Fantail, Fantail
![Fantail fantail. Fantail fantail.](/var/tki-eesoll/storage/images/instructional-series/ready-to-read-colour-wheel/fantail-fantail/417541-1-eng-NZ/Fantail-Fantail_resource_image.jpg)
by Margaret Mahy
drawings by Bruce Phillips
This very “New Zealand” text is written as a conversation between a fantail and an unidentified person, and it informs the reader about the food that Fantail prefers. The companion text Old Tuatara ends with the same climax – the demise of an unwitting fly.