Reading Notes: The Quarrel of the Quails

"quail"

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Basically, this story is about a group of quails who keep getting captured and sold off by a hunter. The leader of the quails notices this and tells his fellow group members to fly away with his net and put it on a thorn bush. Together, the quails never get caught. However, one day the quails begin to argue and stop working together, then the hunter catches them. I feel like this topic would work very well with a story about burglars.

There could be a group of guys who are the best at robbing banks. They rob a bank almost every night and the police are clueless as to who or where they are. Everything would be going swell until one day one of the members of the group complains about the leaders wishes. He believes he should be the leader of the group and not the current man in charge.

While they are out robbing another bank, the rebellious member will go out of his way to steal some jewelry that was not on the intended target list. This will trigger the alarms of the bank and get all of the robbers caught. I think this story will suit the plot and easily convey that when a group works together they can do anything, but when they split a part it is bad for all.

BIBLIOGRAPHY
The Quarrel of the Quails by Babbitt