A PEACOCK spreading its gorgeous tail mocked a Crane that passed by, ridiculing the ashen hue of its plumage and saying, “I am robed, like a king, in gold and purple and all the colors of the rainbow; —
一只孔雀展开它绚丽的尾巴，嘲笑一只飞过的鹤，嘲讽它羽毛灰色而没有一点颜色。 —

while you have not a bit of color on your wings. —
如同一个国王一样，我穿着金色和紫色，并且拥有彩虹的各种颜色； —

” “True,” replied the Crane; —
而你的翅膀上没有一点颜色，没错，鹤回答道； —

“but I soar to the heights of heaven and lift up my voice to the stars, while you walk below, like a cock, among the birds of the dunghill.”
但是我能飞到天堂的高处，抬起我的声音传到星星那里，而你像公鸡一样在鸟粪堆中行走。

Fine feathers don’t make fine birds.
华丽的羽毛并不能造就出美丽的鸟。