There was a city hidden in the forest

and there was a house in the city

and in it a girl who was so beautiful

that her mother never let her out of sight

one day one of the servant girls went down

to the fountain to bring back some water

and when she came there she saw the hummingbird

and she stood still with a spell holding her

since she stayed away so long the mother

sent another servant girl who came there

and saw the hummingbird and she stood still

the same way with the same spell holding her

then the mother sent another servant girl

who saw the hummingbird and stayed there

and at that the mother went too and saw

the hummingbird and at the sight of its

feathers and its flight the same spell took her

and she stood still until finally the girl

herself decided to go to the fountain

and see what was keeping them and when she

came there the hummingbird flew to her

and tapped her on the forehead with his beak

and changed her into a hummingbird

and they both flew off into the forest