A bird fleeing a hunter perched on the head of the statue of a king. (The hunter said, “If I throw a stone at the bird, I’ll be risking my life, as people will think it’s the king I’m attacking, and if I hit the bird with a stick, I fear I may damage the statue.”)

When the hunter saw the bird, he began to praise it, saying, “What a good place you have chosen to flee to!”

-- Exodus Rabbah 27:3

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