(A story told by my son Doug at age 3…slightly elaborated in words to make it read better.)

Once upon a time, all the birds were rather drab and dull colours. They looked much the same as today’s birds in terms of shape and size, but their feathers all matched each other.

Then, after the rains came one summer evening, a beautiful rainbow filled the sky.

One small bird was flying, and his wings were tired, so he sat down on the rainbow to rest.

After taking a rest, the little bird flew away, and the little cardinal realized he was all red!

Then, a mommy-bird landed on the rainbow, and slid down through the blue and yellow before flying away again. She became a beautiful blue-bird!

Finally, a big daddy-bird tried to land on the rainbow, and was too heavy, so he slid all the way through the colors and landed in the black pot at the bottom. That is how Mr. Crow turned all black.

And so, all the other birds noticed the three colorful birds and all decided to have a picnic party at the rainbow. Each of them flew around the colors and turned all pretty, and that is how birds got their colors!

The end.

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