I had the idea of The Boy and the Golden Bird, during a visit with my many many nephews. They were loud and restless, so I decided to tell them a story. I made this up as I went along and they calmed down and stared at me agog while I madly patched up and backtracked while looking at their reaction to check if I am going in the right direction. Once I finished the story, they all asked me so many questions, which was when I got the feeling that I may have stumbled upon something.