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In Mexican folklore the Cu bird is a bird so unhappy with its looks that the other birds agreed to the barn owl's proposal to give the Cu bird one feather each and in return the Cu Bird becomes the messenger for the bird council. But the bird soon started neglecting its task because instead it spent time admiring its plumage. One day the eagle, the head of the council, sent the Cu bird to call other birds to a meeting, but it was so entranced by the reflection of its feathers in a lake that it completely forgot the task. When the eagle came to the appointed place, nobody was there. Angry, the eagle went looking for other birds and they all started quarrelling about who was to blame. Their noise and shouting woke up the god of forests. He sent a silent bird to quieten them down, but being silent, it was ignored by the quarrelling birds. The god became angry and took away the birds' speech. The Cu bird was punished for neglecting its task, and the owl was also punished, because giving the Cu bird a beautiful plumage was its idea. Now both the owl and the Cu bird hide from other birds in the dark and the Cu bird's beautiful plumage serves no purpose because no one can see it the light of the Sun.

Description
In Mexican folklore the Cu bird is a bird so unhappy with its looks that the other birds agreed to the barn owl's proposal to give the Cu bird one feather each and in return the Cu Bird becomes the messenger for the bird council. But the bird soon started neglecting its task because instead it spent time admiring its plumage. One day the eagle, the head of the council, sent the Cu bird to call other birds to a meeting, but it was so entranced by the reflection of its feathers in a lake that it completely forgot the task. When the eagle came to the appointed place, nobody was there. Angry, the eagle went looking for other birds and they all started quarrelling about who was to blame. Their noise and shouting woke up the god of forests. He sent a silent bird to quieten them down, but being silent, it was ignored by the quarrelling birds. The god became angry and took away the birds' speech. The Cu bird was punished for neglecting its task, and the owl was also punished, because giving the Cu bird a beautiful plumage was its idea. Now both the owl and the Cu bird hide from other birds in the dark and the Cu bird's beautiful plumage serves no purpose because no one can see it the light of the Sun.