THE PARTRIDGE AND THE CROW

: Jean De La Fontaine
: Types Of Children's Literature

A Crow flying across a road saw a Partridge strutting along the

ground.



"What a beautiful gait that Partridge has!" said the Crow. "I

must try to see if I can walk like him."



She alighted behind the Partridge and tried for a long time to

learn to strut. At last the Partridge turned around and asked the

Crow what she was about.



"Do not be angry with me," replied the Crow. "I have never

before seen a bird who walks as beautifully as you can, and I am

trying to learn to walk like you."



"Foolish bird!" responded the Partridge. "You are a Crow, and

should walk like a Crow. You would look silly indeed if you were

to strut like a Partridge."



But the Crow went on trying to learn to strut, until finally she

had forgotten her own gait, and she never learned that of the Partridge.



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