Hellothere,children!Doyouknowwhycrowsareblack?Letmetellyouthestorybehindit.Alongtimeago,inathickjungle,therelivedahandsomecrow.Hisfeatherswereassoftandaswhiteassnow.Mostoftheotherbirdsadmiredhisbeauti
Inthesamejungle,therelivedaproudpeacockwholikedtoboastofhisownbeauty.Hisfeatherswerewhiteandsofttoo.Hewouldspreadouthislongtailfeatherswhenheknewthatotherbirdswerewatchinghim.Thispeacockwaslonely,too.
Thecrowhadnoteatenformanydaysandwasbeginningtofeelhungry.So,heflewaboutlookingforfoodbutcouldnotfindany.Justashewasabouttogiveup,hesawthepeacockpeckingtheground.Whydon'tImakefriendswiththepeacock?heth
Hi,there!Whatareyoudoing?askedthecrowpolitely.Thepeacockwassurprised,buthemanagedtospreadouthistailfeatherstoshowwhatabeautifultailhehad.Can'tyouseethatIameating?repliedthepeacockproudly.Doforgivemefo
Thepeacockwasnothappytosharehisfoodwiththecrow.Nevertheless,hegavehimsomeleftovers.Thatwasenoughforthecrow.Hethankedthepeacockandbeganeatingthefood.Laterthecrowlearntthatthepeacockwaslivingallaloneina
Oneday,theysawabeautifully-paintedhouseattheedgeofthejungle.Therewereafewtinsofpaintoutsidethehouse.I'msurethesepaintsmadethehousebeatiful,saidthepeacock.Thepeacockhadanidea.Crow,whydon'tyoupaintmyfea
Earlythenextmorning,thecrowbegancolouringthepeacock'sfeathers.Afterahardday'swork,thecrowfeltproudofhimself.Thepeacocklookedfantastic!Hewasthemostbeatifulbirdthecrowhadeverseen.Thepeacockwasreallyplea
Butthepeacockdidntomeanwhathesaid.Hewasveryselfish.Hedidnotwantthecrowtohavecolourfulfeatherslikehim.Hewantedtobetheonlybeautifulbirdinthejungle.So,hethoughtofaplan.
Thenextday,thepeacockbeganpaintingthecrow'sfeathers.Afterawhile,hepouredblackpaintalloverthecrow'sbody.Thecrowwasshocked.Whatdidyoudothatfor?heasked.Ha!Ha!Ha!laughedthepeacock.Nowyouaretheugliestbirdi
Thecrowknewthathehadbeentricked.Hewishedhehadnotmadefriendswiththepeacock.Poorcrow!Therewasnothinghecoulddonow.Wheneverthecrowthoughtabouthissoft,whitefeathers,hefeltsad.Manybirdscametocomforthim,andh
Wednesdaywasalovelyday.Afteralittlelightlunch(I'lltellyouwhatlater),LittleMissGreedysetoffinhercartodrivetoMr.Greedy'shouse.Butbeforeshesetoff,sheputsomethingonthebackseatofhercar.Somethinglarge.Mr.Gr
At4o'clockprecisely,LittleMissGreedypulledupinfrontofMr.Greedy'sroly-polysortofahouse.Mr.Greedywasthereyomeether.Hello,LittleMissGreedy,hesmiled.Howlovelytoseeyouafterallthistime!Happybirthday,laughed
Mr.Greedyblushed.Docomein,hesaid.Tea'sallready!LittleMissGreedywasfollowingMr.Greedyintohishousewhensherememberedsomthing.Youknowwhatitwas,don'tyou?That'sright.Mr.Greedy'sbirthdaypresent.Waitaminute,s
There,onthebackseatofLittleMissGreedy'scar,wasthebiggestbirthdaycakeyou'veeverseeninallyourlife.Ahuge,enormous,gigantic,colossalcurrantcake,withthickpinkicingontopandstrawberryjaminthemiddle.Ionlyputo
Ibakedittoday,saidLittleMissGreedy.Andthenshechuckled.Ihaveaconfessiontomake,shesaid.Thisisn'ttheonlycakeIbakedtoday!Thefirstonelookedsodelicious,Iateitforbreakfast!Shechunkledagain.