Once upon a time, a female chachatatutua, the smallest and ugliest of all birds, laid three eggs in her nest in the grass. However, every day, while she was away, a magpie would come out of a nearby hole and eat one egg. Two were already gone. Disturbed, Chachatatutu flew to the phoenix to complain about the magpie.
The phoenix was not bothered by the small chachatatutu, no bigger than a thumb, so he gruffly said, “Do you know that I am very busy? How can you bother me with such a trivial matter? In any case, the mother bird is responsible for taking care of her chicks. Surely no one else will. You must protect your family yourself.”
Chachatatutu became even more disturbed because the phoenix did not take her problem seriously, so she said, “But I came to you because you are the king of all birds. Please, do not disdain me and think that I came to make a fuss over a mere trifle. Even a small matter left unresolved can cause a great tragedy one day. If that happens, do not blame me.”
The phoenix muttered something to himself and paused. Not paying attention to her anymore.
Čačatatutu realizes that she can’t do anything anymore, so she flies away.
She returns sad to her nest. Full of misery, she picks up a blade of grass and turns it into an arrow. Then she sits in ambush next to the tree, waiting for the predatory pike.
Confident in herself, the pike comes to eat the last egg. Čačatatutu was so angry that she shot the pike in the eye with the arrow before it realized what was happening. The pike ran around, screaming in pain, blinded.
Completely bewildered, the pike jumps into the nostril of a lion napping on the shore. Suddenly awakened, the lion jumps into the water, not knowing what was in its nostril.
The dragon leisurely swimming in the river sees the lion jumping towards him, so scared, he flies straight into the sky, thinking the lion wants to eat him. Completely by chance, he flies right past the phoenix and accidentally knocks down its nest, breaking the phoenix’s egg.
The phoenix moves aside and angrily attacks the dragon: “You are a dragon, and I am a phoenix. You live in water, and I live. “I live on land. We never interacted before. Do you understand that we each lay only one egg per year and have only one chick? Why did you have to fly out of your watery home, crash into my nest, and break the egg?”
“Don’t blame me,” said the dragon. “As I was swimming slowly, a lion jumped into the river and tried to devour me. Naturally, I flew up. I accidentally crashed into your nest and broke the egg. The lion was wrong to attack me. He is to blame for everything.”
And so, the phoenix went to find the lion.
“Oh, respected phoenix,” said the lion. “Don’t blame me. I was peacefully sleeping on the shore when a mosquito flew right into my nostril. It hurt so much that I jumped into the water. You see, it’s the mosquito’s fault. Go and reprimand it.”
The phoenix went and found the mosquito.
“Oh noble phoenix,” said the mosquito with respect. “It’s not my fault, but it’s čačatatutuina’s. I was just strolling through the grass when she leaped out and stabbed me in the eye with an arrow. It hurt so much that I accidentally flew into the lion’s nostril.” Instead of in a hole in the ground. The mistake is surely to ignore. Go and ask her if it was so.”
Phoenix had no other choice but to go to the ignore and ask her.
Ignore solemnly replied: “Phoenix, I have already told you that. You should not have ignored me just because I am small, with short feathers, weak, and ugly. You were sure that I could not harm you and that my misfortune was trivial, that mothers must take care of their nest by themselves and you told me not to bother you. How come your problem is not just a trifle? How come you don’t take care of your chick yourself, but go around bothering others? Is it fair that it’s a trifle when a magpie eats my eggs, but it’s not trivial when a dragon knocks down your nest and breaks your egg? I have to lay my three eggs in the grass and constantly look for food, while you carry your one egg on a tree. It’s much easier for you than us, small ignorers, to take care of the egg. Why didn’t you take care of it properly then? Did I not warn you not to blame me if one day a triviality happens to you too?” “Who would trigger a disaster? Why are you accusing me now?”
At that moment, Phoenix, taken aback, flew away disheartened.