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Title
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The Hunter and the Quail: A Jataka Tale
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Jataka Tales Series
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Dh19
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Description
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Inspired by Nazli Gellek. Adapted by Trudy Crofts and Ken McKeon
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Creator
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Crofts, Trudy
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Contributor
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Garbett, Rachel
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Date
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2016-01-25T19:37:49Z
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2004-12
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1993
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Date Available
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2016-01-25T19:37:49Z
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Date Issued
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1976
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Abstract
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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.
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Identifier
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0898002508 (pbk.)
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5334 (Access ID)
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Language
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eng
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Publisher
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Dharma Press
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Berkeley, CA
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Subject
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BQ1462.E5 C76 1993
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Title Page Scanned
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Type
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Book, Whole