Tuleyome Tales: These are tiny brown birds with very loud voices.
A wren featured prominently in the old fable about how songs came to Earth. According to the story, all of the birds of the world had gathered together to see which one could fly the highest and snatch the songs from the heavens. One by one each bird species tried and failed, and then an eagle tried his hand (or wing) at reaching the heights. Eventually his stamina failed him, as well, and he started to fall back to earth.
But just then a tiny wren that had been hiding in the eagle’s neck feather burst out, flew up into the heavens and brought the songs back to the planet with him. And that’s why his songs are some of the longest and loudest.
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