since it was so small it could not carry the heavy rocks
• instead, it ran to the sand, rolled around in it, ran back, and shook the sand off its fur
• the monkeys were mean and tried to kick him out saying they needed real workers
• Rama yelled back that everyone's help is useful
• in gratitude, Rama ran his finger down the squirrels back
• This is why. squirrels have a stripe down their back

141.  WHO DESTROYED THE BRIDGE?

• The bridge soon reached halfway to Lanka
• but during the night it was seen that sea monsters were destroying it, tearing apart rocks
• Hanuman tried to find out who did this and dove deep down into the ocean to find a palace
• he found the mermaid Suvannamaccha
• she told him Ravana told her to destroy the bridge
• she was fond of Hanuman
• She told him she was sorry and would help repair the bridge
• he smiled at her
• she would later bear his son Macchanu

144.  RAVANA SUMMONS A MAGICIAN

• Ravana knew that Rama's army was ready to attack
• he summoned the greatest magician that he knew
• he wanted the magician to replicate Rama's head so he could show it to Sita
• the magician did so
• Ravana took the head and threw it towards Sita
• She fainted
• Once she awoke he told her Rama was dead and she must be his wife
• she declined and told him to kill her as well
• Then the head instantly disappeared
• his mission to fool her had failed once again

Bibliography Laura Gibbs, TINY TALES FROM THE RAMAYANA, Cite

(Image of Hanuman monkey god)