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How Maui Slowed The Sun
Our story starts in the days of the old, when we used the stars to navigate instead of our phones GPS. When they had to go fishing and hunting for food rather than drive down to the local Pak’n’save. Imagine now, you’re a Maori citizen going about the town with a long list of chores in need of completing. Now think how annoying it would be if suddenly, it was pitch black. How would you feel? What would you do? Well one man was anything but happy…
One regular day, no different from any other, Maui the strong leader of the tribe, had just finished making a hangi for him and his brothers to share. No sooner had he removed the kai from the large pit, the sun had disappeared into his pit in which he slept for hours upon hours. Nobody knows exactly what Maui said but I imagine it included a few swear words, for the sun had only just risen an hour ago!
Whilst the sun slept peacefully in his pit, Maui and his brothers sat in the cold. Apart from the fire, it was pitch black. Maui called all his people over (No not on his cellphone, he just yelled really, really loud). “The lazy sun must be taught a lesson.” Maui declared. “Yes but how?” Replied one of the townspeople. “We shall make enchanted flax ropes and then my brothers and I will travel to the sun pit where the sun will be taught a lesson. The townspeople still thought it impossible but after being reminded of all that Maui had done, agreed that it had to be done.
For days they worked on the flax ropes, Maui leading them step by step glad that he had picked up the skill on one of his many adventures. Atlast, on the fifth day, the ropes were finished (Although if you think about it the days were still really short so it wasn’t actually that long). Maui and his brothers set off on the long journey ahead of them. Stealthily, the brothers only travelled in the night, so as to be sure the sun wouldn’t see them coming. They travelled over mountains, through lakes and under the low hanging branches of the woods.
Finally after twelve days (but once again, the days were short so it can’t of been that long) they reached the sun pit. Strangely, on the way Maui had made them all carry water in calabashes and refused to answer any of their questions of why they had to bring the water. Their questions were answered when Maui poured the water on the hard clay surrounding the pit. He then called his brothers over to help him build a wall separating them from the sun, so as to protect them from burning to a crisp when the sun arose (No Maui’s not Donald Trump).
Unsurprisingly, a couple of the brothers chickened out and tried to slip away, but Maui had a keen eyesight and told his brothers “Behind the wall you are safe, but if you run away you will most likely be the first to die.” The brothers walked back to the others ashamed of themselves. Suddenly the pit glowed as the sun arose from his resting place. However maui had fastened a massive nook to the pit and the sun was immediately trapped. Maui instructed his brothers to pull the ropes before the sun escaped, but they were frozen stiff with fear. Luckily, the brothers eventually snapped out of it and pulled the rope crushing the sun half to death.
Maui then approached the sun and hit him twice with his magic jawbone. The sun repeatedly asked what he’d done to deserve this. Maui told him “You must slow down as you go across the sky, my people and I have much to do and we need more time to do it!” The sun whimpered and gave in. Maui the released the sun and he crept slowly across the sky. Maui and his brothers then returned the people and from then on out they lived long fun-filled days.
This is the story of How Maui Slowed The Sun.
By Caitlin Russell
One regular day, no different from any other, Maui the strong leader of the tribe, had just finished making a hangi for him and his brothers to share. No sooner had he removed the kai from the large pit, the sun had disappeared into his pit in which he slept for hours upon hours. Nobody knows exactly what Maui said but I imagine it included a few swear words, for the sun had only just risen an hour ago!
Whilst the sun slept peacefully in his pit, Maui and his brothers sat in the cold. Apart from the fire, it was pitch black. Maui called all his people over (No not on his cellphone, he just yelled really, really loud). “The lazy sun must be taught a lesson.” Maui declared. “Yes but how?” Replied one of the townspeople. “We shall make enchanted flax ropes and then my brothers and I will travel to the sun pit where the sun will be taught a lesson. The townspeople still thought it impossible but after being reminded of all that Maui had done, agreed that it had to be done.
For days they worked on the flax ropes, Maui leading them step by step glad that he had picked up the skill on one of his many adventures. Atlast, on the fifth day, the ropes were finished (Although if you think about it the days were still really short so it wasn’t actually that long). Maui and his brothers set off on the long journey ahead of them. Stealthily, the brothers only travelled in the night, so as to be sure the sun wouldn’t see them coming. They travelled over mountains, through lakes and under the low hanging branches of the woods.
Finally after twelve days (but once again, the days were short so it can’t of been that long) they reached the sun pit. Strangely, on the way Maui had made them all carry water in calabashes and refused to answer any of their questions of why they had to bring the water. Their questions were answered when Maui poured the water on the hard clay surrounding the pit. He then called his brothers over to help him build a wall separating them from the sun, so as to protect them from burning to a crisp when the sun arose (No Maui’s not Donald Trump).
Unsurprisingly, a couple of the brothers chickened out and tried to slip away, but Maui had a keen eyesight and told his brothers “Behind the wall you are safe, but if you run away you will most likely be the first to die.” The brothers walked back to the others ashamed of themselves. Suddenly the pit glowed as the sun arose from his resting place. However maui had fastened a massive nook to the pit and the sun was immediately trapped. Maui instructed his brothers to pull the ropes before the sun escaped, but they were frozen stiff with fear. Luckily, the brothers eventually snapped out of it and pulled the rope crushing the sun half to death.
Maui then approached the sun and hit him twice with his magic jawbone. The sun repeatedly asked what he’d done to deserve this. Maui told him “You must slow down as you go across the sky, my people and I have much to do and we need more time to do it!” The sun whimpered and gave in. Maui the released the sun and he crept slowly across the sky. Maui and his brothers then returned the people and from then on out they lived long fun-filled days.
This is the story of How Maui Slowed The Sun.
By Caitlin Russell
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