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Aesop's Fables, Part 70 summary

Part 70 of 284 · 1 min to read the part

In The Jackdaw and the Pigeons, a Jackdaw paints himself white to share the Pigeons’ plentiful food, but his chatter exposes him and they attack him. He returns to the other jackdaws, who reject his unfamiliar appearance, leaving him without a home or a flock to eat with.

What happens

  1. A Jackdaw envies the well-fed Pigeons in a farmyard and decides to pass as one of them.
  2. He paints himself white and joins their flock, remaining undetected while he stays silent.
  3. His chatter exposes him, and the Pigeons peck him until he escapes.
  4. The other jackdaws fail to recognize him, refuse to share food, and drive him away.
  5. He becomes a wanderer without a home.

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What to notice

The ending shows the cost of his disguise: instead of gaining better food, he loses a place in either flock.

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What exposes the Jackdaw’s disguise to the Pigeons?

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