The Day the Crow Turned Black

Once upon a time, the crow was white and the peacock was pale yellow. They were invited to attend Lord Tiger’s wedding and they thought about decorating themselves. They stole the paint from the workman who built the king’s house. Peacock insisted that crow painted him first, so crow covered his breast in beautiful blue and green, and covered his tail in intricate designs. Peacock was so proud of the beautiful way he looked and decided he did not want crow to share his beautiful colors. Instead he called out a warning to crow that eagle was coming and pretended to run away. He accidentally knocked all the paint into the river. Crow looked into the sky and did not see eagle. He told peacock...View all