The Gamecocks and the Partridge

A man had two gamecocks in his poultry yard. One day, by chance, he found a tame partridge for sale. He purchased it and brought it home to be raised alongside his gamecocks.

When the partridge was introduced into the poultry yard, the gamecocks attacked it and chased it around, causing the partridge to become quite distressed. It believed that it was being mistreated simply because it was a stranger in their midst.

Not long after, the partridge observed the two gamecocks fighting with each other, neither willing to back down until one had thoroughly beaten the other. At that moment, the partridge thought to himself, "I shall no longer distress myself over being pecked at by these gamecocks when I see that they cannot even refrain from quarreling with one another."

In this realization, the partridge found a sense of peace, understanding that the conflict among the gamecocks was a reflection of their nature, rather than a personal grievance against him.