The goddess Ixmukané took two pieces of dough and threw them into the fire, as she wished to create two birds. She warned them that if they really wanted to achieve beauty, they should be patient and wait until their dough was cooked enough. One of them, called Dtundtuncan, eager to wake up, withdrew from the fire ahead of time and since its body was not yet finished, was born with a blackened plumage, the basins of its eyes empty, a single leg and with a horrible song that destroyed everything around it.
On the other hand, the other bird remained in the fire, showing the necessary patience, until its body had finished cooking. Lined with a lustrous bluish plumage, it was born with well-formed eyes, both legs and with a beautiful song that ordered everything that was in the world.
There are many things that are embellished and perfected only with patience.
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