The Beautiful Peacock is the story of Alisa, a little white peacock, who wants to be beautiful. It is also the story of Maria the monkey, Alisa s friend, who tries to convince her she is beautiful just the way she is. Alisa forgets who her real friends are in her search for beauty and resorts to a shocking act in order to join the popular crowd. It s a hard test of Maria's friendship as she tries to remind Alisa who her real friends are. It is only when Maria gets in trouble that Alisa has to decide if it is more important to help her friend or stay with the popular crowd that she discovers what real beauty is."