[Illustration: THE PEACOCK AND THE CRANE.]
The Peacock and the Crane by chance met together in the same place. The
Peacock erecting his tail, displayed his gaudy plumes, and looked with
contempt upon the Crane, as some mean ordinary person. The Crane,
resolving to mortify his insolence, took occasion to say, that Peacocks
were very fine birds indeed, if fine feathers could make them so; but
that he thought it a much nobler thing to be able to rise above the
clouds, than to strut about upon the ground, and be gazed at by
children.