Thousands of years ago there was a Māori legend about Maui's fish. That’s what we will be telling you about today. Once Maui wanted to go fishing with his brothers but his brothers wouldn't let him. They were saying stuff like your too small and you can’t even catch a little trout. Maui was annoyed so he made a decision to hide in his brother’s boat before they set out to sea. When they set out to sea, Maui jumped out of the boat and started to fish with his brothers in surprise.
Maui caught something very big, bigger than you could imagine. Maui kept trying to reel it in, he finally brought it up. Yay yay yay yay yay yay yay yay yay yay they all yelled. They had fished up the North Island which is actually a massive fish. Then they saw a massive storm coming. They jumped over so many waves until a tsunami came and smashed the boat. Eventually the boat became the South Island.
Retelling by Korban and Frank.
Kia ora Korban. Well done for completing this project with Frank. I really enjoyed reading your retelling of this legend. I liked how you started with, 'Thousands of years ago.." This hooked me in as a reader. I also liked your line, 'Maui caught something big, bigger than you could imagine." It is great language. I think you could have put an exclamation mark (!) at the end of this sentence. The two pieces of artwork you did with Frank are beautiful. I loved the way you used ferns and painted rocks. Ka pai tō mahi toi!
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