jupiter commanded all the *rds to appear before him, so that he might choose the most beautiful to be their king. the ugly jackdaw, collecting all the fine feathers which had fallen from the other *rds, attached them to his own body and appeared at the examination, looking very *. the other *rds, recognising their own borrowed plumage, indignantly protested, and began to strip him. "hold!" said jupiter; "this self-made *rd has * sense than any of you. he is your king." __