A Peacock, puffed up with vanity, met a Crane one day, and to
impress him spread his gorgeous tail in the Sun.
"Look," he said. "What have you to compare with this? I am
dressed in all the glory of the rainbow, while your feathers are
gray as dust!"
The Crane spread his broad wings and flew up toward the sun.
"Follow me if you can," he said. But the Peacock stood where he
was among the birds of the barnyard, while the Crane soared in
freedom far up into the blue sky.
_The useful is of much more importance and value, than the
ornamental._