I’m starting off this week with a story
that has a little moral at the end. It’s called:
The vanity of the Crow.
Once upon a time long,
long ago, the creator of the world said that he or she intended to appoint a king over all
the birds. A day was named when all the birds should send a representative to
appear before the creator and on that day one of them would be chosen to rule
as King. There was one condition though, the one selected to rule had to have the
most beautiful feathers of all.
As they all wanted to
look their best the birds went down to the river and began to wash, dust, and
generally preen their feathers ready for the big day. The crow was there along
with all the rest, he was extremely jealous of all their bright colours and
thought that with his ugly black plumage
he stood no chance of being chosen so he waited until they were all gone and
then he picked up the most colourful feathers the other birds had dropped and
fastened them onto his own body. Now he looked better than any of them, or so
he thought.
When the day arrived to
appear before the creator all the birds assembled before the throne. After
walking up and down and inspecting each
bird the creator decided that the crow was the most beautiful with all his
coloured feathers and he should be crowned King of all the birds. All the other birds were annoyed so they
began to pull off the false feathers from the crow and eventually exposed him
for the fraud he was.
So remember, it’s not
only fine feathers that make fine birds. Or in other words never judge a book
by its cover.
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