Jataka Quails Net

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A flock of quails escapes the fowler by a trick their leader teaches: when the net falls, all thrust their heads through the mesh and rise together to carry it off, then drop it on a thornbush and slip free. This works until two quails quarrel over who jostled whom; while they bicker, the net falls and the fowler takes them all. Moral: in unity is safety; in discord, ruin. — Jataka tale