A Raven, which you know is black as coal, was envious of the
Swan, because her feathers were as white as the purest snow. The
foolish bird got the idea that if he lived like the Swan,
swimming and diving all day long and eating the weeds and plants
that grow in the water, his feathers would turn white like the
Swan's.
So he left his home in the woods and fields and flew down to live
on the lakes and in the marshes. But though he washed and washed
all day long, almost drowning himself at it, his feathers
remained as black as ever. And as the water weeds he ate did not
agree with him, he got thinner and thinner, and at last he died.
_A change of habits will not alter nature._
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