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Amazon.com     ONCE upon a time many quails lived together in a
forest. The wisest of them all was their leader.  A man lived
near the forest and earned his living by catching quails and
selling them. Day after day he listened to the note of the
leader calling the quails. By and by this man, the fowler, was
able to call the quails together. Hearing the note the quails
thought it was their leader who called.  When they were crowded
together, the fowler threw his net over them and off he went
into the town, where he soon sold all the quails that he had
caught.  The wise leader saw the plan of the fowler for catching
the quails. He called the birds to him and said, "This fowler is
carrying away so many of us, we must put a stop to it. I have
thought of a plan; it is this: The next time the fowler throws a
net over you, each of you must put your head through one of the
little holes in the net. Then all of you together must fly away
to the nearest tho