“Wait!” squawked the flamingo. “I’m a bird, too. Give me some blue.”
“You’re not a bower bird. Choose a different colour.”
“But,” said the flamingo, looking around, “what colour is left for me?”
“You can have pink,” said the bower bird.
So the flamingo claimed pink and flowers turned grey.
Text copyright © Elle Carter Neal
Illustrations copyright © Bess Harding