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THE JAY AND THE PEACOCKS
A Jay once made his way into a yard where Peacocks
walked. There he found a number of beautiful
feathers — blue and green and gold — which had fallen
from the Peacocks. The rusty old Jay tied all these
splendid feathers to his tail. Then, feeling very fine
indeed, he strutted down to show himself off to the
Peacocks. At first glance they thought him one of
themselves, but, as he went parading before them, they
soon discovered that he was not a Peacock at all. So
they ran up to him squawking and scolding, and
pecked at him, till they had plucked away every one
of his borrowed plumes and half of his own besides.
Soon the foolish Jay found himself left in disgrace,
with nothing better to show than his own torn and
rusty feathers. Sheepishly he went back to his brother
Jays. But the Jays had watched what he had done
from a distance and they thought it so foolish, that
they began to scold and screech at him as soon as
he drew near them; ”It takes more than fine feathers,
you silly, to make a fine bird!” — Adapted from Aesop.
