They thought and they thought, and came up with all sorts of ideas. But none of them were much good. They didn't want to hurt Malurus, because he was quite nice when he wasn't being rude, and they didn't want to ruin his new coat because it really was very pretty, and he should be proud of it. Then, Djir-jeel-jya said,

What about his tail?

The only thing Malurus was almost as fond of as his coat was his tail. It was a pretty blue too, and he liked to drag it in the dust behind him and look at the patterns it made when he swirled and danced and hopped around. Normally he was always dragging his tail around and showing people and singing about it, but he seemed to have forgotten about it in his excitement over the new coat.

Hey, that's a good idea! KittyKitty and KattaKatta chirped. And they put their heads close together by the little nest, so that Malurus wouldn't hear them laughing, and they came up with a plan.

Good, good, clever clever clever clever us!