Reading Notes: Twenty Jakata Tales, Part B
Focus Story: The Quarrelsome Quails
Premise: Quails live in the forest. Every now and then, a man would come to hunt the quails to sell them. He uses a net to capture multiple at once.
1. King Quail grows tired of the men who keep trying to steal them. He devises a plan. He tells the quails to fly up all together at once when they are captured by the net.
2. The King's plan works out. The men grew tired of this but they know that sooner or later the quails will fight.
3. One special day, two quail got into a fight. The king sees this and warns the others. A man notices this opportunity and captures them along with several others. The king and the other live happily ever after.
Bibliography. "The Quarrelsome Quails" from Twenty Jakata Tales by Noor Inayat. Websource.
Author's note: All the stories I have chosen for my reading notes have been stories I enjoyed. To spice things up, I wanted to choose something different this time. This one, however, is a weird one. I am not really sure what the message is. I find it odd that only two of them gotten into a fight. Maybe it is because they were all very good and cooperative with the king. I am assuming the overall story is to listen to the authoritative figure?
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