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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. When the appointed day arrived,
and the birds had assembled before Jupiter, the Jackdaw also made
his appearance in his many-feathered finery. On Jupiter proposing to
make him king, on account of the beauty of his plumage, the birds
indignantly protested, and each plucking from him his own feathers,
the Jackdaw was again nothing but a Jackdaw.
Moral of Aesops Fable:
Hope not to succeed in borrowed plumes.
The Vain Jackdaw
Fable
An Aesop's Fable
With the Moral:
Hope not to succeed in borrowed plumes. |
