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pr oud

f ool ish

a mong

steal

pea c ock

l ot

p ull ed

One day a crow found a lot of peacock feathers.

And the proud crow stuck the peacock feathers all over his back.

Then he flew away to show himself to his friends.

He strutted up and down before them.

But they only laughed at him.

"Just look at that silly bird!" they cried. "See him strut! Did you ever see anything so proud? Caw, caw, caw!"

The proud crow was now very angry.

"Do not speak to me," he said. "I have fine feathers. I am a peacock. I will have nothing to do with you crows."

So off he strutted to the peacocks.

"How do you do, my dear friends?" he said in his sweetest voice.

"Who are you?" cried the peacocks scornfully.

"Do you not see that I am a peacock?" answered the crow. "Look at my fine feathers."

"Fine feathers, indeed! We threw those old feathers away long ago. You are no peacock. Yon are just an old black crow."

Then the peacocks fell upon the old crow, and pulled off all his fine feathers.

They tore out many of his own feathers, too.

The foolish crow was a sight!

He crept back to his old friends.

He tried to steal in among them without being seen.

But they all cried out, "Who are you? What do you want here?"

"Don't you see that I am your old friend?" croaked the crow. "I am going to live with you always."

"No, you are not," answered a wise old crow. "You are no friend of ours. A few old peacock feathers made you think you were a peacock. So you left your old friends. The peacocks saw you were a cheat and drove you away. Hereafter you must live alone. Be off with you!"

And all the crows said, "Caw, caw, caw! Caw, caw, caw!"

THE WOLF AND THE KID

d ark

s uch

noise

e nough

trot ted

l ive ly

b eg ged

pl ea se

find

hun gry

oft en

wolf

gr ow led

One day a little kid was lost in a dark wood.

He ran on and on, but could not find his way out.

At last he became frightened and began to bleat.

A hungry wolf heard him.

How glad the wolf was to find such a good dinner!

"Oh, Mr. Wolf!" cried the little kid, "please show me the way home."

"Show you the way home!" growled the wolf. "I am hungry and I'm going to eat you."

"Oh, please, please, Mr. Wolf," begged the frightened kid, "please let me go!"

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