Teamwork of Quails
There once was a flock of quails that listened to their very
wise leader. There was a Fowler that made his money off catching the quails. He
would go out every day and throw his net over them and catch them. He would do
this by imitating the voice of the leader quail. The other quail would think it
was the leader calling and would fly to the Fowler only to be captured. The very
wise quail saw what was happening and devised a plan on how to beat the Fowler.
He decided to call all the quail to him and instruct them when the Fowler calls
to fly to him. When they were all in the net they would poke their heads out of
the holes and fly away to the nearest thorn bush where the net would get
tangled and they could fly themselves to safety. So they did this multiple
times. This lead the Fowler's wife to be most angry with him for not bringing
home any money. He said that he just couldn’t catch them for they were all
working together. So for a time the quails were safe. Then one day when the net
came over the top of all the quails like it did everyday one of the quails
accidentally stepped on the head of another quail. The one who got stepped on
made a big fuss over it. All the quails took sides over this matter to when the
Fowler went to get the net the quails did not work together. One group would
say to the other you fly away not I. So the Fowler succeeded and took all the
quails home. This brought him much money. The moral of the story is working
together is better than working separately. Also to be able to forgive another.
Bibliography: Jataka Tales by Ellen C. Babbitt
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