The Peacock and the Crane
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A peacock meets a crane and, for no reason at all, starts making fun of her plain gray feathers. He spreads his tail wide and tells her to look how much finer his brilliant colors are.
Once a peacock met a crane, and for no reason at all he began to make fun of her plain gray feathers.
He spread his tail wide. “Look at my brilliant colors,” he said, “and see how much finer they are than your poor feathers.”
The crane did not argue. “I won’t deny that yours are far brighter than mine,” she said. “But when it comes to flying, I can soar up into the clouds, while you stay down on the ground like any barnyard rooster.”
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