少兒英語(yǔ)故事：虛榮的烏鴉

The Crow full of vanity

Today all kinds of birds came together to select the most beautiful bird among them.

They were all busy dressing up.

Each bird boasted himself by spreading his beautiful feathers.

"I'm beautiful enough to be the king of birds."

The white crane cleaned its feathers.

Looking down at this scene, the crow felt sad.

“Why do I have this unattractive black feathers?”

The crow even shed tears.

Suddenly a good idea occurred to the crow.

“Ah ha! I can decorate myself with the other bird’s feathers fell on the ground!”

The crow picked up the colorful feathers from the ground and put them on his body.

It was the time to select the king so all birds gathered around.

All the birds were surprised to see the colorful crow.

“Wow～ What a beautiful bird!”

“Who’s that?”

“I don’t know. I haven’t seen him before.”

No bird noticed that it was the crow!

The birds started to vote.

Finally, the crow was chosen for the king of birds.

The crow walked around boasting himself.

“King of Birds! Show us your beautiful look, please.”

The birds asked their king.

The crow said boastfully.

“of course I will. Now I’ll let you admire my beauty.”

The crow happily walked among birds.

Then a parrot said,

“Uh, isn’t it my feather?”

“Here’s mine, too.”

All the birds ran to the crow and took their own feathers.

In the twinkling of an eye, the crow came back to an ugly, black bird.

The crow was so ashamed that he ran away to the woods.

And he couldn’t come out again.