
The Magpie & The Nightingale by Joel Rawlings
We recently held a bird folklore writing workshop online, led by the brilliant Electra Rhodes and attendees were given a huge amount of expert advice on writing bird stories of their own. One attendee, Joel Rawlings was inspired to write this story and we are delighted to share it here.
The magpie originally had the sweetest, most beautiful song of all the birds, so melodic that when it sang the other birds all stopped to listen. The magpie would fly to the top of the tallest tree and sing to its rapturous audience, its black and white plumage looking resplendent.