Once upon a time a jackdaw found ‘feathers which a peacock had dropped on the way. He was vain and ugly-looking. To appear good- looking, he picked up a lot of peacock’s feathers and stuck them to his body. He looked about and felt proud that he had become .as fine-looking as a peacock. He then left his own tribe to live among the peacocks.
The peacocks saw a new-corner among them. They felt curiosity about him. But the vain jackdaw said that he was one of their relatives. The peacocks suspected his real identity and began to peck at him. As a result his borrowed feathers soon fell off. So the pretender was exposed and he was found to be nothing but an ugly jackdaw with borrowed feathers. So the peacocks in anger drove him away.
In this ugly state the vain jackdaw flew to his former companions and claimed to be one of their kins.
But they did not recognize him and drove him, away. Thus the jackdaw was left without friends.
The peacocks saw a new-corner among them. They felt curiosity about him. But the vain jackdaw said that he was one of their relatives. The peacocks suspected his real identity and began to peck at him. As a result his borrowed feathers soon fell off. So the pretender was exposed and he was found to be nothing but an ugly jackdaw with borrowed feathers. So the peacocks in anger drove him away.
In this ugly state the vain jackdaw flew to his former companions and claimed to be one of their kins.
But they did not recognize him and drove him, away. Thus the jackdaw was left without friends.
Moral: Pride doth go before a foil.
