The Great Spirit Creates Birds

The Great Spirit's Creation

• The Great Spirit created the earth and all its beauty, including trees and flowers, but there were no birds.
• He decided to create birds to fly among the trees and flowers, and they would sing as they flew.

The Creation of Birds

• The Great Spirit spoke, and the treetops were filled with birds, but they had no feathers.
• The Great Spirit watched the birds fly and listened to their songs, but he was not pleased with their bodies and long legs.

The Feathered Suits

• The Great Spirit created feathered suits of every size and color to cover the birds.
• He told the birds about the suits and where they could be found.

The Council of Birds

• The birds held a council and chose Gah gah go wah, the Turkey Buzzard, to retrieve the feathered suits.
• They told him he could have the first choice of the suits, but he must not try on any suit more than once.

The Turkey Buzzard's Journey

• Turkey Buzzard searched for the feathered suits and finally found them after three days.
• He was tempted to try on multiple suits, but was supposed to choose only one.

The Suits

• The first suit had feathers that were too long and trailed on the ground.
• The second suit shone like gold, but Turkey Buzzard thought it was too showy.
• The third suit was pure white, but Turkey Buzzard thought it would get dirty too soon.
• The fourth suit did not have enough feathers, and the fifth suit had too many pieces and took too much time to put on.

The Last Suit

• Turkey Buzzard finally settled on the last suit, which was plain, dull-colored, and had few feathers at the neck and head.
• He did not like it, and it did not fit him well.

The Return

• Turkey Buzzard returned to the bird lodge with the suits and wore the plain, dull-colored suit.
• The other birds made fun of his plain dress, but Turkey Buzzard stood proud and declared he liked his own suit best.