The Jay and the Peacock

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The Jay and the Peacock
        A Jay venturing into a yard where Peacocks used to walk, found
        there a number of feathers which had fallen from the Peacocks when
        they were moulting.  He tied them all to his tail and strutted
        down towards the Peacocks.  When he came near them they soon
        discovered the cheat, and striding up to him pecked at him and
        plucked away his borrowed plumes.  So the Jay could do no better
        than go back to the other Jays, who had watched his behaviour from
        a distance; but they were equally annoyed with him, and told him:
       
        "It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds."