Legend of the Kea

One legendary day birds of many colours lived in peace and harmony, sharing the fruit and nectar all together in the lovely forest where it was always summer. All of the magnificent birds had the same features like languages and birdsong and all the birds ate the same food too. Krikta the kea was playing jokes on his friends and being cheeky. But then came the time of the quarrelling and Ka, the greatest bird of all, made the land dark and stormy. Then the greastest bird Ka said " you foolish birds you have almost destroyed the beautiful forest." So Ka punished all the birds and gave them perches but the greedy Krikta the kea went at the back of the tree when all the other birds went at the front of the tree. Krikta the kea stole a beak and some claws and a lovely birdsong. But Ka knew about how Krikta the kea got the things so Ka got mad. "Where will I live?" said Krikta but Ka said "you don't need a place to live you have the powerful beak and claws." Ka banished the kea's and Krikta to the snowy mountains. Ka took away Krikta's beautiful birdsong so Krikta could only screech but he kept the beak and the claws. Even though Ka banished the kea's to the snowy mountains, Krikta and his darling Starwing still had a place to live.