A story every week for children to understand birds

Parakeet or parrot is one bird that children like the most. Be it a moral story about the parrot in the house of a hunter and the one in the house of a sage or the popular old Kannada film song, “Arrr

Parakeet or parrot is one bird that children like the most. Be it a moral story about the parrot in the house of a hunter and the one in the house of a sage or the popular old Kannada film song, “Arrre Ginirama, Hoi Pancha Rangi Rama…”

This is how Arvind Kudla, Head Master of Government Higher Primary School, Moodambail, Bantwal, starts his story on parakeets, which is published this week in the “Hakki Kathe” series on the Makkala Jagali website (makkalagali.com) that has different types of stories, articles and paintings for children.

In his story on parakeets, Mr. Kudla goes on to narrate his teacher training days in 2006 in Mysuru and recalls a scene of an old bus stand where parakeets flocked in the evening. He goes on to name places where parakeets nest, which include coconut trees that are often struck by lightning. The story has photos of Plum-headed, Rose Ringed, Malabar and Vernal Hanging parakeets that are commonly found in the region. He ends the story asking children to draw a parakeet or write a story with illustrations on parakeets.