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31. The Bodhisatta – Act of Truth

Once upon a time in Magadha, the Bodhisatta came to life as quail, once more. Breaking his way out of the shell of the egg in which he was born, he became a young quail. And his parents kept him lying in the nest, while they fed him with food which they brought in their beaks. He had not got the strength either to spread his wings and fly through the air, or to lift his feet and walk upon the ground. Year after year that spot was always ravaged by a jungle-fire; and it was just at this time that the flames swept down on it with a mighty roaring. The flocks of birds, darting from their nests, were seized with the fear of death, and flew shrieking away.