How the Kiwi lost its Wings

Long ago kiwi was walking in the bushes All the other birds were very sad that Kiwi couldn’t fly. Tui told him, “I’m sorry you can’t fly.” Kiwi said, “There was a time when us kiwi could fly and we lived up in the trees. We had coloured wings.” “Could you tell us about it?”Tui said.
“O.K,” said Kiwi.
Once upon a time Kiwi had bright coloured wings and lived up in the trees. Tana Mahuta, the God of the forest loved the birds almost as much as he loved himself. One day heaps of bugs found Tane Mahuta’s secret land and started eating the forest. The birds didn’t have anything to eat so Tane Mahuta called a meeting. He said, “Someone has to go and live on the floor of the forest and eat all of the bugs.”
So first Tane said to Pipiwharauroa the cuckoo, “Will you go and live on the forest floor?”
Cuckoo said, “Sorry I’m building a nest and I can’t leave it.”
So he said, “Ruru, my dear friend the morepork, will you go and live on the forest floor?”
“But I love the light and I can’t leave it. The forest floor is too dark,” said Morepork.
“Tui,” said Tane, “will you do it?”
“I might die if I go down there. I’m too afraid and I don’t know my enemies.”
“Pukeko, will you do it?”
“I’m sorry, I don’t want to get my feet dirty”
Finally Tane said to Kiwi, “Will you?”
“Yes I will do it. I love the forest.”
“You have saved the forest!” said Tane.
He waled over to Pipiwharauroa and said, “You are building a nest. From this day onwards you will never build a nest again. You will have to lay eggs in other birds’ nests.”
“Now Ruru, you love the light. From this day onwards you have to live in the deepest, darkest part of the woods.”
“Tui, you are sacred and you don’t know what your predators are. You will always wear the mark f the coward under your neck.”
“But Bellbird, oh how you touch my heart. You are still allowed to sing, but only in the morning when the sun just touches the trees.”
“Oh. And Kiwi, I am so pleased with you.”
So that’s how the Kiwi lost his wings and all of the other birds have stayed the same.