Rudolph
Rudolph, the red-nosed reindeer
had a very shiny nose
And if you ever saw it
you would even say it glows
All of the other reindeer
used to laugh and call him names
Nuts for brains!
They never let poor Rudolph
join in any reindeer games
We're not gross like you!
Then one foggy Christmas eve
Santa came to say:
I'm biased in favor of red things, ho ho ho!
"Rudolph with your nose so bright
won't you guide my sleigh tonight?"
Santa, that's … not how it works.
Then all the reindeer loved him
and they shouted out with glee:
"We're fickle!"
"Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer
You'll go down in history!"
From: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
The irony being, of course, that nobody knows anything about Dancer, Prancer, Donner, … umm … Nixon? and the rest, but we all know Rudolph's life story, even though he's presented as the disadvantaged one.
By one reading, it says you should appreciate your unique talents, which could be useful some day. In another, it says you need superpowers in order to become famous, and sucks to the rest of you plebians. A bit of an Ugly Duckling story.
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