The Vain Jackdaw的故事

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The Vain Jackdaw的故事
            JUPITER DETERMINED, it is said, to create a sovereign over the
            birds, and made proclamation that on a certain day they should
            all present themselves before him, when he would himself choose
            the most beautiful among them to be king.  The Jackdaw, knowing
            his own ugliness, searched through the woods and fields, and
            collected the feathers which had fallen from the wings of his
            companions, and stuck them in all parts of his body, hoping
            thereby to make himself the most beautiful of all.  When the
            appointed day arrived, and the birds had assembled before
            Jupiter, the Jackdaw also made his appearance in his many
            feathered finery.  But when Jupiter proposed to make him king
            because of the beauty of his plumage, the birds indignantly
            protested, and each plucked from him his own feathers, leaving
            the Jackdaw nothing but a Jackdaw.