伊索寓言：徒勞的寒鴉
The Vain Jackdaw
Jupiter announced that he intended to appoint a king over the birds， and named a day on which they were to appear before his throne， when he would select the most beautiful of them all to be their ruler. Wishing to look their best on the occasion they repaired to the banks of a stream， where they busied themselves in washing and preening their feathers. The Jackdaw was there along with the rest， and realized that， with his ugly plumage， he would have no chance of being chosen as he was： so he waited till they were all gone， and then picked up the most gaudy of the feathers they had dropped， and fastened them about his own body， with the result that he looked gayer than any of them. When the appointed day came， the birds assembled before Jupiter's throne. After passing them in review， he was about to make the Jackdaw king， when all the rest set upon the king-select， stripped him of his borrowed plumes， and exposed him for the Jackdaw that he was.
“It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds.”
徒勞的寒鴉
宙斯想要為鳥類立一個王，指定一個日期，要求眾鳥全都按時出席，以便選他們之中最美麗的為王。眾鳥都跑到河里去梳洗打扮。寒鴉知道自己沒一處漂亮，便來到河邊，撿起眾鳥脫落下的羽毛，小心翼翼地全插在自己身上，再用膠粘住。指定的日期到了，所有的鳥都一齊來到宙斯面前。宙斯一眼就看見花花綠綠的寒鴉，在眾鳥之中顯得格外漂亮，準備立他為王。眾鳥十分氣憤，紛紛從寒鴉身上拔下本屬於自己的羽毛。於是，寒鴉身上美麗的羽毛一下全沒了，又變成了一只丑陋的寒鴉了。
這個故事帶出的啟示就是：借助別人的東西可以得到美的假像，但那本不屬於自己的東西被剝離時，就會原形畢露。
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