Reading Notes: More Jataka Tales

 

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The story begins with a mother quail telling her little quails to be good and they would get to eat. Every time the mother and the father would come back from getting the quails insects, the seventh quail would only eat grass seed. The seventh quail was not getting enough food and was not growing. One night a forest fire started in the middle of the forest and the mother and father gathered the small quails. The seventh quail told the father and mother that it was a forest fire. The mother and father had to take off holding the little quails. The seventh quail was not scared of the fire and stood up to it. The fire shrunk back and the forest was no longer on fire.

Author's Note:
I really liked going back and reading this story. It was unique from the others and I think could be fun to retell.


Bibliography:
Title: The Forest Fire
Author: Noor Inayat
Link: Story