The King and the Crow

In a world where animals can speak, the species of the world lived in harmony with minor exceptions. Within this world resides the Coalition of Birds. As a result of being unique to other animals, given their ability to fly, they banded together to form this group. They work and live in a community not so different than ours. The pigeons lived side by side with the parrots. Similar to our society, some birds are highly praised and others are lowly. The crow was one of the birds listed in the lower ranks along with the vulture and such. Birds held with high prestige include, the crane, falcon, or owl.

One day a strange beast attacked which resulted in the deaths of many birds. This was a tragic day and from then, the Coalition of Birds has come together to vote on a protector of their coalition. It was going to be a high prestige role, where they would responsible for protecting the coalition. The vote ended with a clear victory by the Peacock. Everyone admired the Peacock as he strode up to the front. The Peacock flared his feathers as he started to announce his inauguration to the world. The emerald shine of his feathers entranced the crowd. He has now been crowned king.

There was one bird in the back where she usually sat. Here the Crow had realized something. The Peacock is elegant beyond any other bird but there was one problem. The competition was one to protect the birds, not one of elegance. The Peacock had no way and no power to defend the birds. He was elected because of how pretty he was, not his capability to protect the birds.

In the end what did the crow do? Did she speak up and alert everyone of this crisis? Or, did she hide away being the peasant that she was?

I will leave the rest of the story up to you, the reader. What did she do?

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