Mary Allen
Aia ma kahi o 4,000 mau ʻano manu mele like ʻole. ʻO ka mea kaulana loa, ʻo ia ka jay, ka wren, ka uʻi, ka finches, ka larks, ka ʻaleʻa, ka ʻū, a me nā hōkū. He manu mele nō nā manu liʻiliʻi. Ua kapa ʻia ka manu liʻiliʻi he manu liʻiliʻi.
He mau māmā kūikawā ko nā manu mele: ikaika loa lākou a liʻiliʻi naʻe. ʻOiai ma nā wahi kiʻekiʻe, hiki i nā manu mele ke loaʻa ka oxygen mai ka lewa. He ʻeke ea nui ko lākou i loko o ko lākou mau kino i hiki iā lākou ke hoʻoluʻu i ko lākou mau ʻiʻo.
Hiki i nā manu mele ke lele maikaʻi loa. He iwi māmā ko lākou. Nui nā iwi he hakahaka o loko, me ka nuku. Ma kekahi ʻaoʻao, ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o ke kaumaha. Ma kekahi ʻaoʻao, ʻoi aku ka ikaika o kona leo ma muli o nā lua. Ua like kēia me ke kīkā a i ʻole ka violin.
ʻAʻole pili wale ka inoa songbird i nā manu maikaʻi loa i ka hīmeni ʻana. Pili nā manu mele a pau i kekahi i kekahi. Ua puka mai lākou ma Australia ma kahi o 33 miliona mau makahiki i hala. Ua ulu nā ʻano ʻano like ʻole ma o ka evolution. Mai Australia mai, ua laha lākou a puni ka honua.