How the Pelican got its long beak and its black and white feathers
Once a long, long time ago the Pelican had a short beak and Gold and white feathers.The Pelican flew high above the trees and swam in the river but it was very hard to catch fish. The Pelican had lots of friends like ducks, sparrows, seagulls and other birds.She liked to show off her Gold and White feathers because they were so beautiful.One stormy night an old woman moved into the forest and built a shelter.Then she lit a fire and started saying weird voodoo things.The Pelican thought this was very strange but then she thought if the woman was saying weird voodoo things than she must be a witch.She told all the other birds of the forest about this.Then she went to the river to try and catch some fish but it was useless, she couldn't catch any.The next night was very stormy and lightning struck the Pelican.She lay on the beach crying in pain, then she fell asleep.In the morning she looked in the river and saw that her feathers had changed colour. Instead of being Gold and white they were now black and white.She decided to go to the old witch for help.The old witch said “Okay but i'm not very good at spells nowadays.Too old”.She said a spell but it was the wrong one.Instead of making her feathers Gold and white again the witch made her beak long.The Pelican pleaded the witch to make her beak short and her feathers Gold and white again but the witch said the spell was permanent and from that day on the Pelican had a long beak (which helped it catch fish) and black and white feathers.
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