音频下载The Feather-plucked Crow 被拔了毛的乌鸦There was once a crow who did not like being a crowfor he though......
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音频下载The Feather-plucked Crow 被拔了毛的乌鸦
There was once a crow who did not like being a crow
for he thought he looked ugly with his plain black feathers.
He wished his feathers were as colorful as a peacock’s feathers.
One day, the crow saw some peacock feathers lying on the ground.
“Oh, this is my lucky day,”
thought the crow.
“With these feathers I can now look as handsome as a peacock.”
He quickly picked up the peacock feathers
and stuck them in between his own feathers.
When he had finished,
he went to the lake and looked at his reflection.
The crow was pleased with what he saw.
In between his black feathers were glossy blue and green feathers.
“Oh, how handsome I look!”
the proud and silly crow said to himself.
“In fact, I look just like a peacock.
Even the peacocks won’t recognize me.”
Just then, a flock of peacocks came by.
They looked very handsome indeed
with all their tail feathers spread out like fans.
And how proudly they walked up to the lake!
The crow was very happy to see the peacocks.
“Aha! Now I can join the peacocks and be one of them,”
he thought as he hopped up to them.
He tried to spread out his tail feathers like a fan too
but it did not turn out right.
Unfortunately,
as soon as the peacocks took one look at him,
they knew that the crow was not one of them.
“How dare you pretend to be a peacock,”
they said angrily.
“You are only a crow!”
The peacocks started attacking the poor crow.
They used their sharp beaks to pluck away the peacock feathers.
Soon, the crow lost all the peacock feathers that he had stuck on.
The peacocks continued attacking the crow.
“Stop! Stop!”
cried the crow.
“You have taken off all the peacock feathers.
Why are you still attacking me?”
“Be quiet!”
cried the peacocks.
“We are sure that these black feathers are not yours either!”
They carried on pulling out all the crow’s own feathers too.
In the end the crow was left without a single feather on his body.
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