A Story Of The Owl and The Quail

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An owl met a quail, and the quail asked, "Where are you going?" The owl replied: "I am going east." May I ask why?" then asked the quail. The people of the village hate my screeching noise," replied the old. "That is why I am going east." Then said the quail, "What you should do is to change that screeching noise. If you can't, you will be hated for it even if you east."

                                                                                    -Liu Hsiang

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