Author: Noor Inayat
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A Mother and Father Quail had seven little quails. The parents would leave the seven little quails in the nest while they gather food for them. The food included worms, insects, and grass-seeds. Out of the seven little quails only six of them caught the worms and insects, the seventh only caught the grass-seeds. This caused the seventh little quail to grow slower than the others. So when the others were growing strong wings and learning to fly, the seventh couldn't.
One night the family was sleeping and were awoken by cries from other animals in the forest. The family lifted their heads up to see what was going on. They all saw that the trees in the distance were on fire. The fire kept getting closer and closer to their nest. The Mother and Father quail told the little quails it was time to go. So the Mother, Father and the six strong little quails started to fly away. The seventh little quail was left alone since he didn't have strong enough wings to fly.
The fire kept getting closer and eventually surrounded the nest. The seventh little quail was not afraid so he started speaking to the eyes he saw sparkling in the fire. He told the eyes that he was small and had no wings. He also asked the eyes why is he attacking their nest and told it to go away.
The fire burned out and went away. The forest became silent and then little by little voices of frongs and other animals came back out from hiding. His family did not return but the seventh little quail lived happily on his own.
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A Mother and Father Quail had seven little quails. The parents would leave the seven little quails in the nest while they gather food for them. The food included worms, insects, and grass-seeds. Out of the seven little quails only six of them caught the worms and insects, the seventh only caught the grass-seeds. This caused the seventh little quail to grow slower than the others. So when the others were growing strong wings and learning to fly, the seventh couldn't.
One night the family was sleeping and were awoken by cries from other animals in the forest. The family lifted their heads up to see what was going on. They all saw that the trees in the distance were on fire. The fire kept getting closer and closer to their nest. The Mother and Father quail told the little quails it was time to go. So the Mother, Father and the six strong little quails started to fly away. The seventh little quail was left alone since he didn't have strong enough wings to fly.
The fire kept getting closer and eventually surrounded the nest. The seventh little quail was not afraid so he started speaking to the eyes he saw sparkling in the fire. He told the eyes that he was small and had no wings. He also asked the eyes why is he attacking their nest and told it to go away.
The fire burned out and went away. The forest became silent and then little by little voices of frongs and other animals came back out from hiding. His family did not return but the seventh little quail lived happily on his own.
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