One day, the great spirit who guarded the mayan world told the birds that they must choose a king
Almost every bird thought is should be king. The only bird that stayed quiet was the quetzal. The quetzal wanted to be king,but his feathers were a dull brown,and he looked quite plain.He didn’t think anyone would choose him.
The quetzal went to the road-runner,a very colorful bird, and said, “Your feathers are beautiful ,but you are too busy being the messenger of the roads to become king.Lend me your feathers.I’ll return them after I become king,and I’ll share the wealth and fame with you”
At first, the road-runner said no. but the quetzal would not stop asking him.
At last, the road-runner aqreed.
One by one,the road- runner’s feathers magically disappeared and then appeared on the clever quetzal’s body.soon,the quetzal’s body and tail were a rich blue-green,his chest was bright red,and his beak had turned a lovely glowing yellow.
The great spirit was very surprised by them quetzal’s new beauty and chose,him to
be king of all the birds.from that day on,the quetzal was so busy being king being
king, he had no time to return the road- runner’s feathers. He soon forgot all about
his promise to the road-runner.
Days later, the other birds found the road- runner hiding deep in the forest. He had
no feathers, and he was very cold. He told the birds about the quetzal’s promise.
The birds felt sorry for the road-runner,and each gave up a feathers to cover him.
That is why,today ,the road- runner’s feathers are such an odd mix of drab and faded
colors,and why watches the Mayan roads.he is still looking for the quetzal that took
away his feathers.