Chameleon of the Sunset.

Here is a story about a desperate green bird named Senior Verde and his attempt to win the heart of the woman he has adored since he was a chick. 

Her name is Rosita.

 Every mating season since adulthood, Senior Verde has danced for Rosita in front his bright green nest that he decorated just for her. No matter how bright the colors of his nest or no matter how hard he danced for her, she was unaffected by his efforts to court her.

 One day a chameleon came into their village and wandered past senior Verde’s nest.

Senior Verde saw the chameleon and he jumped out of his nest quickly.

“Hey lizard! Hey you with the eyes! My name is Senior Verde, and I could use your help

with something especially important to me, please!”

The chameleon paused and gave his attention to Senior Verde.

 “Why, you are the most brilliant green thing I have ever seen in my life! It is nearly the end of our one day a year to find a mate and Rosita is still unimpressed by me. Will you stand next to my green nest and make it even greener for my love?”

The chameleon answered, 

“I am the chameleon of the sunset.”

“That’s great” - said Verde, “Just a little to the left and…PERFECT! Don’t move an inch.

Look lizard! she’s coming.”

Rosita examined the nest and like the years before, she had very little enthusiasm for Verde and his love for all thing green.

“What about my favorite color, pink?” she asked out loud.

She started to move to the next nest when suddenly the sun began to set, and the sky changed to all the colors of the rainbow. The colors of the sky met the chameleon on the jungle floor and began to change the color of its skin. Rosita paused to watch the display. 

The chameleon changed from blue to green, then to red and then to orange, then purple and gold and finally pink.

Senior Verde yelled at the chameleon and told him to stop changing colors and to immediately return to the most vivid green he could produce but to Verde’s shock, Rosita immediately fell in

love with him for putting on such a wonderful show for her.”

“Lizard! My friend. I am so sorry that I tried to make you into something you are not for my own selfish cause. It was your ability to change colors that won my love’s heart, even though you were the brightest color of green I’ve ever seen; you were also the most beautiful shade of every color that exists!

Please tell me your name so that we can name our first born after you, my dear friend!”

“I am the chameleon of the sunset”