英语智慧背囊09-被拔了毛的乌鸦

[00:00.00]The Feather-plucked Crow 被拔了毛的乌鸦
[00:05.40]There was once a crow who did not like being a crow
[00:10.55]for he thought he looked ugly with his plain black feathers.
[00:14.15]He wished his feathers were as colorful as a peacock’s feathers.
[00:18.52]One day, the crow saw some peacock feathers lying on the ground.
[00:22.81]“Oh, this is my lucky day,”
[00:25.63]thought the crow.
[00:27.28]“With these feathers I can now look as handsome as a peacock.”
[00:32.20]He quickly picked up the peacock feathers
[00:35.80]and stuck them in between his own feathers.
[00:38.33]When he had finished,
[00:40.40]he went to the lake and looked at his reflection.
[00:43.15]The crow was pleased with what he saw.
[00:46.09]In between his black feathers were glossy blue and green feathers.
[00:51.12]“Oh, how handsome I look!”
[00:53.10]the proud and silly crow said to himself.
[00:55.82]“In fact, I look just like a peacock.
[00:58.68]Even the peacocks won’t recognize me.”
[01:01.40]Just then, a flock of peacocks came by.
[01:04.70]They looked very handsome indeed
[01:06.98]with all their tail feathers spread out like fans.
[01:09.29]And how proudly they walked up to the lake!
[01:12.67]The crow was very happy to see the peacocks.
[01:15.50]“Aha! Now I can join the peacocks and be one of them,”
[01:19.68]he thought as he hopped up to them.
[01:22.18]He tried to spread out his tail feathers like a fan too
[01:25.59]but it did not turn out right.
[01:27.99]Unfortunately,
[01:29.31]as soon as the peacocks took one look at him,
[01:31.80]they knew that the crow was not one of them.
[01:34.01]“How dare you pretend to be a peacock,”
[01:37.05]they said angrily.
[01:38.38]“You are only a crow!”
[01:40.24]The peacocks started attacking the poor crow.
[01:43.74]They used their sharp beaks to pluck away the peacock feathers.
[01:47.56]Soon, the crow lost all the peacock feathers that he had stuck on.
[01:51.82]The peacocks continued attacking the crow.
[01:55.01]“Stop! Stop!”
[01:57.72]cried the crow.
[01:59.05]“You have taken off all the peacock feathers.
[02:01.66]Why are you still attacking me?”
[02:03.86]“Be quiet!”
[02:05.18]cried the peacocks.
[02:06.49]“We are sure that these black feathers are not yours either!”
[02:09.98]They carried on pulling out all the crow’s own feathers too.
[02:14.14]In the end the crow was left without a single feather on his body.