Aesop's Fables, Part 148 summary
Part 148 of 284 · 1 min to read the part
In The Crow and the Swan, a Crow envies a Swan’s white feathers and moves away from its food source to bathe in pools and streams. Its feathers remain unchanged, and it dies of hunger, supporting the closing lesson that changing habits does not change nature.
What happens
- The Crow envies the Swan’s white feathers and believes that frequent bathing makes them white.
- It leaves the nearby altars, where it feeds on scraps of sacrificial meat, and moves among pools and streams.
- Repeated washing does not whiten its feathers, and the Crow dies of hunger.
- The closing moral distinguishes changes in habit from changes in nature.
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What to notice
The closing moral states the distinction illustrated by the Crow’s failure. New bathing habits cannot produce the appearance it envies.
Quick check
Where does the Crow find food before moving to the water?
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