The fables of Æsop, selected, told anew and their history traced . A Jay venturing into a yard where Peacocksused to walk, found there a number of featherswhich had fallen from the Peacocks whenthey were moulting. He tied them all tohis tail and strutted down towards the Pea-cocks. When he came near them they soondiscovered the cheat, and striding up to himpecked at him and plucked away his borrowedplumes. So the Jay could do no better thango back to the other Jays, who had watchedhis behaviour from a distance ; but they wereequally annoyed with him, and told him 3|t ig not onlg fine featljert
The fables of Æsop, selected, told anew and their history traced . A Jay venturing into a yard where Peacocksused to walk, found there a number of featherswhich had fallen from the Peacocks whenthey were moulting. He tied them all tohis tail and strutted down towards the Pea-cocks. When he came near them they soondiscovered the cheat, and striding up to himpecked at him and plucked away his borrowedplumes. So the Jay could do no better thango back to the other Jays, who had watchedhis behaviour from a distance ; but they wereequally annoyed with him, and told him 3|t ig not onlg fine featljertf tljat make fine bftfyk.
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