One morning, a beautiful rainbow appeared in the sky. Everyone in the village looked up to see it. On a farm nearby, a smart rooster named Ruffles noticed something strange: the rainbow was talking!
"Hello, little rooster!" said the rainbow, its voice soft and friendly.
Ruffles looked around, surprised. "Who is talking to me?"
"It's me, the rainbow," it said with a laugh. "I have something special, but you must be clever to find it."
Ruffles, who was very proud of his cleverness, said, "I am the smartest rooster in the whole village! Tell me, what is this special thing?"
The rainbow laughed again. "At the end of my colors, there is a treasure. But to find it, you have to answer my riddles."
Ruffles loved riddles, so he agreed. "Ask me, Rainbow! I will solve them all."
The rainbow asked its first riddle: "I shine in the sky during the day but disappear at night. What am I?"
Ruffles thought for a moment, then proudly said, "The sun! It shines in the day and leaves at night!"
"Well done!" said the rainbow, glowing brighter. "But the treasure won't be that easy to find. Here's the next riddle: I help things grow, but I fall from the sky. What am I?"
This one was harder, but Ruffles was determined. After a little thinking, he crowed, "Rain! Rain helps plants grow!"
"Very good!" the rainbow sparkled. "Now, the final riddle: I have many colors, but you can never touch me. What am I?"
Ruffles smiled and said, "That's easy! It's you, Rainbow! You have all these colors, but no one can touch you."
The rainbow gleamed with joy. "You have solved all my riddles, clever rooster. Now, for the last challenge."
Before Ruffles could celebrate, the rainbow began to fade. "To find the treasure, you must go to the highest hill and look for the smallest thing."
Ruffles was confused. "The smallest thing? How can a treasure be so small?"
But he didn’t give up. He ran up to the highest hill in the village and searched everywhere. He was hoping to find gold or jewels but found nothing. Just when he was about to give up, he saw a tiny flower growing between some rocks.
"This can't be the treasure," Ruffles thought, but he decided to look closer. As he touched the flower with his beak, it began to glow, and the rainbow reappeared in the sky.
"Well done, Ruffles!" the rainbow said. "The treasure is not gold or jewels. The treasure is life itself. This small flower shows that even the smallest things can bring great happiness."
Ruffles understood. The treasure wasn’t something he could take home. It was the beauty and joy in the world around him. Feeling proud of his discovery, he let out a happy crow that everyone in the village could hear.
From that day, Ruffles was not only known for being clever, but also for being kind. And every time a rainbow appeared in the sky, he would remember the treasure that was hidden in the smallest things.