Reading Notes: Jataka Tales, Part C

Notes:
  • Quails living together in a forest.
    • Have one leader who is wise.
  • One man lived near the forest to catch and sell quails.
  • The quails needed this fowler to stop and made a plan to stop him and free themselves.
  • The man threw the net over the quails and the quails flew away with the net.
  • The fowler tried to get his net back that was on thorns and the man went home empty-handed.
    • As days go by, the man did his same routine and his net flew away.
    • His wife was getting angry cause he didn't bring home any money.
    • The man had a plan B.
  • Quails had an argument on what to do next when the fowler gets back.
  • Therefore, the man got the quails and took them to town and sold them for a good price.
Bibliography: The Quarrel of The Quails, by Ellen C. Babbitt.

Quails lifted the net and flew away, Link Text.

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