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I wanted to write a riddle in the form of a story, so here we are. Hope you like it.
This is the story of great birds, two.
Around and around in the sky, they flew.
One remained small, while the other grew,
Till they looked like a sparrow, sat on a yew.
The great one went up into the sky,
Nearly reaching the sun, it was ever so high.
The heat increased, making the great one cry,
As it saw its feathers fall off and die.
With a screech of pain, the great one flew to the ground,
And struck the floor with an almighty sound.
The great one lay there all heaped in a mound,
As the small one landed and perched on its bare crown.
Unfortunately for the small one, it found its own plight,
as the residue heat from the great bird had set it alight.
The flames swallowed it up, they burnt so bright.
Then from the ashes, a baby burst out into the daylight.
This story of great birds, two,
tell of a place, but will you,
tell me where? I bet you do.
I have utmost faith in you.
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I wanted to write a riddle in the form of a story, so here we are. Hope you like it.
This is the story of great birds, two.
Around and around in the sky, they flew.
One remained small, while the other grew,
Till they looked like a sparrow, sat on a yew.
The great one went up into the sky,
Nearly reaching the sun, it was ever so high.
The heat increased, making the great one cry,
As it saw its feathers fall off and die.
With a screech of pain, the great one flew to the ground,
And struck the floor with an almighty sound.
The great one lay there all heaped in a mound,
As the small one landed and perched on its bare crown.
Unfortunately for the small one, it found its own plight,
as the residue heat from the great bird had set it alight.
The flames swallowed it up, they burnt so bright.
Then from the ashes, a baby burst out into the daylight.
This story of great birds, two,
tell of a place, but will you,
tell me where? I bet you do.
I have utmost faith in you.
riddle wordplay knowledge story geography
edited 34 mins ago
PerpetualJ
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asked 53 mins ago
AHKieran
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That second stanza got quite dark lol
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33 mins ago
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I wanted to write a riddle in the form of a story, so here we are. Hope you like it.
This is the story of great birds, two.
Around and around in the sky, they flew.
One remained small, while the other grew,
Till they looked like a sparrow, sat on a yew.
The great one went up into the sky,
Nearly reaching the sun, it was ever so high.
The heat increased, making the great one cry,
As it saw its feathers fall off and die.
With a screech of pain, the great one flew to the ground,
And struck the floor with an almighty sound.
The great one lay there all heaped in a mound,
As the small one landed and perched on its bare crown.
Unfortunately for the small one, it found its own plight,
as the residue heat from the great bird had set it alight.
The flames swallowed it up, they burnt so bright.
Then from the ashes, a baby burst out into the daylight.
This story of great birds, two,
tell of a place, but will you,
tell me where? I bet you do.
I have utmost faith in you.
riddle wordplay knowledge story geography
edited 34 mins ago
PerpetualJ
3,281233
asked 53 mins ago
AHKieran
1,648217
I wanted to write a riddle in the form of a story, so here we are. Hope you like it.
This is the story of great birds, two.
Around and around in the sky, they flew.
One remained small, while the other grew,
Till they looked like a sparrow, sat on a yew.
The great one went up into the sky,
Nearly reaching the sun, it was ever so high.
The heat increased, making the great one cry,
As it saw its feathers fall off and die.
With a screech of pain, the great one flew to the ground,
And struck the floor with an almighty sound.
The great one lay there all heaped in a mound,
As the small one landed and perched on its bare crown.
Unfortunately for the small one, it found its own plight,
as the residue heat from the great bird had set it alight.
The flames swallowed it up, they burnt so bright.
Then from the ashes, a baby burst out into the daylight.
This story of great birds, two,
tell of a place, but will you,
tell me where? I bet you do.
I have utmost faith in you.
riddle wordplay knowledge story geography
riddle wordplay knowledge story geography
edited 34 mins ago
PerpetualJ
3,281233
asked 53 mins ago
AHKieran
1,648217
edited 34 mins ago
PerpetualJ
3,281233
asked 53 mins ago
AHKieran
1,648217
edited 34 mins ago
PerpetualJ
3,281233
edited 34 mins ago
PerpetualJ
3,281233
edited 34 mins ago
PerpetualJ
3,281233
3,281233
asked 53 mins ago
AHKieran
1,648217
asked 53 mins ago
AHKieran
1,648217
asked 53 mins ago
AHKieran
1,648217
1,648217
1
That second stanza got quite dark lol
– PerpetualJ
33 mins ago
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That second stanza got quite dark lol
– PerpetualJ
33 mins ago
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That second stanza got quite dark lol
– PerpetualJ
33 mins ago
That second stanza got quite dark lol
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I am quite sure this isn't the intended answer, but in view of how your story ends the place really ought to be
Phoenix, Arizona
:-).
[EDITED to add:]
To my surprise, this turns out to be the intended answer. The reason why I thought it probably wasn't is that I don't see what in the relevant history corresponds to the events in the poem. (Maybe I'm looking in entirely the wrong place.)
As I understand it -- and I should stress that I don't know a damn thing about this other than what I have found on the internet -- the area that's now Phoenix was occupied by a group of people called the Hohokam, whose civilization collapsed somewhere around AD 1400, mostly because of changing climate. It doesn't seem as if their collapse was a consequence of too-rapid growth or anything like that which would match nicely with the poem; nor does it seem like we can be too literal-minded about it; it was floods rather than excess heat that did them in.
Their place was taken by a number of other smaller groups, most notably the Akimel O'otham. Then they were supplanted by invading Europeans, who founded Phoenix (so called because it was on the ruins of an older civilization). But it doesn't seem as if they were destroyed by the same thing that did for the Hohokam, or anything like that. So quite likely I'm completely misunderstanding what's going on here; maybe the poem is describing a famous monument in the city, or something...
answered 34 mins ago
Gareth McCaughan♦
56.4k3140218
That's actually, correct, but can you tell me why? And how does the other bird come into it?
– AHKieran
31 mins ago
I thought of the same place ;)
– Marco Geertsma
31 mins ago
Huh, interesting. I wouldn't have guessed more than a 10% chance of its being right. Let me do some digging and see if I can figure out why :-).
– Gareth McCaughan♦
30 mins ago
(I mean, something something Hohokam something something O'odham something, but what little I can find out about their history doesn't seem like it matches well enough with the given text to make a satisfying answer.)
– Gareth McCaughan♦
26 mins ago
Well the most obvious reference is to how a phoenix is reborn from it's ashes.
– PerpetualJ
23 mins ago
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1 Answer
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1 Answer
1
active
oldest
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active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
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up vote
3
down vote
I am quite sure this isn't the intended answer, but in view of how your story ends the place really ought to be
Phoenix, Arizona
:-).
[EDITED to add:]
To my surprise, this turns out to be the intended answer. The reason why I thought it probably wasn't is that I don't see what in the relevant history corresponds to the events in the poem. (Maybe I'm looking in entirely the wrong place.)
As I understand it -- and I should stress that I don't know a damn thing about this other than what I have found on the internet -- the area that's now Phoenix was occupied by a group of people called the Hohokam, whose civilization collapsed somewhere around AD 1400, mostly because of changing climate. It doesn't seem as if their collapse was a consequence of too-rapid growth or anything like that which would match nicely with the poem; nor does it seem like we can be too literal-minded about it; it was floods rather than excess heat that did them in.
Their place was taken by a number of other smaller groups, most notably the Akimel O'otham. Then they were supplanted by invading Europeans, who founded Phoenix (so called because it was on the ruins of an older civilization). But it doesn't seem as if they were destroyed by the same thing that did for the Hohokam, or anything like that. So quite likely I'm completely misunderstanding what's going on here; maybe the poem is describing a famous monument in the city, or something...
answered 34 mins ago
Gareth McCaughan♦
56.4k3140218
That's actually, correct, but can you tell me why? And how does the other bird come into it?
– AHKieran
31 mins ago
I thought of the same place ;)
– Marco Geertsma
31 mins ago
Huh, interesting. I wouldn't have guessed more than a 10% chance of its being right. Let me do some digging and see if I can figure out why :-).
– Gareth McCaughan♦
30 mins ago
(I mean, something something Hohokam something something O'odham something, but what little I can find out about their history doesn't seem like it matches well enough with the given text to make a satisfying answer.)
– Gareth McCaughan♦
26 mins ago
Well the most obvious reference is to how a phoenix is reborn from it's ashes.
– PerpetualJ
23 mins ago
 |Â
show 2 more comments
up vote
3
down vote
I am quite sure this isn't the intended answer, but in view of how your story ends the place really ought to be
Phoenix, Arizona
:-).
[EDITED to add:]
To my surprise, this turns out to be the intended answer. The reason why I thought it probably wasn't is that I don't see what in the relevant history corresponds to the events in the poem. (Maybe I'm looking in entirely the wrong place.)
As I understand it -- and I should stress that I don't know a damn thing about this other than what I have found on the internet -- the area that's now Phoenix was occupied by a group of people called the Hohokam, whose civilization collapsed somewhere around AD 1400, mostly because of changing climate. It doesn't seem as if their collapse was a consequence of too-rapid growth or anything like that which would match nicely with the poem; nor does it seem like we can be too literal-minded about it; it was floods rather than excess heat that did them in.
Their place was taken by a number of other smaller groups, most notably the Akimel O'otham. Then they were supplanted by invading Europeans, who founded Phoenix (so called because it was on the ruins of an older civilization). But it doesn't seem as if they were destroyed by the same thing that did for the Hohokam, or anything like that. So quite likely I'm completely misunderstanding what's going on here; maybe the poem is describing a famous monument in the city, or something...
answered 34 mins ago
Gareth McCaughan♦
56.4k3140218
That's actually, correct, but can you tell me why? And how does the other bird come into it?
– AHKieran
31 mins ago
I thought of the same place ;)
– Marco Geertsma
31 mins ago
Huh, interesting. I wouldn't have guessed more than a 10% chance of its being right. Let me do some digging and see if I can figure out why :-).
– Gareth McCaughan♦
30 mins ago
(I mean, something something Hohokam something something O'odham something, but what little I can find out about their history doesn't seem like it matches well enough with the given text to make a satisfying answer.)
– Gareth McCaughan♦
26 mins ago
Well the most obvious reference is to how a phoenix is reborn from it's ashes.
– PerpetualJ
23 mins ago
 |Â
show 2 more comments
up vote
3
down vote
up vote
3
down vote
I am quite sure this isn't the intended answer, but in view of how your story ends the place really ought to be
Phoenix, Arizona
:-).
[EDITED to add:]
To my surprise, this turns out to be the intended answer. The reason why I thought it probably wasn't is that I don't see what in the relevant history corresponds to the events in the poem. (Maybe I'm looking in entirely the wrong place.)
As I understand it -- and I should stress that I don't know a damn thing about this other than what I have found on the internet -- the area that's now Phoenix was occupied by a group of people called the Hohokam, whose civilization collapsed somewhere around AD 1400, mostly because of changing climate. It doesn't seem as if their collapse was a consequence of too-rapid growth or anything like that which would match nicely with the poem; nor does it seem like we can be too literal-minded about it; it was floods rather than excess heat that did them in.
Their place was taken by a number of other smaller groups, most notably the Akimel O'otham. Then they were supplanted by invading Europeans, who founded Phoenix (so called because it was on the ruins of an older civilization). But it doesn't seem as if they were destroyed by the same thing that did for the Hohokam, or anything like that. So quite likely I'm completely misunderstanding what's going on here; maybe the poem is describing a famous monument in the city, or something...
answered 34 mins ago
Gareth McCaughan♦
56.4k3140218
I am quite sure this isn't the intended answer, but in view of how your story ends the place really ought to be
Phoenix, Arizona
:-).
[EDITED to add:]
To my surprise, this turns out to be the intended answer. The reason why I thought it probably wasn't is that I don't see what in the relevant history corresponds to the events in the poem. (Maybe I'm looking in entirely the wrong place.)
As I understand it -- and I should stress that I don't know a damn thing about this other than what I have found on the internet -- the area that's now Phoenix was occupied by a group of people called the Hohokam, whose civilization collapsed somewhere around AD 1400, mostly because of changing climate. It doesn't seem as if their collapse was a consequence of too-rapid growth or anything like that which would match nicely with the poem; nor does it seem like we can be too literal-minded about it; it was floods rather than excess heat that did them in.
Their place was taken by a number of other smaller groups, most notably the Akimel O'otham. Then they were supplanted by invading Europeans, who founded Phoenix (so called because it was on the ruins of an older civilization). But it doesn't seem as if they were destroyed by the same thing that did for the Hohokam, or anything like that. So quite likely I'm completely misunderstanding what's going on here; maybe the poem is describing a famous monument in the city, or something...
answered 34 mins ago
Gareth McCaughan♦
56.4k3140218
edited 17 mins ago
answered 34 mins ago
Gareth McCaughan♦
56.4k3140218
answered 34 mins ago
Gareth McCaughan♦
56.4k3140218
answered 34 mins ago
Gareth McCaughan♦
56.4k3140218
56.4k3140218
That's actually, correct, but can you tell me why? And how does the other bird come into it?
– AHKieran
31 mins ago
I thought of the same place ;)
– Marco Geertsma
31 mins ago
Huh, interesting. I wouldn't have guessed more than a 10% chance of its being right. Let me do some digging and see if I can figure out why :-).
– Gareth McCaughan♦
30 mins ago
(I mean, something something Hohokam something something O'odham something, but what little I can find out about their history doesn't seem like it matches well enough with the given text to make a satisfying answer.)
– Gareth McCaughan♦
26 mins ago
Well the most obvious reference is to how a phoenix is reborn from it's ashes.
– PerpetualJ
23 mins ago
 |Â
show 2 more comments
That's actually, correct, but can you tell me why? And how does the other bird come into it?
– AHKieran
31 mins ago
I thought of the same place ;)
– Marco Geertsma
31 mins ago
Huh, interesting. I wouldn't have guessed more than a 10% chance of its being right. Let me do some digging and see if I can figure out why :-).
– Gareth McCaughan♦
30 mins ago
(I mean, something something Hohokam something something O'odham something, but what little I can find out about their history doesn't seem like it matches well enough with the given text to make a satisfying answer.)
– Gareth McCaughan♦
26 mins ago
Well the most obvious reference is to how a phoenix is reborn from it's ashes.
– PerpetualJ
23 mins ago
That's actually, correct, but can you tell me why? And how does the other bird come into it?
– AHKieran
31 mins ago
That's actually, correct, but can you tell me why? And how does the other bird come into it?
– AHKieran
31 mins ago
I thought of the same place ;)
– Marco Geertsma
31 mins ago
I thought of the same place ;)
– Marco Geertsma
31 mins ago
Huh, interesting. I wouldn't have guessed more than a 10% chance of its being right. Let me do some digging and see if I can figure out why :-).
– Gareth McCaughan♦
30 mins ago
Huh, interesting. I wouldn't have guessed more than a 10% chance of its being right. Let me do some digging and see if I can figure out why :-).
– Gareth McCaughan♦
30 mins ago
(I mean, something something Hohokam something something O'odham something, but what little I can find out about their history doesn't seem like it matches well enough with the given text to make a satisfying answer.)
– Gareth McCaughan♦
26 mins ago
(I mean, something something Hohokam something something O'odham something, but what little I can find out about their history doesn't seem like it matches well enough with the given text to make a satisfying answer.)
– Gareth McCaughan♦
26 mins ago
Well the most obvious reference is to how a phoenix is reborn from it's ashes.
– PerpetualJ
23 mins ago
Well the most obvious reference is to how a phoenix is reborn from it's ashes.
– PerpetualJ
23 mins ago
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That second stanza got quite dark lol
– PerpetualJ
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