Jupiter announced that he wanted to appoint a king over the birds, and named the day when he would (48) .. the most beautiful of the all the be their ruler. Wishing to look their best, all tjhe birds bruished their feathers. The Jackdaw realized that with his ugly plumage, he would have no chance, so he waited till they were all gone, and the picked up the beautiful (49) ... they had dropped, and fastened them in his own body, WHen the appoited day came , all the (50) ... birds gathered before Jupiter's throne. After passing them in review, Jupiter was about to make the Jackdaw king. When all the rest set up the king-selct, Jupiter stripped Jackdaw of his borrowed plumes, and exposed hum for the Jackdaw was a cheat. ..