Origin of domestic and wild fowls

The Pukeke adorned the fowl with red paint. Then he said to the fowl.

“You dress me up.”

The fowl burnt some charcoal, took it and blackened the pukepuke, and then took the memeli fruit which is red and put it on his forehead.

After they had dressed themselves they went to look at themselves. The pukeke had adorned the fowl with paint and he was red. The fowl had only blackened the pukeke, so as the pukuke had dressed up the fowl well, he said,

“You stay at the village, for you have blackened me, so I will stay in the bush. The village people will give their food to me, and I will eat it in the bush.”

So the pukeke always eats the yam and bananas and taro.