RED-NOSED STICKY BEAKS AND QUIET ACHIEVERS
Pūkeko:
You wouldn't come down from the tree
To grub the forest free
Like the good Kiwi.
Quirky- perky; gawky-jerky,
Clumsy-lurky; swampie-turkey
Pūkeko:
Now a stubborn mean old marshy
Poking a red flash nosey
How would you be?
Quirky- perky; gawky-jerky,
Clumsy-lurky; swampie-turkey
...
Kiwi:
Once aloft flight-borne and feathery
Adorned in coloured finery
Nought left to see.
Quaintly-quietly; darkly-shyly
Dimly-dainty; delving-nightly
Kiwi:
Brave one, flying down from the tree
To grub the forest free
Loved by Tāne.
Quaintly-quietly; darkly-shyly
Dimly-dainty; delving-nightly.
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