孔雀來到天後朱諾麵前。向她訴說自己的不幸：我唱不出夜鶯那麼美妙、悠揚、打動人心的歌聲，隻要我開口，大家都會嘲笑我。朱諾安慰她說： “你雖然沒有夜鶯那麼好的嗓子，但是你的外表和身材是出類拔萃的。你看你的脖子上閃耀著綠寶石的光輝。開屏時，你的羽毛更是五光十色，光彩照人。 ”“可是，我的羽毛也會因為我的嗓子黯然失色的。 ”“你們的命運是命運之神早已安排好的。他注定了你的美麗，夜鶯動聽的歌喉，渡鴉的吉兆，烏鴉的凶兆，老鷹的力量。所有的鳥兒都應該對神所賦予的東西感到滿意才是啊！ ”
知足常樂吧，人不可能事事都爭先的。
The Peaade plaint to Juno that，while the nightingale pleased every ear with his song，he himself no sooner opened his mouth than he became a laughingstock to all who heard him. The Goddess，to ，said，“But you far ex beauty ahe splendor of the emerald shines in your ned you unfold a tail geous lumage.”
“But for ose have I，” said the bird，“this dumb beauty so long as I am surpassed in so of each，” replied Juno， “has beehe will of the Fates—to thee，beauty；to the eagle， strength；to the nightio the raven，favorable，and to the favuries. These are all ted with the eted to them.”
Be t with your lot;o be first ihing.