On the grasslands, under the hot sun, a particular kind of small tree grows, a special tree. It looks like a palm tree, but is never taller than a man. The strange thing is that in the heat of he afternoon, smoke sometimes rises up from the long leaves that hang over the top of it's thick trunk.
A wide variety of birds live in the grasslands and in the forest. Some have tall legs for standing in water or long beaks for fishing. Other birds are small and fat, and they can never fly far. Other birds have powerful wings so they can fly high in the sky.
Long ago, all birds were only black, grey or white. One day, Eagle watched smoke coming out of the special tree. He thought, we live in a hot place, although it can be cool at night. Sometimes, my nest high in the tree 🌲 🌴 is too 🥶. I could make a fire 🔥 to keep my baby chicks warm. He gathered all the birds for a meeting. They debated about how to get some of the fire out of the tree. Though they discussed many ideas, they finally voted for one plan. They decided that a bird would try to pull the fire out of the tree. However, which bird would be successful?
The first to try was grey parrot. He flew into the tree but it's effort in pulling off the fire was abortive. Then vulture said ' he is going to try his own best, and also vulture had bad eyes and he could not see very well which led to his own effort being in vain.
After the two birds tried, then the last bird( the sunbird) came out and volunteered to try his own best to pull off the fire. Sunbird is a very small bird. Sunbird thought, I must stay under one of those long leaves so that I can hide from the heat. Then sunbird jumped along the leaves and took a tiny piece of fire from the edge. While he was there, the fire shine on his dull feathers ad they turned into yellow, red, and orange of the flames, he green of the leaves, and the blue of the sky. Today, sunbird is all the colors of the 🌈.
