Bright, comical illustrations and simple, direct text join to tell the story of how big black Crow makes friends with smaller, brighter birds hanging out on the electrical wire.  At first the little birds are scared of Crow and will have nothing to do with him.  Determined to make friends, Crow tries to paint himself to look like the others, only to frighten them more.  In the end, the little birds decide they like having Crow around, crediting him with scaring off the big colorful birds he was pretending to be.  In the end they like him for himself, and Crow must decide whether or not to tell his new friends how their friendship really came about.  It’s a charming book.