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263. The Bodhisatta As A Wild Hen

Once upon a time there reigned in Kosamb a king named Kosambaka. At that time Bodhisatta became the offspring of a wild hen that dwelt in a grove of bamboo trees, and afterwards was the chief of a flock of several hundred fowls in the forest. Not far off lived a Falcon, which as he found opportunity caught the fowls one by one and ate them and in course of time he devoured all the others, and the Bodhisatta was left alone. But he used all caution. In seeking his food and dwelt in a thicket of bamboo. Here the Falcon could not get at him so he set about thinking by what trick he might entice him to capture.