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 the 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, he had no time to return the road-runner's feathers. he soon forgot all about his promise to the
road-runner.