一隻孔雀得意洋洋地展示自己無比美麗的羽毛,看到正好經過的鶴,就嘲弄他那灰不溜秋的羽毛: “你看我的羽毛,就像是國王的一件禮服,采擷了天上彩虹的顏色。 ”鶴回答說: “你說得確實不錯。但是我可以在高空翱翔,讓星星聽到我的歌聲,而你呢,卻隻會像公雞一樣在地上行走。 ”
外在的美麗並不是一切。
A Peac its geous tail mocked a e that passed by, ridig the ashes 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 ys.”
“True,”replied the e,“but I soar to the heights of heaven and lift up my voice to the stars,while you walk below,like a ong the birds of the dunghill.”
Fi make fine birds.