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When the world was young and all the animals spoke the language of mankind, the peacock, U Klew, was but an ordinary grey feathered bird without any pretensions to beauty. But, even in those days, he was much given to pride and vanity, and strutted about with all the majesty of that royalty, just because his turf was more erect than other birds and his tail being longer, was carried with more grace than those of any of his companions.
He was a very unaccommodating neighbour. His tail was so long that he could not enter the houses of most of other birds. So he always attended the courts of the great, and was entertained by one or other of the wealthy birds at times of festivals in the jungle. He thus had very high opinion about himself adding to self-importance. He became so haughty and overbearing that he was cordially disliked by his neighbours, who endeavored to repay him by playing many a jest at his expense.
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