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Today we heard a myth/story. It was called “muruk na kokomo” (The cassowary and the Hornbill). A long time ago there were two birds, the cassowary and the hornbill. The Cassowary lived in the trees above all other birds. He would eat seeds, even the Hornbills seeds. The Hornbill didn’t like this, so he called out to a small bird to cut the branch that the Cassowary slept on. The small bird cut it and left. Later the Cassowary sat on the branch and it broke. He fell to the ground and broke his wing. Before, when the Cassowary had wings he lived in the trees over all the other birds. When he fell he broke his wing and couldn’t fly anymore. That is why he only walks on the ground now.