Gus the resident Peacock. He perches on the porch so that everyone knows he is there. He eats out of the dog bowl and socializes gracefully each one of them. Gus loves grapes and bananas and will wait by the front door patiently until someone satisfies his sweet tooth. Gus has a girlfriend Lucy. She is very aloof but Gus is very determined and displays himself in all his glory in the hope that she might take interest. During this season Gus is loud and acts as a watch dog crying out warnings if there is something unusual in his world. He is better than the dogs. Gus sleeps high up in which ever tree he picks, favoring a pine right in front of the house or a beautiful oak down the slope. He does not venture far, the ranch has become his home. With great meals and a girlfriend can you blame him?
The Peacock
There he goes with his head up high,
Proudly thinking, "No creature is so beautiful as I."
He struts about with an arrogant air,
Satisfied with his beauty so fair.
The peacock thinks himself to be without flaw,
Thinks that all who see him should be in awe.
His Creator has given him a plumage rare,
Causing all that see him to stop and stare.
The peacock has a flaw not plain to him,
A flaw to his eyes very dim.
He arrogantly prances about with very ugly feet,
Proud of his beauty, but deceived-like so many we meet.
Hes not altogether what he thinks he is,
To see himself as he is would be great bliss.
But he struts about with blinded eye,
Thinking, "No creature is so beautiful as I."
The peacock teaches a lesson true,
That there are flaws in me and you.
That we are not so mighty and so high,
That we should see ourselves with the humble eye.
-GENE GRIFFIN