How the Ostrich Got Its Long Neck: A Tale from the Akamba of Kenya

One morning, long, long ago, in the days when the ostrich had a very short neck, Crocodile woke up with a terrible toothache. Her pained cries touched Ostrich's heart, and as Ostrich played dentist to the hungry crocodile--KBAK!--she clamped her jaws on Ostrich's head! But when Ostrich tried to pull away, a most peculiar thing happened.