Callie
Legacy Name: Callie

However, there was one tiny thing that irked Callie. As a lain, she was expected to eat bugs, and Callie despised bugs. There was, quite simply, nothing appealing about them at all.

The other lains tried as hard as they could to persuade her into eating bugs. "Callie, look at this earthworm I found, doesn't it look plump and juicy?" "Callie, I caught a nice crunchy grasshopper just for you!"She always politely refused, knowing seeds and berries were tastier.

One day there was a festival at Peka Park. A large crowd of people walked around, talking and buying food from several trucks that were parked around the grounds. Callie's stomach rumbled as she stared longingly at all the delicious snacks. She wondered if anyone might be willing to toss her a scrap or two.

Then Callie spotted a small, round tin lying just underneath one of the trucks. "Oh, I wonder if there's anything interesting in there," she said to herself, and she flew over to take a closer look.

The lid on top of the tin appeared to be firmly attached, but Callie had a feeling it would open if she worked at it. She pecked and prodded until, finally, the lid came off with a pop. Dozens of tiny green pellets spilled out onto the ground.

Callie squinted and tilted her head. "It looks like candy.. it must be candy!" she said, inhaling deeply. The pellets smelled like winter, cool and refreshing. Callie had eaten candy in the past and found most of it to be too sweet. However, she'd never heard of wintery candy before, so she popped a piece into her beak.

It tasted even better than seeds and berries, and Callie quickly gobbled up a few more. Then she noticed her friend Ava watching her from a few feet away. "Oh, hello!" Callie said, "Would you like some candy?"

"No thank you," Ava replied, "I don't eat mint candy."

"So that's what this is! Mint candy.. Do you know where I could get some more?" Callie asked.

Ava thought about it for a few seconds. "Well, you could try the Candy Shack. Dolly sells all kinds of sweet stuff there."

"The Candy Shack? I'm not sure where that is, I've never been there before.. If it's not too much trouble, could you lead the way there?" Callie asked.

"Of course I'll show you where the store is! Let's go," Ava said, flapping her wings and rising into the sky.

Callie took off after her, daydreaming about the minty goodies waiting for her.