The Peacock and the Crane

The Peacock and the Crane

An Aesop  Fable

A Peacock spread his gorgeous tail and mocked a Crane that passed
by, ridiculing the ashen hue of its plumage and saying,

“I am
robed, like a king, in gold and purple and all the colors of the
rainbow; while you have not a bit of color on your wings.”

 “True,” replied the Crane;

but I 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 .”