Jupiter and the Birds

JUPITER commanded all the birds to appear before him, so that he
might choose the most beautiful to be their king. The ugly
jackdaw, collecting all the fine feathers which had fallen from the
other birds, attached them to his own body and appeared at the
examination, looking very gay. The other birds, recognising their
own borrowed plumage, indignantly protested, and began to strip
him.

"Hold!" said Jupiter; "this self-made bird has more sense than any
of you. He is your king."

-THE END-
Ambrose Bierce's short story/fable: Jupiter and the Birds

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