Parables of Wisdom
The Monkey and Sugari
बंदर और सुघरी · વાંદરો અને સુગરી
A clever little bird, a cold wet monkey, and advice nobody asked for
- 4 min full story
- 2 min children's telling
- For all ages
On a stormy night, a weaver bird snug in her woven nest cannot resist giving advice to a shivering monkey below. The more she talks, the colder the night becomes for both of them.
What it teaches Kind speech Humility Self-improvement Anger
The opening of the children's telling
In a tall tree lived a little bird called a sugari. She had made a lovely round nest out of grass. It was so well woven that no rain could get in.
One night there was a big storm. Rain poured down and thunder went boom. The sugari was warm and dry in her nest.
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To carry into the day
Kind help is welcome; unasked advice, given at the wrong time, rarely is.
To talk about together
What could the sugari have said or done instead that would have helped the monkey?
Retold for JainStory from the traditional narrative and checked against published Jain sources. Details vary between tellings.