One beautiful bright day, I was sitting at my backyard to take fresh air to get rid of my stress.While the sunlight fill the space between me and the envoirement, all the sudden I saw a tiny thing flying around one of my mother favourite's plant full of red flowers.I can'y figure out what is that tiny thing till it sit on a tree branch.When I took aclose near to the tree, the tiny thing that was I talking about just now was actually a Hummingbird.
I just love hummingbird.I love it because althought they just a small bird but they can fly very fast till we can't even see the hummingbird.It fly just like as fast as lighting.I also know that hummingbird drink nectar (honey) from flowers.They mostly like nectar from red flowers.
Let me go back to my story,after knowing hummingbird drink nectar from red flowers,my mind playing a question.I ask my grandmother who staying with me,the question that why hummingbird drink nectar from red flowers instead of other colour flowers.She told that there a story to answer my question.This story used told by my greatgrandfather.This how the story goes:
Long ago in the hills, a magnificent waterfalls fed a small pool.Alida,a beautiful young maiden,loved sitting in a speacial place where the waterfall flowed into the pool.
One day while sitting by the pool ,Alida met a boy,Taroo.Taroo was from another tribe,and his people were the enemies of Alida's people,the Taino,but the tow fell in love,For many month they met secretly by the waterfall.
One day,someone saw them and told to Alida's father, who was the chief of theTaino people.The chief did not approve of the boy .Alida was forbidden to see him again, Her father arranged for her to marry another boy.Alida did not want to marry to a boy she did not love.The night before her wedding, Alida went to waterfall secretly.At there,she begged the stars to turn her into a red flower.
When Taroo returned to the waterfall,he could not find Alida.The moon took pity on the boy and explained what had happened.Then the moon turned the boy into a tiny bird.Since then the bird flies from flowers to flowers turning most offen to the red ones.Although he will,mate withother hummingbirds.My grandmother says that as he stopped at each flower he is trying to find his true love
After hearing this story, I finally found the answer to my question.OHH!this story just like Romeo and Juliet right? I'm apologise to the mulism readers if they can't understand my story to till then now goodbye.
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