Friendship

A stray dog and a royal elephant form an inseparable bond, and their grief at separation becomes a lesson in loving companionship.

Sankha gives half his fortune to save his ruined friend Piliya; when Sankha is ruined in turn, Piliya offers him only spoiled bran.

After enduring a lean season at Veranja with perfect contentment, the Buddha tells of a parrot who stayed loyal to a withered tree until Sakka restored it.

A king builds an entire lake just to lure a teaching from a golden goose, and the goose-king's own deputy refuses to abandon him the moment the trap closes.

A hawk couple's chicks survive a hunters' fire only because the father secured friendships with an osprey, a turtle family, and a lion before building the nest.

Two elderly monks dispute when cold appears in the month until the Buddha recalls settling the same quarrel for them once before, as a lion and a tiger.

A jackal craving bull-flesh and lion-flesh destroys a bull and a lion's friendship through whispered lies, leaving a king to grieve over both their bodies.

A golden crab intervenes when a crow and venomous serpent conspire against a righteous farmer, forcing the viper to withdraw its poison and saving his life.