Another local folk tale retold
It was a story of two young boys who found the nest of an invisible bird called Phoenix or Bueacao in local name.
They were brothers who were tasked to gather firewood at the mangrove forest. While the two boys were wading on the tidal stream they found a lagoon below a large mangrove tree. The water was still at the lagoon and the two had seen their reflection on it. While they were amusing themselves about their reflection, the older brother named Pedro, saw a bird and a nest at the reflection of the water. Immediately he looked up to search for that bird and nest but he saw nothing. He scanned all the branches of the trees but he saw nothing.
Pedro focused his stare on the water and on there, he saw again the bird like flaming fire sitting on its nest that settled on a large branch. He was baffled by what he saw for every time he looked up he found nothing. They decided to investigate.
Later they saw the flaming bird's reflection on the water leaving its nest as it flew away.
They found out that the nest settled at the lowest branch of the tree halfway of the branch. The two decided investigate and planned to pluck the mysterious nest.
Pedro climbed the tree as his brother below guided him by looking at the reflection of the nest on the water.
Pedro had managed to grasped the nest. He searched for its content and he found a lone egg on it. It was invisible too but he felt it with his hands. It was of the same size of chicken egg.
He collected it, wrapped it with his shirt and secured it in his body as he went down.
With out his knowledge, his younger brother became worried when he vanished from his sight. When Pedro came nearer to his brother, he was ignored. His brother could not see him. He became invisible because of the egg.
He informed his brother that he was just around. He told him that the egg made him invisible.
Then grabbed the hand of his brother and placed the egg on it. Instantly his brother disappeared from Pedro's sight.
The two was overwhelmed by their discovery and had forgot to gather firewood. Instead they head home to announce to their parents their amazing discovery.
They reached their home but nobody was around. Pedro became thirsty so he decided to drink from the jar.
He then unwrapped the invisible egg and placed it at the ashes of the stove so that it will not be broken.
When he returned to the stove, he felt the ashes where he left the egg. but he could not grasped it. The egg was gone.
When their parents arrived they told them their story. Their father was glad for the invisible egg was gone.
He told them that after they removed the egg from the nest, he assumed that the caretaker of it a supernatural being called Tamawo had followed them. He told them that the Tamawo was waiting for the egg to be released from their hands. And at the slightest chance that the egg was released from your hands he snatched the egg and go away.
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