Oil palm trees and hummingbirds

Oil palm trees and hummingbirds

There are many oil palm trees growing on the land of Africa, which are necessities in people's lives. Its leaf tendons can be twisted into ropes to tie brooms; the leaves can press the roof; the oil palm fruit can press oil; the berry flowing from the oil palm tree can make wine. In short, the oil palm tree is a treasure all over the body.

In fact, the oil palm tree did not grow on the ground, but grew in the sky. It was a landscape tree dotted with the gates of the Tianshen Palace. The reason why it fell to the ground later was related to the hummingbird Kleib.

Kleib is a very small bird, only the size of a bee, so people call him a hummingbird. He often burrows into the hearts of flowers to eat honey. He doesn't think there's anything wrong with being small, on the contrary, he prides himself on it: "Look, those big birds are flying around all day, busy foraging for food, and sometimes starving. There are so many flowers on the ground, and they have delicious nectar hidden in them, but they don't get this treat."

One day, while drinking water by a pond, Kleib admired his small and exquisite figure. An eagle flew over the pond, its huge shadow covered half of the pond, and Kleib's figure disappeared immediately.

At this time, it felt that it was really bad to be small, and couldn't help lamenting: "Alas! How pitiful! My body is so small, I can't fly as high as other birds, any bird can bully me. My pride is really self-deception, I want to ask the gods to grow my body."

So it struggled to fly up. When it reached the sky, it said to the gods: "God, why did you make me such a small body? Please have pity on me and make me as big as other birds!"

"Alright, I will agree to your request," the Heavenly God said. "But you have to wait for the opportunity and work hard."

"How long do I have to wait? How do I try?" Klieb asked.

"One day when you come and meet me asleep, your request will be fulfilled."

"When am I coming?"

"Anytime," the Heavenly God replied.

When Kleib heard this, he returned to the earth happily. Early the next morning, it flew into the sky, but the gods were awake and discussing things with their ministers.

"I came too early," thought Klib. It flew into the sky at noon the next day, and the god was still awake and smoking.

"Looks like another time," thought Cleeb, and it flew to the sky at night instead. The gods were still awake, drinking and watching the fairies dance.

Klieb changed it to midnight again and flew to the sky, but the gods were still awake.

After that, Kleib changed time and flew to the sky many times, but each time the gods were awake.

One day, it met the Heavenly God awake again, and fell on an oil palm tree in the Heavenly Palace and lamented: "It seems that there is no hope, the Heavenly God does not sleep at all."

"No, the gods sleep, but you don't know it." The oil palm tree replied. Because every time Kleib flew to and fro, hope came and went, the oil palm tree saw it. It sympathized with the little bird and decided to help it.

"Hey, Uncle Oil Palm Tree, then you must know when the gods went to bed, please tell me."

"Yes, I know how the gods sleep. I can tell you." The oil palm tree shook its body and said softly, "But you must promise not to tell me under any circumstances, otherwise, I will be out of luck."

"Of course, I promise not to tell anyone, you can rest assured."

"Then, let me tell you: the gods sleep only when the fog is blurred, and everything in the sky, underground, and air is blurred and cannot be seen clearly."

Klieb passed the oil palm trees and flew back to the ground. He waited patiently for the foggy weather. Waited for a long time. One day, a foggy fog rose from the world, covering everything. Klieb hurriedly flew into the sky, and the gods were really sleeping. Klieb was happy now. He hurriedly called out: "The gods wake up, the gods are about to wake up! Here comes Klieb."

The god was awakened, and he opened his eyes and couldn't help but be taken aback! He shouted, "It's you, Kleib! Who told you that I was sleeping at this time?"

"No, no, no... no one told me that I happened to run into it today." Clib stammered.

Its reaction let the gods know that someone must have told it. So, the gods were very angry and said, "Tell me! Who is it?" The gods were angry.

"It's... it's an oil palm tree." Klieb was so frightened that he told the truth.

"So that's the case!" When the gods heard the fire, "This is not the result of your own efforts, so your wish cannot be fulfilled, and you are still so small."

Ashamed and angry, Klib lowered his head and dared not speak.

"As for the oil palm tree," the god said bitterly, "it shouldn't reveal my secret. It is no longer suitable for growing in the sky, let it go down to the earth, maybe it will be useful to the world."

As soon as the word of God fell, the oil palm tree fell to the ground and became a tree needed by the world. As for Kleb, until now, it is still as big as a bee.

In this story, when do the gods sleep? How did the hummingbird Kleib know the secret of the gods sleeping? Dear baby, do you sympathize with what happened to the oil palm tree? Why?

Dear baby, let's guess the riddle together:

Among the birds, it is small, with a needle-like mouth and a clever tongue, and its body is only the size of a wild bee, but its flying ability is very high.

[Answer: Hummingbird]