Long long ago, long before men or even the animals swarmed the earth

At that time, all the birds lived in one huge forest

There were many varities of birds and they all lived peacefully together

However, you and I were arounded at that time

we would have a hard time recognizing and identifing any of them

You see in those days, none of the birds or any of the bright and the beautiful color that make them so distinctive today

They all were shaped brown and grey and did little to brighten the forest

And that, if it wasn't for the flowers that bloomed in all these splendid colors,

the forest would have been a very dull place indeed

Some of the birds tried their best to brighten up their looks and added a little color to their lives

There, that should do it!

How about it? Not bad huh?

The birds tried everything they could think of to give themselves color

They tried to dye themselves with berry

They tried to rub with green leaves

But nothing would last and finally they began to believe that once a grey bird, always a grey bird

It just seemed ashamed that with all the beautiful colors of nature

The bird was blessed with only grey and brown

Every time the birds saw king butterflies or golden oranges, it only made them sadder

They couldn't understand why they had been so unlucky

Every day in the late afternoon, dark cloud would cover their tropical rain forest

Bringing rain and thunder to the birds' home

But it couldn't last long, and when the cloud would disappear

a marvellous rainbow would appear

The birds of the forest waited eagerly each day to catch the glimpse of the rainbow

The butterflies and flowers were beautiful in their own way,

but nothing in nature could match the radiant beauty of the rainbow

To the bird, the rainbow was their own special treasure

And everytime it appeared, they wished with all their might,

someday they too would be able to share some of the nature's wonderful colors

And then, one day, when the clouds departed, the rainbow appeared as always,

But something seemed very wrong

Huh, did you see that?

The rainbow was somehow gotten dirty

These beautiful colors went out dark and black

The birds of the forest could not believe their eyes

They were so look forward to seeing rainbow after the rain

But what would happen now?

I wonder what could have happened to it

I wonder it caught a cold or something

Don't be silly, never heard about rainbow catching a cold

Well, you know you never can tell

They're watching and hoping that whatever was taking away the rainbow's color would disappear

anything seemed to be getting worst

until all of the sudden

the mysterious holes began to appear all over the rainbow

Oh my goodness

the birds were heartbroken, what was happening to their treasured rainbow

Suddenly, a golden light appeared over head

There above the forest flew of a magnificent multi-color magic bird

It was a phoenix

The phoenix is a legendary bird with tremendous and mysterious power

Hi friends, what my heavenly duty is to protect the rainbow

I have come to ask your help

Our rainbow had been attacked by roaches

I tried my best, but there are far too many of them for me to handle alone

If we don't act quickly

I am afraid they will not stop until they have eaten every last piece of our rainbow

What do you say? Would you help? It is our only chance to save the rainbow

You can count on me, let's go

Those courageous birds quickly volunteered to follow the phoenix

but not all the birds were so eager to help

It is none of our business

The phoenix was very disappointed to hear such talk

There was no time to lose

So he flew off leading those birds to the rainbow

Higher and higher they flew and they're ready themselves to win back their beloved rainbow from the wicked roaches

At last they flew here, they began to fear that they were already too late

The rainbow was full of holes and the roaches showed no sign of stopping

Oh dear! Look at those horrible roaches

They're so many

They're everywhere, they're everywhere

They were badly out numbered, but the courageous birds fought valiantly

The battle was on and on

And eventually, both roaches and birds began to drop from exhaustion

But the birds would not give up and finally they had lead their way to the rainbow itself

A few roaches were still ate on

At last, the battle was over and the birds had won

The birds were overjoyed their victory

And then before their weary eyes

The rainbow renewed itself and showed as brightly as ever

To the bird, it seemed even more wonderous than before

Let's go, let's go

All the birds flew up to the rainbow

And when they did, the magical thing happened

And each bird passed through the rainbow

its feathers were changed into one of the rainbow's many wonderous colors

I look like butterfly

As for your reward, you shall all have a return from the rainbow

The rainbow bird couldn't have been happier

for years they have wished and waited for this day and now

their dream had come true

But remember, not all the birds went to help the phoenix to defend the rainbow

Those that stayed behind for laziness or selfishness were still very plain and common

So you can imagine their suprise and shame when the others returned from the rainbow in all these splendid colors and designs

They had learnt their lesson to help their friends in need

But it was too late

If they have gone to help

they could have returned from the rainbow just as colorful as and as handsome as the other

And that is why to these days you can find both,

birds of many sparkling colors and those still very drear and very plain

So the next time, you look outside

why don't you try to find those birds that flew through the rainbow