NARRATOR 2: In ancient times, a ferocious lion lived in the forest, killing without remorse. In the time of the Silk Road, the book became very popular in the Middle East after it was translated into Persian, Arabic and Hebrew.Ī page turns, revealing an animated lion, roaring and being ferocious. This tale appears in an ancient Indian book of stories. Title slide: Open book with a marked map on the inside cover, showing India and the Middle East as origins of the tale. On screen text: “The fable of the Goose that Laid the Golden Eggs”, Pendjikent Murals, Room I/XXI, The State Heritage Museum, St. The sad animated man transforms into an ancient illustration. NARRATOR 2: But there were no eggs inside of her. The animated man grabs a struggling goose. NARRATOR 2: One day he couldn’t wait any longer. The animated man thinking about all the golden eggs inside the goose. “My goose has all those golden eggs insider her,” he kept thinking. He is gradually surrounded by golden eggs. And little by little, egg by egg, he began to grow rich.Īn animated man holding up a golden egg. NARRATOR 2: Every morning, the man collected the golden egg. The goose lays a golden egg, and a hand removes it from the nest. Every morning, the goose laid for him a big, beautiful egg – an egg made of pure, shiny solid gold. NARRATOR 2: There once was a man who owned a wonderful goose. The scenes shown here are based on a mural illustrating the tale found near Samarkand in the ruins of a merchant’s home.Ī page turns, revealing an animated goose on a nest. This Greek story is one of Aesop’s fables and was told in many lands along the Silk Road. NARRATOR 1: The Goose That Laid the Golden Eggs. On screen text: The Goose That Laid the Golden Eggs Title slide: An open book with a map marked in red, (left side) showing Central Asia as the origin of the tale. SILK ROAD FABLES: The Goose That Laid the Golden Eggs On screen text: The Flight of the Emperor Ming Huang and The Imperial Concubine Yang Guifei to Shu, Metropolitan Museum of Art. He picked up his hammer and went back to work under the sweltering sun.Īn animated stonecutter hammering on a rock. From now on I want to be nobody else but me.” One last time, the stonecutter got his wish. “Being a stone is not what I want after all. They pounded away at him – just doing their job.Īnimated hands use chisels to hammer into the rock. NARRATOR 2: Until one day a group of stonecutters came his way. He sat very still and watched time go by. A stone is the best thing to be!” So, the fairy turned him into a big heavy rock. “If I were a stone,” he thought, “no one would bother me. He blew as hard as he could, but the stone didn’t move. He dashed here and there until he blew against a rock that stood in his way. The animated cloud turning into wind and blowing across the landscape. “I want to be a fierce wind!” The fairy listened and once more she offered help. It fluttered and whirled around him and would not let him be! “If I can’t have my peace, then I’d rather blow free,” he declared. That wish, too, was granted and he became a cloud, happy just to float through the blue Chinese sky.Īn animated cloud floating around the sky. NARRATOR 2: Now a white fluffy cloud was what he wanted to be. How could that be? A cloud mightier than him!Īn animated cartoon cloud passes over the sun. NARRATOR 2: Then a cloud came drifting along and his light grew dim. NARRATOR 2: Without wasting a second, he began to send hot sunbeams down to the land. The animated stonecutter turns into the sun. NARRATOR 2: A fairy heard his wish and the sun he became. I wish I could be the sun!” he cried.Īn animated stonecutter with a sad expression, wiping his brow. NARRATOR 2: As he wiped the sweat from his brow, he thought to himself, “Surely the sun is the most powerful being in the world. NARRATOR 2: On a hot summer day in ancient China, a stonecutter worked long and hard, swinging his hammer under the blazing sun.Īn animated stonecutter breaking rocks with a hammer. NARRATOR 1: In this Chinese folktale, many wishes come true, but happiness is still hard to find.Īn illustration of a Chinese landscape with mountains and trees. On screen text: The Stonecutter Who Was Never Satisfied Title slide: An open book with a map marked in red, (left side) showing China as the origin of the tale. SILK ROAD FABLES: The Stonecutter Who Was Never Satisfied
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