The Hunter and the Quail: A Jataka Tale

Title

en_US The Hunter and the Quail: A Jataka Tale

en_US Jataka Tales Series

en_US Dh19

Description

en_US Inspired by Nazli Gellek. Adapted by Trudy Crofts and Ken McKeon

Creator

en_US Crofts, Trudy See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US Garbett, Rachel

Date

2016-01-25T19:37:49Z

en_US 2004-12

en_US 1993

Date Available

2016-01-25T19:37:49Z

Date Issued

en_US 1976

Abstract

en_US This is one of many booklets in the Jataka Tales Series that I purchased directly from the publisher. The book follows the simple style of Dharma's earliest Jataka publications. The Sage is a wise quail who lives happily with his family in a deep forest. A clever bird-hunter lures the quails with clever calls and throws nets over them. The Sage suggests to his family that, when trapped by the hunter's net, they should poke their heads through an opening and then beat their wings in a flurry and take to the air. They do what is suggested and it succeeds. They come down over a thorn bush and can wriggle out underneath the net and bush. After some recurrences, the hunter's wife chides him upon his empty-handed return home. The hunter answers that soon enough the spirit of cooperation will dwindle among the quail, and he will be bringing home prey again. He turns out to be right. The Sage takes his family away to safety, but those remaining bicker and are taken. So it was in ancient times that quarreling birds were captured by the hunters, but those who learned to work together could escape the cleverest foe.

Identifier

en_US 0898002508 (pbk.)

en_US 5334 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/80879

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US Dharma Press

en_US Berkeley, CA

Subject

en_US BQ1462.E5 C76 1993 See all items with this value

en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole