What is the Aboriginal dreamtime story of how birds got there colour?
You’re close, the first bird was a peacock, and it wasn’t a crow it was a magpie. Here’s how the story goes: Many years ago there was a peacock and a magpie. The peacock had beautiful plumage, very striking, almost fluorescent in some lights. The magpie was jealous, because he was essentially a black and white character. One day, the peacock was fast asleep, and the magpie shaved the peacock with some clippers and glued the feathers on to himself with Pik Stik. The peacock woke up quickly, and realized he was disgusting, like a ball bag in the wind. The magpie moved to the city with his new feather outfit and quickly became the toast of Camden. He got a model girlfriend, sports car, and his own chat show, Magpie Moments. When the bald peacock saw the Magpie on the tele interviewing Kurt Douglas he became very depressed, but he worked hard and eventually got his own show, Peacock Dreams. But it was on digital tele, late at night, and got poor viewing figures. The peacock could take no m
