PEACOCK The Peacock of Indonesia, also known as the Merak Bird and often called the peafowl, is a very large and colourful bird. They are famous for their beautiful feathers, which sometimes rise upwards in all their glory. The Green Peafowl is a native Indonesian bird that lives in Java. the male and female green peacock The male and female Green Peafowls differentiate quite a lot in appearance. The male ones can grow up to three meters tall, while the females only up to 1 meter. The male Green Peafowl is a vivid emerald green with a tint of blue on the head and neck. When it flies, it almost looks like a phoenix. While the female’s colour are a dull green with a small amount of grey. Male Green Peafowls are polygamous. A male can be with more than one female at a time. During the breeding season, the male shows his train of feathers. He walks around the females and bows. At the same time, he releases a loud noise similar to a rooster. When the ...
Hansel and Gretel Once upon a time a very poor woodcutter lived in a tiny cottage in the forest with his two children, Hansel and Gretel. His second wife often ill-treated the children and was forever nagging the woodcutter. "There is not enough food in the house for us all. There are too many mouths to feed! We must get rid of the two brats," she declared. And she kept on trying to persuade her husband to abandon his children in the forest. "Take them miles from home, so far that they can never find their way back! Maybe someone will find them and give them a home." The downcast woodcutter didn't know what to do. Hansel who, one evening, had overheard his parents' conversation, comforted Gretel. "Don't worry! If they do leave us in the forest, we'll find the way home," he said. And slipping out of the house he filled his pockets with little white pebbles, then went back to bed. All night long, the woodcutter's wife...
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