The Jackdaw And The Doves
Aesop Fable: The Jackdaw And The Doves
A jackdaw, seeing some Doves in a cote abundantly provided
with food, painted himself white and joined them in
order to share their plentiful maintenance. The Doves, as
long as he was silent, supposed him to be one of themselves
and admitted him to their cote.
But when one day
he forgot himself and began to chatter, they discovered
his true character and drove him forth, pecking him with
their beaks. Failing to obtain food among the Doves, he
returned to the Jackdaws. They too, not recognizing him
on account of his color, expelled him from living with them.
So desiring two ends, he obtained neither.
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