Chapter 7- celebrations!
Eduardo flew at the front of the group as he led them through the home of the Spix macaw tribe. Tornado and Gael flew behind with Zephyr, Brisa and Venus flying alongside them with Justin, Charlotte, Matilda and Virgil. Jupiter, Ruby, Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto flew behind the Spix macaws, Chiquitita, Mars, Phobos, Deimos and Alexandre flew behind them and behind the green-winged macaws, flew Neptune, Ultramarine, Triton and Indigo, Saturn, Orquidea, Mimas, Enceladus, Tethys, Dione, Rhea, Titan and Iapetus, Uranus, Esmeralda, Miranda, Ariel, Umbriel, Titania and Oberon and last of all, Mercury, Sapphire, Phoebe, Jasmine, Annette and Ceres, Cobalto, Aurelio, Wilbur and Azul, Pluto, Lapis Lazuli, Blueberry, Charon, Flor, Quincy, and Travis, Sunset, Eustace, Rosa and Milo. The group gazed in awe at the dozens of Spix macaws dotting the trees. Some were eating fruit, some were chatting, some were teaching chicks and some were just admiring the sunny day. Ahead of the group, a large cliff emerged into view.
"This," said Eduardo "Is our home. It is a ravine."
And with that, he led the group through a hole which served as an entrance and exit to the home area of the Spix macaw tribe. As the scenery of the inside of the ravine opened, Jupiter's group took in breaths of amazement. The ravine was enormous. Around it were numerous trees which the Spix macaws called home. At the distal end of the ravine was an enormous waterfall and at the foot of the waterfall was a large pool called the ravine pool. Floating on the pool's surface were dozens of large flat pads Venus had read somewhere were called giant Amazon lilies. Around the edge of the ravine where the plants and trees grew, dozens and dozens and dozens of pretty flowers of all sorts of colours grew and there were a wide variety of fruit trees. Mars then turned and saw a few young Spix macaws throw themselves onto some of the giant Amazon lilies and surf on them, laughing with fun and enjoyment. He smiled in amusement. Close to the ravine pool were clay licks dotted with a few blue forms. Spix macaws were eating some of the clay to help neutralise the acidic contents the fruit they had eaten released during digestion. As the group followed Eduardo, Gael and Tornado over the ravine pool, Tornado and Gael began to cry out.
"Everybody, our son and daughter have returned," shouted Tornado.
"Zephyr and Brisa have come back!" shouted Gael. As the colourful group flew past some of the trees, macaws poked their heads out and were amazed to see such a colourful flock of birds fly past. In one part of the ravine, down by the clay licks, a certain male macaw was teaching a group of chicks about how to open Brazil nuts. He was around Tornado and Gael's age and like Tornado he had blue feathers. However, his head wasn't entirely blue-white. Instead, the middle of his blue-white face was divided by a stripe of blue between his eyes and his blue-white mark faded to blue down his neck. He had a sheet of feathers atop his crown and his eyes were a shade of blue. He had a slender build unlike Tornado and Gael. Next to him was a younger male around Zephyr and Brisa's age. He had a slender build like Brisa but his feathers were a shade of azure, sort of half way between blue and cerulean. His head was blue-white and he had a sheet of azure blue feathers on the back of his head. His eyes were dark blue, darker than the older male's. The two male macaws were teaching the chicks when suddenly, the older male heard Tornado shout, "Zephyr and Brisa have returned!"
At this, the male, who was midway into opening a Brazil nut as a demo to the chicks, popped his head up.
"Zephyr, Brisa?" he said. The younger male also stiffened. Nearby, a female macaw looked on curiously.
"What is it, Viento and Nuvem?" she asked, "You're half way through the lesson."
Then the older male, Viento, passed the Brazil nut to the female and said, "You take over the lesson, Dorothy. We're gonna see our nephew and niece. C'mon, son!"
The younger male named Nuvem nodded and with that, the two macaws took off and flew after Tornado and Gael as fast as they could. Viento was Tornado's younger brother and Nuvem was his son, thus the two were Zephyr and Brisa's uncle and cousin respectively. As Viento rocketed past the non-Spix macaw families with Nuvem close behind, he shouted, "Zephyr, Brisa, ZEPHYR!"
Zephyr and Brisa heard their uncle's voice.
"Uncle Viento?" said Zephyr. Then suddenly, a blue and blue-white blur appeared and crashed into him and Brisa, locking them in a hug, stopping the group. Jupiter, at this, led the others to a nearby ledge and they perched there to smile at the reunion. Then Nuvem appeared and joined the hug.
"My two jaguars have returned alive and well," shouted Viento happily and jubilantly, "When you both alongside Tornado and Gael were reported missing along with Jewel, I thought you had died in the fire, but then Tornado and Gael appeared a while after the fire but I saw that you weren't with them. Though I was happy that my younger brother and sister-in-law have returned, I was very upset to see that you two didn't, and Tornado told me that he and Gael lost you two to chaos whipped up by a smuggler intrusion and assumed you both were captured."
"It's good to be back, Uncle," said Zephyr and he hugged his uncle again. Brisa then hugged Nuvem.
"And it's nice to see you again, cousins. When Uncle Tornado told us how you vanished from his and Aunt Gael's side, I was devastated," said Nuvem and with that, he broke the hug with Brisa and went over to Zephyr, hugging him as well. Venus looked on with her six chicks surrounding her. Viento then turned and when his blue eyes landed on Venus, Justin, Charlotte, Matilda and Virgil, he smiled in awe.
"Ah, who are these?" he asked and with that he went over to Venus.
"Oh, that's Venus, Uncle," said Zephyr, "She's my mate and those four are our chicks Justin, Charlotte, Matilda and Virgil."
"Oh, you've started a family?" said Nuvem. He then darted over to the four chicks and picked them all up much to their shock.
"And these four look so much like you," he crooned as he gave them all a bone crushing hug, "Especially this one (looking at Justin)."
Justin, at this, struggled in Nuvem's grasp. Nearby, Miranda, Ariel, Umbriel, Titania and Oberon tittered in amusement. Viento then examined Venus.
"Venus, hmm?" he said, "That's the name of a planet in the solar system, am I right?"
"It is, yes," said Venus, "Eight of my friends are also named after planets."
And with that, she gestured to the non-Spix macaws who had perched in a row nearby with their mates and chicks. Viento then turned and when he saw Jupiter and the others, his eyes filled in awe.
"Ruby, Chiquitita," he said, "Orquidea, Esmeralda, Sapphire, Ultramarine and Cobalto. I'm surprised that you lot have returned safe and sound as well. We heard that you also went missing in the fire. Boy, your relatives are gonna be over the moon to see you, especially Felipe and Pearl, Ruby and Chiquitita."
"How are they?" asked Ruby.
"They're alright," said Nuvem as he put Zephyr and Venus's chicks down, "In fact, they've become mates. However, they haven't had any eggs yet."
"My sister's become Felipe's mate?" said Ruby with a delighted smile, "I'm glad to hear it. I have become mates with a male scarlet macaw as well. This is Jupiter."
"And this is Mars," said Chiquitita, "He's my mate."
Viento then eyed Jupiter, Mars and then Saturn, Uranus, Mercury, Neptune and Ceres as well as their chicks. Each of the macaws introduced themselves to him.
"It's nice to meet you, Viento," said Neptune with a wing outstretched. Viento shook it. Uranus also shook Viento's wing as did Mercury and Saturn. When Viento noticed Saturn and Orquidea's large brood of chicks, he was amazed.
"Wow, are these all your chicks?" he asked.
"They are," said Orquidea, "We've had a pretty big brood."
Mimas, Enceladus, Tethys, Dione, Rhea, Titan and Iapetus all waved to Viento as he admired them.
"It's very rare for macaws to have six or seven chicks in a brood you know," said Viento, "The most common average is three or four."
"Saturn and Orquidea's clutch was laid over around three days," said Uranus as Miranda, Ariel, Umbriel, Titania and Oberon stood by him.
"I can see," said Viento as he looked at Saturn and Orquidea's seven chicks. And then after introducing himself to Ceres, he came to Pluto, Lapis Lazuli, Blueberry, Charon, Flor, Quincy and Travis, Sunset, Eustace, Milo and Rosa.
"And who are these lot?" he asked as he examined Pluto and his family.
"Oh, that's Pluto and his mate Lapis Lazuli and their chicks, Blueberry, Charon, Quincy and Flor, Uncle," said Zephyr, "They're glaucous macaws."
Eduardo, as he introduced himself to Jupiter turned and faced him with a surprised look in his eyes.
"Glaucous macaw!?" he repeated in shock.
"I thought that macaw species is extinct," said Nuvem, "Well, I guess not."
"We've come out here in the hopes of finding other macaws like ourselves," explained Pluto, "Since we six are the last known glaucous macaws alive to the humans, there has been an apparent sighting from a group of ornithologists, or humans who study birds, of a glaucous macaw somewhere in this rainforest. The guy leading the group had even taken a picture of it but unfortunately, it came out blurry."
"Humans?" repeated Tornado.
"Oh, yeah, I just remembered," said Gael, "Our habitat's now a sanctuary isn't it?"
"Has all the macaw tribes and clans' habitats been included in the nature reserve?" asked Jupiter.
"The lands of the tribes of Felipe and Pearl (the red macaws), Soleado and Zoie (the blue-and-gold macaws), our tribe and those of the two hyacinth macaw clans, the Navyfeathers led by Flavio as well as the Bluewing Clan led by Demetrio and Violeta and their co-inhabitants, the blue-throated macaw clan led by Reynaldo and Anita are included in the sanctuary," said Eduardo, "But the land of the green tribe led by Alonso and Verde and the Lear's tribe led by Valentino and Rosalind, however, are still open to logging activity and poaching intrusions. We may need to go over there and convince those two tribes that their land needs protection."
"We'll do that," said Mercury, "We'll alert the group of humans, if they are still in the Lear's macaws' habitat where they found one of their feathers..."
Then Tornado gave him a serious look.
"You and your great green macaw friends might have to prepare for some difficulties if you do," he said.
"What do you mean?" asked Uranus. Gael looked at him.
"Valentino and Alonso's tribes still hate each other and are in conflict," she explained, "Demetrio and Violeta did go over to the two tribes' leaders to convince them to make peace like how we Spix macaws did with the red macaws but the leaders hadn't listened."
Esmeralda and Sapphire sighed when they heard this.
"If the Lear's macaws are to be included in the sanctuary," said Viento, "Then make sure that the greens' territory is included too."
Esmeralda was about to reply when suddenly, Jupiter and his group heard familiar voices.
"Jupiter, Saturn, Venus," shouted a male voice.
"The rest of you, including Travis and Sunset," shouted a female voice. At this, Jupiter and company turned and saw two familiar macaws approach them with their wings outstretched. Three familiar chicks flew out from behind the two familiar adult macaws and went straight for the group's chicks.
"Blu, Jewel," Jupiter shouted as he hugged them, "You're here too with Carla, Bia and Tiago!"
"You came all the way here to the Amazon," said Blu as he broke the hug with Jupiter.
"We saw you on TV," said Mars, "But also our human friends appeared to have found evidence of the Lear's macaw tribe's existence. Mercury and his family were considering flying over there to find them."
"Yeah, but they and the green macaws might still be…" began Jewel.
"We're aware of that, Jewel," said Esmeralda, "We'll deal with that when we get to the green macaws' land."
"We'll go with them," said Travis, "I would love to help prove that this flock of Lear's macaws exists."
"Hey, where are Nico, Pedro and Rafael?" asked Sunset when she saw that the hat wearing canary and his cardinal friend and the toco toucan weren't with Blu and Jewel.
"Oh, they've left to go back to Rio," said Blu, "After the Amazon Untamed dance, they've gone alongside Luiz, Eva and a few other participants from Rio."
"Amazon Untamed?" repeated Venus quizzically.
"It was supposed to have been a Carnival show hosted by Rafael, Nico and Pedro," explained Jewel, "Carla helped them organise it."
Sunset smiled as she eyed Carla as she played with Justin, Charlotte and some of the other chicks including Phobos and Deimos. Then she turned to Jewel and asked, "Oh, by the way, why did you and your family leave… without telling us?"
"We didn't want to bother you," said Jewel, "We were going to alert you of the news of Tulio and Linda's findings but we assumed that you would be too busy with your chicks. Besides that, I so wanted my family to fly out and find this tribe to get them out of the habit of living like humans and start making them live like wild birds."
Blu, at this, sighed as Mars asked, "And as Blu settled in alright?"
Jewel looked at Blu and said, "He's doing okay."
Then suddenly, a handsome voice sounded, making the group jump.
"Zephyr, Brisa!" shouted a male macaw. His head feathers resembled those of Sapphire but were far shorter and he had striking blue eyes. Zephyr and Brisa turned and when they saw the macaw, they ran over to him.
"Roberto," shouted Zephyr, "You're here too!"
Then the male macaw named Roberto hugged his two friends. Venus looked at the male macaw and was amazed by his handsome look.
"I heard your uncle's excited cries while I was tending to my tree, you two," said Roberto as he broke the hug with Zephyr and Brisa. The two siblings then brought Roberto back to the group where Roberto met Jupiter and his group.
"And I suppose those lot must be your new friends, am I right?" he asked.
"Yes, they are," said Zephyr and with that, he introduced each of the newcomers. Roberto was amazed.
"Wow, planet names," he said, "That's unusual."
"Our owners have named us that," said Jupiter. Then he realised what he had just said. However, no negative or shocked reaction came from the surrounding Spix macaws, not even Eduardo.
"I see, you are former pets as well?" asked Tornado. Jupiter nodded.
"We spent the first fifteen years of our lives in a human city called London," said Saturn, "It's in a country called the United Kingdom and it's across the Atlantic Ocean. Venus and Mercury, here, however, had already been named Venus and Mercury by their biological parents."
"You know something," said Gael, "Before our home was set up as a sanctuary, we had a bitter hatred of humans regardless of whether they were nice or not. The other bird tribes and clans also despised humans, especially Soleado's tribe, the blue-and-gold macaws."
"Oh, so what happened after Blu, Jewel, Carla, Bia and Tiago arrived here?" asked Uranus. As the male great green macaw asked this question, Blu made a face as if to say, 'Oh no, here we go.'
"Well, when we noticed that Blu had brought this brown thing around his waist," said Tornado, "What was it called? I can't remember…"
"Fanny pack," said Jewel
"That's it," said Tornado. At this, Travis made a surprised face and slightly raised his yellow crest but Pluto whispered in his ear, "American term for a bum bag."
Jupiter, at the same time, frowned slightly at Blu.
"You see, Blu had this fanny pack thing around his waist," said Tornado, "And it made us sense that something wasn't quite right about him and we suspected that he had a massive connection to humans… something especially Eduardo despised…"
"We thought of him as a freak and a misfit," said Nuvem, "I especially scorned Blu, and we did so even more after Blu confided to Eduardo that he was once owned by a human…"
Blu then became restless, uncomfortable with the conversation. Then Jupiter stepped forward.
"Let me get this straight," he said, "Blu took a bum bag or fanny pack as you call it to the jungle?"
"He tried finding the Amazon on a GPS," replied Jewel. At this, Mercury, Venus and Mars almost burst out laughing while the beaks of Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Ceres and Pluto dropped open in shock. The beaks of Travis, Sunset, Sapphire, Ruby, Chiquitita, Zephyr, Brisa, Esmeralda, Orquidea, Ultramarine, Cobalto and Lapis Lazuli also dropped open and Jupiter looked absolutely incredulous.
"A GPS… to find this p-lace!?" retorted the muscular scarlet macaw in utter disbelief. He then shot Blu a flabbergasted glare. Blu, however, said nothing.
"B-b-but those things are for vehicles and for humans to navigate places on the ground," said Venus, "Not for birds to use while flying in the air."
"How could Blu use a human's navigational device to find the Amazon when we birds actually HAVE the inbuilt ability to navigate without the need of such a device?" asked Mercury.
"How did you guys get here?" asked Blu.
"We instinctively flew to here," said Jupiter, "Ruby and Zephyr took the lead as we, as former pets, are quite poorly developed in the skill of navigation by instinct."
"What, but I thought you would have needed a fanny pack or something to bring some supplies with you just like I did," replied Blu. This was met by the silent looks of Jupiter and his group including Travis and Sunset. Then Zephyr put his wings on his hips and made a slightly amused but irritated smile.
"You and your human things, honestly, Blu," he muttered. Blu just shrugged.
"Anyway, continuing," said Tornado as Viento stood by him, "Blu's ever present fanny pack was an annoyance to Eduardo in particular. Then things took a turn for the worse when Blu flew over into Felipe's side to get a Brazil nut, causing war between our tribe and the red macaws for the whole Brazil nut grove.
"A war?" asked Saturn.
"No, it's not the sort of war you're thinking of, buddy," said Roberto, "We competed against the red macaws in the Pit of Doom in a soccer match."
"Soccer?" asked Uranus.
"If you're thinking that the game of soccer between two tribes or clans is for fun, it's not that kind of soccer," said Tornado, "Our soccer games are extremely serious and we play soccer against another tribe we have entered into conflict with, such as the red macaws over the Brazil nut grove, to resolve disputes rather than fight over them as it would result in injury on both sides."
He then continued, "But during that game, Blu scored the final goal for the red macaws, costing our side of the Brazil nut grove which was the final straw. I wanted to throttle that nitwit but Eduardo would have done just that."
"But it wasn't until after our fight against the loggers that we finally accepted Blu into the tribe and we made peace with the red macaws, and that's our story pretty much," said Gael.
"Whoa, so Blu really did have a hard time trying to adapt to the wild," said Venus with a surprised look at Blu, who just shrugged, "But I'm still surprised that he's taken a bum bag full of unnecessary things all the way to here."
"Unnecessary things, Venus?" snapped Blu slightly irritated, "All I had were an all-in-one Adventurer's knife, bug spray, GPS…"
Jupiter, Venus, and the others including Travis and Sunset all shook their heads in disapproval.
"You're a macaw, Blu, you were built to live in the rainforest," said Saturn, "You weren't built to live like how humans do, much less take things humans would normally take into the Amazon rainforest such as a GPS."
Blu sighed and looked down to the ground. Nearby, Carla, Bia and Tiago were chasing Justin, Charlotte, Matilda, Virgil and some of the other chicks. Then Gael piped up.
"Well, I think that's enough talk," she said, "I think it's time for a celebration."
She then turned to her nephew Nuvem and said, "Nuvem, can you find Mimi so that we could prepare to dance to 'Beautiful Creatures', please?"
Nuvem nodded and left to find Eduardo's older sister.
"'Beautiful Creatures'?" repeated Mars.
"It's the Spix macaw tribe's theme dance," said Chiquitita, "Didn't we tell you that our tribes and clans each have a special dance?"
"I think you did," said Jupiter.
"Yes, each of the bird tribes and clans has a special dance," said Tornado, "Ours is called 'Beautiful Creatures' and it describes us and who we are. We dance to it every time we celebrate something, like the end of a drought or special occasions like Jewel's return. Now, we're going to celebrate Zephyr and Brisa's return. Oh, I'd better get ready, the music's about to start."
He then looked at Venus and said, "I would love it if you joined us, Vera…"
"Venus," corrected Venus.
"Sorry," said Tornado, "It's gonna take some time for me to get used to your name. And since you're a Spix macaw and my son's mate and thus my and Gael's daughter-in-law, you might as well."
He then turned to Viento and said, "Brother, can you lead Venus to a patch of yellow flowers please?"
"Yellow flowers?" asked Venus.
"During the 'Beautiful Creatures' dance," explained Viento, "We wear a special paint. Males wear red plant paint over parts of their faces while females wear yellow flower pollen over parts of their faces and their wing tips. Come on, I'll show you."
And with that, he took off and Venus followed. Roberto also opened his wings as the sounds of the song's introduction reached his ears.
"Oh, they're starting up," he said, "Come on, guys, let's go!"
And with that, he took off, followed by Zephyr, Brisa and Jewel. Blu reluctantly followed. Tornado and Gael also took off. Eduardo turned to the others.
"Well, I don't know if you lot would like to join or just watch…" he said.
"No, we'll watch," said Jupiter, "Thanks."
"It is your dance after all," said Saturn. Eduardo smiled and then flew away to find some red fruit paint. Nearby, Carla, Bia and Tiago heard the song start up.
"Oh, 'Beautiful Creatures' is starting," said Carla, "Come on, guys, let's find some flowers and fruit to paint our faces."
"'Beautiful Creatures'?" asked Justin, "What's that?"
"It's the name of the tribe's dance," said Bia, "Didn't Mom or Dad tell you that the Spix macaw tribe have a song?"
"We didn't hear," said Phobos. Then Tiago flew in, almost hitting Phobos with his flapping wings much to his annoyance, excitedly said, "Then what are we waiting for? Let's go!"
And with that, the three chicks flew off. Justin smiled at Phobos, Deimos and Alexandre and the other non-Spix chicks.
"Sounds like fun, eh, Phobos?" he said and with that he followed Carla and her two siblings. Charlotte, Matilda and Virgil followed. Ganymede then flew in and looked at his three sisters Io, Europa and Callisto and the other chicks.
"Well, let's get prepared to watch and enjoy the show," he said with a smile and with that, the chicks left to find their parents. Meanwhile, Viento led Venus to a patch of yellow flowers and picked one.
"Here," he said, "Dab this on your face and wingtips. Be quick because the music is starting up."
And with that he quickly flew off to grab some red fruit to paint his face, leaving Venus to look at the flower in wonder. Then she smiled.
"Well, here we go," she said and with that she began to paint her face with the bright sulfur yellow pollen from the flower. While she did that, dozens and dozens of Spix macaws, their faces already decked out in makeup (red plant paint for males and yellow flower pollen for females) had begun to sing the first lines of the song. Some Spix macaws were flicking twigs in their beaks with their toes; producing twinging sounds while some stomped and slapped their wings on branches, rocks or some of the ravine pool's lilypads.
Spix macaws: Let's come together singing love and harmon-ii-a-a-a-a-a-a…
Some Spix macaws also flew in the air and performed amazing acrobatic patterns.
Spix macaws: we are so different, but the same inside our hea-ar-ar-ar-arts… Beautiful co-lours as far as the eye can see, a-a-a-a-a-a-a-ah…
During this part of the song, more Spix macaws were painting their faces and in the females, wingtips while some slid down thin trees like a pole or flew around. Zephyr, Nuvem, Viento and Tornado painted parts of their faces with red paint juice while Gael and Brisa painted parts of their faces and wingtips with yellow flower pollen. Nearby, the chicks did the same. Carla, Bia, Charlotte and Matilda painted parts of their faces with yellow pollen in their preferred patterns. Charlotte painted the areas around her eyes and chin and Matilda simply put cloverleaf shaped splats on her cheeks and forehead. She sneezed as some of the pollen entered her nostrils. Near the female chicks, Tiago, Justin and Virgil were painting parts of their faces red with plant paint. Justin smeared his cheeks and Virgil painted v-shaped chevrons on his cheeks and forehead. Roberto also painted his face red but Blu did it rather reluctantly. He seemed reluctant to join this dance after what happened last time. Jewel also painted her face yellow with flower pollen.
Spix macaws: Open your wings; fly when you hear the ca-a-a-a-a-ll
Then next, the Spix macaw tribe erupted into song.
Spix macaws: Let's celebrate, calling all beautiful crea-tures… come spread your wings, dance and sing songs about free-dom, like la-la-la oh, oh, one for the jungle fam-il-i-a, like ba-ba-ba, boom-boom, calling all beautiful creatures, like ba-ba-ba, boom-boom, calling all beautiful creatu-u-u-u-u-ures…
During this part of the song, groups of Spix macaws formed rings and a Spix macaw dived through each one. Another three groups of Spix macaws, in a ring each, flew upward and diverged out, tossing Zephyr, Brisa and Jewel into the air who spun a bit in sync before flapping their wings to the beat. Roberto and Blu then flew around and took Brisa and Jewel respectively and spun around before dancing with them. Venus, her face and wing tips coloured yellow, then flew up and at first was confused by the cloud of dancing blue birds but then Viento and Nuvem appeared and guided her to Zephyr. The couple then linked wings and spun in an elegant twirl before flapping in sync with the music. However, because Venus had never danced to the song before, it was quite difficult. However, with Zephyr's help she began to clumsily master it.
"That's it, Venus," said Zephyr as Venus finally managed to master the moves, albeit clumsily. Despite the difficulties, Zephyr had taught Venus how to dance and had shown her some of the dance moves often performed by the macaws during 'Beautiful Creatures'. However, Venus soon improvised her own dance moves and began to perform them elegantly. Around her and Zephyr, a ring of Spix macaws also danced in elegant patterns. More Spix macaws also formed a ring around Roberto and Brisa, and Blu and Jewel.
Spix macaws: Come this way, celebra-a-a-a-ate… laugh and dance all the wa-a-a-a-ay, follow me sing alo-o-o-o-ong, la-la-la-la, ooh, o-o-o-o-o-o-oh…
During this part of the song, some Spix macaws descended towards the ravine pool, each twirling elegantly and skimmed the pool's surface with their tail feather tips before flying back into the air. Nuvem was among them. As the Spix macaws danced, Jupiter, Ruby, Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto hovered as some Spix macaws danced around them.
"This is kind of how the red macaws dance," said Ruby. Jupiter smiled in admiration.
"Hey, guys," said Chiquitita as she hovered with Mars, Phobos, Alexandre and Deimos, "Look at Venus."
Jupiter and Ruby looked up and smiled as they watched Venus perform amazing twirls and flapping beats as she danced with Zephyr, a wide smile on her face. Nearby, Saturn, Orquidea, Mimas, Enceladus, Tethys, Dione, Rhea, Titan and Iapetus hovered, watching the Spix macaws in utter amazement.
"This is absolutely mind bogging," said Saturn, "To even think of a species of macaw so close to the brink of extinction to have so many thriving out here in an area you wouldn't think no human would know ever existed."
"Well, it'll be the same for the glaucous macaw, Saturn," said Orquidea with a smile, "If we find them."
"Hey, Mom, Dad," said Titan with a smile on his beak, "Eustace, Rosa and Milo are trying to imitate the Spix macaws."
His six siblings were laughing. Then Saturn and Orquidea looked and saw Travis and Sunset's hybrid offspring attempt to dance with the Spix macaws, but kept flapping out of sync and all over the place. At this, they burst out laughing.
"What are those three doing?" asked Saturn, his voice split due to laughter.
"Their parents are gonna be in hysterics when they see that," giggled Orquidea. Her mate and seven chicks also tittered. Nearby, Travis and Sunset were hovering as they watched the Spix macaws continue to dance.
"They sure are amazing acrobats, I can tell you," said Sunset, "I wonder how Venus…"
Suddenly, Travis saw Saturn with a smile on his face, point a talon to something. At this, Travis and Sunset turned and when they saw their two sons and daughter attempt to dance with the Spix macaws, they laughed.
"What are you trying to do, Eustace, Rosa and Milo?" chortled Sunset as Milo was struck by a flapping blue wing.
"Honestly, you three look so silly," added Travis, barely able to restrain laughs from escaping his beak. It was true. Eustace, Rosa and Milo looked absolutely ridiculous among the crowd of dancing blue birds. Several times, each one was knocked about or backward by a flapping blue wing. Eustace then tried to mimic the rings of Spix macaws dancing around Zephyr and Venus only to lose the pace and get knocked by more flapping wings. Then he, Milo and Rosa found themselves caught between two crowds of Spix macaws, one all-male and the other all-female, fly towards each other from opposite directions, singing the Brazilian Portuguese part of the song until they met in the middle. Among them were Roberto, Brisa, Blu and Jewel with Roberto and Blu being in the male group and Brisa and Jewel in the female group. Next Eduardo performed his part of the song.
Eduardo: Pop-Pop, I am a Pop-Pop, I am a (scatting) I am your Pop-Pop, Yeah, I am the Pop-Pop-Pop (scatting) Pop-Pop-Pop, hey, I am the Pop-Pop, hey (scatting) Pop…
As he danced, Carla, Bia and Tiago fluttered around him. Nearby, Tornado performed his own verse as his six grandchildren Justin, Charlotte, Matilda and Virgil fluttered around him in a ring.
Tornado: Grandpa, I a grandpa, I am (spins rapidly with wings outstretched but chicks are enough distance from him to avoid being hit), I am your grandpa. I'm your grandpa-pa, (spins again) your grandpa-pa, yes, your grandpa…
Then suddenly, while the four chicks danced in a row behind him, Nuvem, Viento and Gael swooped in and scooped up the chicks in the air. Nuvem scooped up Justin and Charlotte, Viento scooped up Matilda and Gael scooped up Virgil. The group then laughed as Mimi swooped in and swept Carla, Bia and Tiago out of the air in her wings, laughing also. Unlike the other female dancers, Mimi did not have yellow pollen on her face or wingtips. Then the Spix macaws all formed a pyramid of concentric rings increasing in diameter towards the base of the cone. Carla, Bia and Tiago, together with Justin, Charlotte, Matilda and Virgil, appeared through the hole in the top, followed shortly by Zephyr, Venus, Blu, Jewel, Roberto, Brisa, Tornado, Gael, Viento, Nuvem, Eduardo and Mimi.
Spix macaws: Let's celebrate, calling all beautiful crea-tures… come spread your wings, dance and sing songs about free-dom, like la-la-la oh, oh, one for the jungle fam-il-i-a, like ba-ba-ba, boom-boom, calling all beautiful creatures, like ba-ba-ba, boom-boom, calling all beautiful creatu-u-u-u-u-ures…
During this final part, the Spix macaws performed elegant patterns with each other, like spreading their wing feathers to form flowers while in fours. Carla and Bia spun back to back while Justin did the same with Virgil and Charlotte with Matilda. Tiago tried to join his sisters but shot up between Virgil and Justin instead much to their slight shock. Blushing and smiling sheepishly, Tiago flew over to his sisters and spun with them. The seven chicks then danced together in a ring of their own as Zephyr, Venus, Blu, Jewel, Roberto, Brisa, Tornado, Gael, Viento, Nuvem, Eduardo and Mimi danced in a ring of their own below them. At the base of the cone, Eustace, Milo and Rosa, having given up trying to mimic the Spix macaws' movements, flew back to Travis and Sunset's side as they continued tittering at them. Mercury, Sapphire, Uranus, Esmeralda, Neptune, Ultramarine, Pluto, Lapis Lazuli, Ceres, Cobalto and all their chicks had simply watched from the trees, smiling and enjoying the glorious show. However, they had been tittering at Sunset and Travis's chicks for attempting to mimic the Spix macaws' moves. Then after the song ended, the entire Spix macaw flock cheered loudly.
