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The Vain Jackdaw & his Borrowed Feathers. A Jackdaw chanced to fly over the garden of the King's palace. There he saw with much wonder and envy a flock of royal Peacocks in all the glory of their splendid plumage. Now the black Jackdaw was not a very handsome bird, nor very refined in manner. Yet he imagined that all he needed to make himself ...
Jul 31, 2016 · A fine bird is more than fine feathers. A Jackdaw found a number of feathers which had fallen from Peacocks when they were moulting. He tied them to his tail and strutted towards the Peacocks. When he came near them they discovered the cheat, and plucked away his borrowed plumes.
They instantly detected the intruder, stripped him of his borrowed plumes, fell upon him with their beaks, and sent him about his business. The unlucky jackdaw, sorely punished and deeply sorrowing, returned to his former companions, and would have flocked with them again as if nothing had happened.
The Vain Jackdaw. by Aesop. 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 ...
Dec 15, 2022 · When the appointed day came, the birds assembled before Jupiter’s throne; and, after passing them in review, he was about to make the Jackdaw king, when all the rest set upon the king-elect, stripped him of his borrowed plumes, and exposed him for the Jackdaw that he was. The Fox Without a Tail. Return to the top of the page.
Dec 28, 2013 · 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.
His Borrowed Plumes: Directed by James Cellan Jones. With Lee Remick, Christopher Cazenove, Siân Phillips, Barbara Parkins. Jennie sets out to find suitable spouses for her sons. In need of money, she also turns to playwrighting.
