一則本生故事，講述一位祭司因被烏鴉弄髒而懷恨，謊稱烏鴉脂肪可治國王大象的燒傷，導致烏鴉慘遭大量捕殺，菩薩挺身說明烏鴉終日驚恐度日、體內並無脂肪，才使屠殺停止。

A birth-story about crows nearly exterminated after a chaplain, angered when one soiled him, falsely prescribed crows’ fat to cure the king’s fire-injured elephants, until the Bodhisatta explains that crows have no fat because their lives are spent in constant fear.

一則本生故事，講述一隻貪婪的烏鴉與住在商人廚房籃中的鴿子結交後偷食被抓受罰，用以譬喻一位貪吃的比丘。

A Jātaka about a greedy crow who, having ingratiated himself with a pet pigeon living in a merchant’s kitchen basket, was caught stealing food and punished, told with reference to a greedy monk.