Two Friends, Two Colors

In a sunny garden lived Raya, a peacock with dazzling, colorful feathers, and Jib, a small sparrow with plain brown feathers. The two met beside a big old tree and quickly became friends, even though they looked nothing alike.

One day, Raya watched other brightly colored birds playing together in a group, while Jib saw a flock of little sparrows flying by in a neat row. Both of them began to worry. Could two friends so different from each other really get along?

While they were still wondering, they heard a little rabbit crying. His kite had gotten stuck high up in the branches of the big tree, and no matter how hard he tried, he just couldn't reach it.

Tiny Jib flew nimbly through the tight branches to untangle the kite string. Raya couldn't fly high, but her strong legs let her leap up gracefully, and she spread her beautiful colorful tail wide open just in time to catch the kite safely before it hit the ground.

The little rabbit was overjoyed and hugged both Raya and Jib to thank them. Raya and Jib looked at each other and smiled. They finally understood — it was exactly their differences, Raya's strength and Jib's small, nimble flight, that made them work together so perfectly, and their friendship grew even stronger because of it.
Moral of the story
Good friends don't need to be alike — it's our differences that help us take care of each other even better.
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