
The Peacock and the Crane.A Peacock, spreading its gorgeous tail, mocked a Crane that passed by,ridiculing the ashen hue of its plumage, and saying: "I am robed like aking, in gold and purple, and all the colors of the rainbow; while youhave not a bit of color on your wings." "True," replied the Crane, "butI soar to the heights of heaven, and lift up my voice to the stars,while you walk below, like a cock, among the birds of the dunghill." Fine feathers don't make fine birds. From Aesop's Fables |