The owl and the kite once went to law on these grounds. The owl said
that she was the oldest creature in the world, and that when the
world was first made, she alone existed. The kite objected. He said
that he flew in the air and lived in the trees.
To prove which was right they went to law, and the owl pleaded that,
since there were no trees at the beginning of the world, the kite
was wrong in saying that he had lived in trees. The Judge therefore
decided in favour of the owl.