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'Coo, coo.' pigeons got food from man every day, and were living fortunately. The hungry crow always looked at that situation, slavering enviably. 'Why pigeons can get food from man.' The crow who caught the pitch-black figure of himself which was reflected in the puddle, said this. 'Now I understand. I cannot get food from man because I am deep black color and dirty, although a pigeon is white.' The crow remembered that a flour seller is always white, covered with powder. 'It's Good; I will color myself white and become a colleague of pigeon.' Saying so, he flew away to a flour shop. He jumped into the bag of the powder placed before the flour shop. And when he became pure white, he went to the feeding area of pigeons instantly, and was going to eat food together. However, rain fell suddenly, and powder covering the body was flushed rapidly and returned to a deep-black figure. The pigeons which looked at this said 'It's a thief crow!' 'Even if he wears much more white powder, it will come off, immediately' All of pigeons poked and drove him off. Although the crow returned to his friend of crow ploddingly, he was driven away, with saying 'although you made a fool of a black crow and changed yourself into the white pigeon, if you return now, we cannot admit you as a friend'.
This fable teaches that “If you imitate others in only the surface and are arrogant, nobody will be a partner of you.” |
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