The Proud Crow / The Crow and the Goose : Completing Story

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The crows are ugly to look at. So, they are unhappy. They want to be beautiful. But how! Once a crow got a chance to be beautiful. One day, the crow found some beautiful feathers of a peacock in a jungle....................

The Proud Crow

The crows are ugly to look at. So, they are unhappy. They want to be beautiful. But how! Once a crow got a chance to be beautiful. One day, the crow found some beautiful feathers of a peacock in a jungle. He became very glad. He took the feathers one by one and struck them in among his own feather. He looked at himself and became glad and proud because he was no longer ugly like other crows. So, he made up his mind to go to the peacock and live with them. Seeing him, the peacocks understood that he was the crow in the guise of a peacock. They attacked him, pulled out the false feathers and drove him away. Being insulted, he returned to the crows. When he returned to the crows, they also drove him away. The crow realized his fault. He promised to the crows that he would never be false or overambitious.

An Ambitious Crow and His Sad End

A crow said to a goose, "Really, how beautiful you are! What a fair complexion you have! If I were as white as you! How unlucky it is for me to be black!" The crow noticed that the goose always stays in the water. He thought that he would be as white as the goose if he stays in water. So, he got into water. He then got out of water but found him as black as he was before. Next, he thought that he would be on the water for a long time as the goose does.

Thinking so, he started staying in the water day after day. He used to collect food flying here and there when he was on the land. Now, he was starving as he remained in water all the time. Eventually, he died due to his starvation for a long time. So, before following others, ultimate results should be justified well.

অনুবাদ: এক কাক এক রাজহংসীকে বলল, “সত্যিই, তুমি কত সুন্দর! তোমার গায়ের রং কত ফর্সা! যদি আমি তোমার মতো ফর্সা হতাম! কালো হওয়াটা আমার জন্য কত বেদনাদায়ক!" কাকটি লক্ষ করল যে রাজহংসীটি সবসময় পানিতে থাকে। সে ভাবল যে সেও রাজহংসীর মতো ফর্সা হবে যদি সে পানিতে থাকে। তাই সে পানিতে নামল। তারপর সে পানি থেকে উঠে এল, কিন্তু সে নিজেকে আগের মতোই কালো হিসেবে পেল। তারপর সে ভাবল, সে অনেক সময় ধরে পানিতে থাকবে যেমনটি একটি রাজহংসী থাকে। এই ভেবে সে দিনের পর দিন পানিতে বাস করতে লাগল। সে যখন ডাঙ্গায় ছিল তখন সে এখানে সেখানে উড়ে গিয়ে তার খাবার সংগ্রহ করত। এখন, তাকে অনাহারে থাকতে হচ্ছে যেহেতু সে সারাক্ষণ পানিতেই থাকে। ধীরে ধীরে, দীর্ঘ সময় অনাহারে থাকার ফলে সে মারা গেল। তাই, অন্যকে অনুসরণ করার আগে এর ফলাফল ভালোভাবে যাচাই করে নেওয়া উচিত।

Word Meaning (শব্দার্থ) :
Fair complexion – ফর্সা গায়ের রং। Unlucky – দুর্ভাগ্যবান। Starving – অনাহারে থাকা। Eventually – পরিশেষে/ধীরে ধীরে। Justified – যাচাই করা।