P is for Peacock, as we all know. C is for color, at least for most peacocks except one. His name was Percy and this is his story. Percy was a peacock unlike any other. No, it wasn't just his gray and black feathers. Oh no, it was that he spent all his time in a cave. Yes, like a bear in a cave; because Percy knew that if any of the other peacocks in the forest saw him they would make fun of him or worse. Percy spent his time gathering food and talking to his only friend, the rain cloud. He thought that the rain cloud could never find him ugly because he too was gray and black as night. The rain cloud often asked Percy why he spent all his time in the cave and not in the forest with the other peacocks. But Percy always said he didn't like the heat of the sun in the forest. Percy knew this was safe because the rain cloud never went into the forest; only the sun and moon were allowed there. Then one day everything changed. The sun got tired of shining on the plants in the forest and watching them grow so slowly. Then the sun decided to get help, he talked about it with the moon; he said they should discuss it with the rain cloud. The rain cloud said that he would be happy to help by giving water to the thirsty plants and animals in the forest. He was so excited to be invited that he rushed to see Percy. The rain cloud was eager to tell him that he could now visit the forest because the sun would no longer shine there. The cloud arrived at Percy's cave; but he was nowhere to be found. Percy had seen the sun leave the forest and knew that the cloud would come to take it with it into the forest. He knew he couldn't do it until he looked like the others. He decided to become... middle of paper... er, then he started crying. I can't go home, he thought. Maybe I can sneak into the forest and hide out there until the sun comes back. He waited for the rain cloud to stop forming its rainbow. Then he ran into the forest; he was too busy running to notice that he was about to collide with another peacock. "Oof" Percy said as he came across a peacock who introduced himself as Perry. Percy expected him to laugh but the laughter never came. She simply asked him why she had never seen him in the forest before and if he wanted us to be friends. It was at that moment that Percy realized that he had never given the other peacocks a chance. After all, was he really that different from them? The moment he realized it was okay to be himself, the sun came out from behind the clouds and shone upon him. The sun revealed to everyone that he was truly the most beautiful of all.