There was a time forest leaves were always green. At that time the young sélknam Kamshout departed on a long journey to fulfill the rites of initiation of klóketens. The young initiate
took so long to return the rest of the group left him for dead. When no one expected, turned completely altered Kamshout and began to tell his remarkable foray into a wonderland beyond the far north. In that country
were endless forests and trees lose their leaves in autumn to look completely dead. However, with the first warm days of spring green leaves turned to leave and returned to revive the trees. No one believed the story and the people who laughed at Kamshout completely mad, he went to the forest and disappeared again.
After a short incursion into the forest, reappeared Kamshout become a big bird with green feathers on its back and red on his chest. It was autumn and Kamshout-thereafter called Kerrhprrh noise-emitting, flying from tree to tree was tiñiendo all leaves with red feathers. So
colored, the leaves began to fall and everyone feared the death of the trees.
This time the laughter was Kamshout.
In the spring the leaves regained its green, demonstrating the accuracy of adventure experienced by Kamshout. Since then parrots gather in the branches of trees to laugh at human beings and so Kamshout avenge his legendary ancestor.
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