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<h2>THE JACKDAW AND THE PIGEONS</h2>
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<p>A Jackdaw, watching some Pigeons in a farmyard, was filled with
envy when he saw how well they were fed, and determined to disguise
himself as one of them, in order to secure a share of the good
things they enjoyed. So he painted himself white from head to foot
and joined the flock; and, so long as he was silent, they never
suspected that he was not a pigeon like themselves. But one day he
was unwise enough to start chattering, when they at once saw
through his disguise and pecked him so unmercifully that he was
glad to escape and join his own kind again. But the other jackdaws
did not recognise him in his white dress, and would not let him
feed with them, but drove him away: and so he became a homeless
wanderer for his pains.</p>
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