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The crow sounded very smug as she ate her cheese.

“Oh, no, of course not!” said Felix. He grinned up at her. “I’m just admiring the beauty!” He looked over the crow, who was eyeing him suspiciously. She did not trust Felix at all. But, he knew that he could do better. “I was just looking at how beautiful you are! You are the nicest thing I have seen all day!”

“Me or the cheese?” asked the crow.

Felix looked up at her in shock. “Why, you of course!” he announced back. “You are the most beautiful thing I have seen all week! Why, look at the way that your feathers glisten in the sunlight!”

Crow looked at her feathers. They sure were glossy! She took very good care of her feathers and worked very hard to preen herself as often as she could. There was no need for loose ends or feathers poking out! She wasn’t a child and she could take care of her appearance quite well, after all! She looked down at Felix expectantly.

“And look at the way that your beak curves! It is so perfectly straight! It looks so sharp, too, and strong!” And again the crow felt proud of herself and her appearance. She worked very hard to keep her beak clean and it showed! She straightened up on her perch.

“Oh, and look at your wings! How beautiful they look! I got a good look when you flew by, and how magnificent! They looked like they belonged on an angel!” Felix called out for the crow. The crow spread her wings and held them out to show them off and Felix grinned back up at her encouragingly. “You are just so beautiful! I just wish I could get a closer look at you!”

“Well, I think that could be arranged!” announced the crow. She picked up the chunk of cheese in her mouth and flew down closer to Fox, standing up tall and held her wings out for him to see.

“Oh, my! You are even more spectacular up close!” said Felix as he approached her. The crow was loving all of the attention and let him get as close as he wanted to take a good, long look.