Legend of the Kea

Once there was a place so peaceful and quiet that no person knew where it was, no one looked for it and no one knew of it. The land was so colourful that the forest was so hard to find because it could camouflage. The birds who lived there were colourful too and also birds could fly with feet!! Moas were tall as trees and fantails so big they could catch dragonflies. The birds could speak the same language and they lived in harmony and shared food like berries, seeds and much more. Krikta the kea got up to no good playing tricks on other birds, and being mischievious. Then came the time of quarrelling when birds fought and stole berries from other birds beaks! Their tears made rain for the first time ever in the forest! Just then, in a flash there stood the great Ka ruler of all birds and he spoke in a booming voice "you foolish birds you almost killed this beautiful forest that I made now for your punishment I'll give out places for birds to live, feathers, beaks and claws. So Ka gave the mark of shame to the gull because the gull stole berries from birds beaks and got banished to the sea side. The NZ Falcon got the beak of terror and it came with the taste of blood. Just then Krikta the kea stole the best voice and sang to his wife Starwing. Ka was so angry that Krikta stole all those things so Ka took away the Keas lovely voice. And Ka banished the keas to the snowy mountains for the rest of their lives.