The Patient Buffalo by Noor Inayat (Khan)
This story follows a few of the common themes I mentioned in the last set of reading notes about the guilty dogs. It involves a lot of nature as part of the scene and the story. It also includes one superior human and one superior animal. Some new themes were introduced that are seen in some western stories that everyone is familiar with. The first being that wisdom and being polity is rewarded. It is funny/ironic that this is a theme here and I mentioned it as being western since our western ideals and actions do not match the theme in the present day. Another theme here is that the fairy asks the buffalo why he did not hurt the monkey with his great strength. Here the fairy is analyzing strength as only being a physical attribute. However, in this case the buffalo has even more mental strength then physical strength for dealing with the monkey and his bad behavior. It is common for people to react poorly and angerly when they are displeased and angry. This theme conflicts with a lot of western society today because mental strength is not focused on and is not rewarded. In this story there is a monkey that is pestering a buffalo. After all of the constant pestering the buffalo does not give into the monkey and does not get angry. I think this is a good lesson for the children who are reading and learning from the story. This is a good lesson to teach siblings, as much as your brother or sister will drive you insane you need to ignore it because if you do not you will end up with a bad relationship. I say this from experience because it took my bother and I a long time to build up or relationship again after having a not great relationship when we were kinds.
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