Merbuk and Its Feathers

In a deep jungle, there was a peacock named Merbuk. It had wonderful feathers. The

feathers would open up like a fan when the Merbuk raised its feathers. But Merbuk was a proud

and arrogant peacock.

One day, Merbuk decided to take a walk in the jungle. Suddenly, Merbuk heard

someone was calling him. Merbuk turned to the left and saw a porcupine. It was so irritated with

the porcupines needle-like fur and walked away.

Then, Merbuk came to a riverside. It saw an elephant carrying tree trunks with its nose.

Merbuk displayed its shiny blue and green colour feathers to the elephant. The elephant was

amazed by the beauty of Merbuk. It wanted to make friend with Merbuk. But Merbuk refused to

make friends with anyone.

Merbuk continued its walk until it reached a village. The villagers were singing and

dancing around a bonfire. Merbuk thought it was time for it to display its bright and colourful

feathers to these silly humans. All the villagers looked at Merbuk in surprise and adored its

stunning look. Standing proud and high, Merbuk enjoyed listening to the villagers telling each

other about its beauty.

Then, all in a sudden, something terrible happened. Its feathers caught fire very quickly.

Merbuk was in pain. All the villagers watched the tragic fate of Merbuk as no one could help put

off the fire. Merbuk could not do anything but to roll and roll on the grass helplessly to put out

the fire on its feathers.

Merbuk was sad. Its feathers were not beautiful anymore. Merbuk was too embarrassed

to meet the elephant and the porcupine. To its surprise, they did not laugh at Merbuk. Instead,

they still wanted to make friends with Merbuk. They comforted Merbuk not to be sad about what
had happened to it. Merbuk nodded its head. It had learnt a good lesson and it promised will be

more humble with what it has.