Long ago, Indian legends say that the god Krishna once descended to the earth. He loved playing the flute, and would stroll in the forest and play the flute tunes to all the animals that were passionate about this beautiful playing.
One day, Krishna fell into sleep after becoming tired from playing the flute and strolling, and he didn’t know that a little boy was also listening with passion to the playing. When the boy saw that Krishna had fallen into sleep, he sneaked close to him, picked up the flute, and placed it on his mouth, trying to play on it whatever tune he could. All he managed to do was only produce sharp sounds that disturbed Krishna and made him wake from sleep.
Krishna was in his most severe state of anger because of the annoying sounds that woke him. When he opened his eyes and saw the little boy carrying the flute, Krishna said with anger: How dare you steal my flute? You certainly don’t know that I am Krishna. Then he said: And do you know that no creature can touch anything that belongs to the god? Therefore, you must be punished severely for what you have committed.
Then the little boy leaned kneeling on his knees. He said: No, I didn’t have any knowledge that you are Krishna, and I didn’t try to steal the flute. All I was trying to do is experience this flute to play on it the tune you were playing. Krishna felt regret for the boy’s sake, so he decided to lighten his punishment. He placed his hand on the boy’s mouth, saying: From now, you will try to imitate my playing, but you will never succeed.
Then Krishna touched the little boy’s body and whispered saying: And you will wear my colors and remain in the forest forever. With these words, the little boy turned into a bird with beautiful colors and began singing the songs Krishna used to play on the flute, but he wouldn’t be able to imitate the playing of the magic flute, and even to this day, he still tries to imitate his playing.