The INTENSE PRESSURE FORCED THE KONDOR TO ACCEPT, but HE PROCLAIMED ONCE AGAIN that "He was the the king and the one that could fly the highest."
The SIGNAL WAS GIVEN and all the BIRDS WERE READY TO START. The HUMMIN-
BIRD approached the KONDOR one last time and said "YOU ARE 'KING OF THE BIRDS' and I
admire you for that, but I FLY THE HIGHEST." The KONDOR smiled and said to him, "DEAR HUMMINGBIRD OF THE VALLEYS and MEDOWS, YOUR VERY PRESENCE INSPIRES ME AND YOUR SIZE REVEALS TO ME THE GREATNESS OF YOUR SPIRIT, but the great
WIRACOCHA SOWED WITHIN ME THE POWER TO REIGN IN THIS WORLD and IT IS I THAT FLIES THE HIGHEST."
The FOX had been LISTENING INTENTLY and QUIETLY to this interchange, and BEFORE long
REALIZED THAT HE WOULD NEED TO REPLACE THE KONDOR AS THE JUDGE of competition. The instant THE COMPETITION BEGAN, the multicolor FIELD OF BIRDS came alive LIKE A BEAUTIFUL GARDEN as they ALL EXTENDED THEIR FEATHERS, POISED and READY TO ENTER INTO COMMUNION WITH EACH OTHER AND THE SKY.
The KONDOR WAITED FOR A SWIFT WIND TO PROPEL HIMSELF UPWARD INTO THE AIR. With a STRONG and STEADY MOVEMENT of HIS WINGS, HE LEFT THE GROUND, and IN THAT MOMENT the HUMMINGBIRD WITH HIS GOLDEN COURAGE SPREAD HIS
WINGS and within a blink of the eye FLEW very CLOSE TO THE KONDOR and DISAPPEARED
At that point ALL the BIRDS were IN THE AIR, each one demonstrating their flying abilities, shar-
ing the desire to be crowned "king." SOME cheerfully and freely GLIDED IN THE AIR ; OTHERS TOOK ADVANTAGE of the WIND's DIRECTION and STRENGTH. SOME FLEW TOWARD
the SUN, and OTHERS, CALLED ON the STRENGTH of PACHAMAMA ( MOTHER EARTH),
were ABLE TO SURPASS THEIR OWN PERSONAL LIMITATIONS. ALL FLEW WITH VITALITY, PROUDLY REPRESENTING THEIR OWN FAMILIES.
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