Link ran through the woods of Neverland, laughing as he did so. He was playing tag with his friend, Saria. A green blur shot out from behind a Tree and laid an arm on Link's shoulder. "TAG! you're it!" Saria called out. As Link prepared to chase after her, a small squeak was heard. Link looked in the direction the squeak had come from. Saria, having heard the squeak as well, turned to investigate.
Standing there was a short white and brown creature with a pear-shaped body. The skin around its beady eyes was black in the shape of a crescent, giving the appearance it was angry. Under the black mask was a black beak, froggy little white arms hung from the creature's side, a small brown bun was on its back, and it sported a line of leaves along its head like a Mohawk. Seeing Link and Saria watching it, the creature suddenly dropped onto its belly and the bun on its back opened to reveal a growing bush.
As Link and Saria slowly approached the plant creature, their new friends Peter Pan and Wendy Darling caught up to them. What's up?" Peter asked Link. "SSHHH! Saria and I found some strange creature! I want to find out about it!" Link angrily whispered to Peter. Once he finally got close enough to reach the strange creature, he reached out and touched it.
The creature leaped to its feet, the bush disappearing back into the bun on its back, as it let out a scared high, squeaky screech. "Please don't eat me! I taste TERRIBLE! Let me go, kwee!" The creature tried to cover itself with its little white arms. "Whoa! easy there, little buddy! We aren't going to hurt you!" Link cried to the creature. Saria ran her her hand across the creature's back, trying to soothe it. The creature relaxed a little, though it was still frightened.
"Kee-Paleep! I'm Oolo. I'm a Kikwi. You seem fine, even though you're scary." Peter slightly scoffed. "Us? Scary? You haven't seen scary at all!" Wendy elbowed Peter in the side. "Peter! The poor thing is scared to death, and you tell it that there are scarier things here!?" Peter rubbed his side where Wendy had elbowed him. "Well, it's true!" Saria turned back to Oolo and spoke "It's alright, Oolo. You can come live with us back in Hangman's Tree!" Oolo turned to Saria. "Constantly hiding from danger is a stressful way to live, koo-keek!" he said.
That night, Oolo slept on a bed of leaves next to Link and Saria's cot in the caves beneath Hangman's Tree.