There was a flight of crows in a thick forest. One day, they saw a few peacocks dancing there. One of the crows felt very jealous. He was not contented with what he had. He wanted to be as beautiful as the peacocks. He said to himself, “How beautiful they look! What lovely feathers they have! If I were a peacock, I would also have looked so beautiful”.
He soon had an idea. “Every day, I'll watch these peacocks dance and whenever any of their feathers fall, I will pick them up and keep them safely. When I have enough, I'll stick them on my tail and…….hurrah……I'll become as beautiful as a peacock!”
The grumpy crow left his friends and followed the peacocks wherever they went. He picked up each and every feather they dropped and kept them safely. One day he thought he had collected enough feathers. He stuck them inside his own feathers and danced with joy.
Next day, the grumpy crow went in search of the peacocks. He quietly crept close to them and pretended to sleep. Soon, the peacocks got ready to dance. He also joined them in the dance and sang along with them.
The peacocks soon realized that he was not one of them. Suddenly all of them stopped dancing and said, “Why do you want to act like a peacock?” The crow said, “You are so beautiful. I also want to look like you”.
The Peacocks said, “All of us have some or the other good qualities. You may not look good, but you have an intelligent brain which we don't have. So be satisfied with what you are.”
The grumpy crow went home to join his friends. The oldest and the wisest crow said to him, “Son, you have learnt your lesson. You may not be as the beautiful as a peacock or as strong as a lion, but everyone loves you just as you are. So, just be yourself ."
Moral of the story: We should respect and love ourselves as we are and be happy.
Dear Parents
Help your child understand the values learnt from the story.
- Be contented.
- Contentment is happiness.
- I am the best gift that I have received.
- I am precious.
- I am special.
- I am unique.
- I have something special to give.
- I will remain in charge of my happiness.
What we are is God’s gift to us and what we became is our gift to God.”
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