A falcon lunging at prey. Source: Pixabay
The Giant Crab and Other Tales from Old India, by W. H. D. Rouse
The Quail and the Falcon:
There was a quail who lived on a farm and would live easily off of things the farmers plow turned up. The quail got bored of the the food the farmer turned up and decided he would search for food in a nearby forest. While the quail was in the forest it was spotted by a falcon who immediately swooped down and grabbed the quail with its claws. The quail begins to cry and say the falcon would never have caught him at home. The falcon hears this and lets the quail go at his home to prove to him that he can catch him anywhere. The falcon charges at the quail, but the quail dodges and the falcon runs straight into a clod and kills itself. The quail is again happy and decides that he should stick to what he knows.
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