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How the Yellow Throated Honey Eater got
its Name
By Philippa
“Yum,
yum,” said Honey as she ate more pollen.
Honey the honeyeater was greedy and didn’t leave any pollen for
Bee and his hive.
Together they all
lived in a beautiful paddock with lots of flowering trees.
Bee
and his hive were happy apart from one thing - Honey the honeyeater ate
all the pollen. Bee was mad and so were his friends. They wanted to send Honey away.
One
day Honey was so hungry that she stole some pollen from Bees hive. As soon
as she was gone Bee held a meeting. “We must stop that greedy honeyeater
or we will starve!” Bee said angrily. Everyone agreed. They made a plan
to shoo Honey away from the paddock forever.
The
next day Honey was collecting pollen.
Beeand his friends saw her. They threw honey at her. One hit her in
the throat and made a big yellow mark there.
Honey was so angry that she flew away so fast the bees could not
see her. Honey never came
back to that paddock again.
Bee and his friends lived happily ever after.
Honey
is now the yellow-throated honeyeater and
so are all
the relations of her. In the
trees one day you might see one who still has that yellow marking under
it’s throat.
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