The Peacock and the Crane
The Peacock and the Crane
(The Peacock and the Crane is
one of the famous Aesop’s
Fables. A “fable” is known for the short
stories, typically with animals as characters, telling a moral or lesson.
However, this story ‘The
Peacock and the Crane’ is an elongated story as compared
to its real version of the fable, this is because for the better understanding
of the children. This will help them to know more words, improve vocabulary and
listening skills. Basically, this extended version of the story is for the
children ageing between 4 to 6 years when storytelling is considered as cognitive skills and language development).
Once
upon a time, there was a Peacock and a Crane, who lived in a jungle. Since they
lived in the same place, they were good friends for quite a long time. They
never fought with each other and they would sometimes barely talk to each other.
The
Peacock would everyday walk to the banks of a river in the jungle. He would
look on the river where his reflection would fall and often praise for his own
beauty. He would boast about his beautiful feathers and say to
himself, “Oh! What a beautiful bird I am! Look at my colorful tail”.
The
Peacock felt majestic for its beautiful feathers and he would
always feel pride to show up his feathers. He would always look at his
feathers and admire it. He was very proud of his beauty.
Just
then the Crane was passing from the banks of the river. The Peacock came across
the crane and started mocking him by saying that the crane is so ugly, his
tails are so colorless, whereas the peacock’s tails are gorgeous and look very
beautiful like the rainbow.
The
Peacock puffed up with vanity, boasted and spread his gorgeous tail
in the sun and ridiculed the ashen hue of the crane’s plumage. The Peacock and
the Crane began to talk and started having arguments.
 |
| Peacock |
The
Peacock sneered and said, “Look at my beautiful tail, what have you got to
compare with this? I am dressed in all the glory of the rainbow. I am draped
like a king, in gold and purple. My feathers have fine colors and they shine in
all the colors under the sun. What a colorless bird you are! You have no
beautiful and colorful feathers like mine. I feel so sorry for you, for you
have so dull and pale feathers, and your feathers are grey as the
dust!”
The
Crane agreed and instantly replied that his feathers are not beautiful as the
peacock, but it helps him to fly up high above the ground from where he can see
the beauty of nature from the sky whereas the peacock can’t do this.
 |
| Crane |
The
Crane answered, “Well that’s true, of course, I don’t have beautiful
feathers, your looks are brighter
than mine, but I can fly high up into the sky, all you can do is to gait about
on the ground. I soar to the heights of heaven and lift up my voice to the
universe, while you walk on earth, like a cock, among the birds of the
dunghill. I can fly high above, among the clouds and the stars and
I can see all the beauty of the earth in all its glory, while you live down
here just like any other animals. My
feathers can make me fly across the lake. Can your feathers make you fly?"
There was no reply from the peacock.
There was no reply from the peacock.
The
Crane spread his broad wings and flew up towards the sun, saying,
"Follow me if you can!"
But the
Peacock stood where he was like any other hefty animals of the barnyard, while
the Crane rapidly glided in freedom far up across the clouds into the blue sky.
Moral: Never find fault and underestimate others.
Paromita Pramanick ©2017. All Rights Reserved.
Reference: Various.
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