Tuesday 26 November 2013

The Vanity of the Crow.


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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