narrated by francisco m. africa.

in a certain field there lived two birds,—pog? (“quail”) and culing (a small black bird that has no feathers on the top of its head). one day pog?, while scratching the ground for food, met culing. when culing saw pog?, he said in a taunting tone, “where are you going, lazy one? be more active. don’t be as lazy as a leech!”

pog? became very angry. “you call me lazy!” he said. “you are much lazier than i. let us see which can fly higher into the sky!”

thereupon culing agreed, and he began to fly upward until he was lost from sight. he flew so high, that his head touched the surface of the sky. as the sky was hot, all the feathers on the top of his head were burned off; and ever since, the culing has had a tonsure.