For many centuries,the people of the Amazon Basin have told stories about the curupira. Some say the curupira is a boy. Others say it is a girl. However,everyone agrees that it is small, and it has wild red hair, and big pointed ears. A curupira has very special feet; its feet point backwards! Many people in Brazil believe the curupira looks after all the plants and animals in the forest. A hunter can kill enough to feed his family, but no more. That is the curupira's rule.