Page 17 - Adventures of Aimi

One—Startling Screech
Just then Peacock lifted his ‘train’ of feathers high in the air and fanned them out in a big circle.
“Grami!” cried Aimi. “Look at that big circle of feathers. Peacock is very beautiful!”
“Yes, he is,” said Grami. “I think Peacock knows he’s beautiful, too. Watch him strutting around and showing off his feathers. What colors can you see?”
“Gold and copper and green and blue,” said Aimi. “You know your colors,” said Grami.
“Oh!” cried Aimi. “There is a blue-green ‘eye’ on
each feather. They’re looking at me!”
“Peacock does have a blue-green ‘eye spot’ at the
end of each feather,” said Grami. “But they’re not real eyes so they’re not really looking at you.”
“I know,” said Aimi, laughing, as she watched Peacock strut back and forth and back and forth across the grass. She looked at Peacock’s beautiful blue and green and gold and copper
circle of ‘train’ feathers ripple in the breeze. 5