Maui fish

This is the story of how Maui fished up the north island.

This was hard to write because I had never written a legend before  The thing that challenged me was getting in what the waka looks like and thinking of what to do next to make it exsiting (exciting) for the reader and trying not to do to many and , then .
Here is what a waka look like. It was really nice carving on both side and at the front the has a ticky face.

 

Fish of Maui

In a land far away but right here  there was and little tribe of Maori and in that tribe there (was) a  man named Maui  and he had 4 brothers. One night Maui four   julius(jealous) brothers were going fishing  but they did not tell the all powerful Maui brothers were julius (jealous) of  him because he had magical powers and he was the best at everything.

The four brothers were not aware that maui was lising (listening) and he was planning to sneak aboard the waka that was lying  peesfuly(peacfully)   on the beach.

This is where Maui will strike and make a little hiding spot on the boat were his brothers would not see him.

At the light of dawn the four brothers push the beautiful but heavy waka into the nice smooth sea where they set off on their fishing adventure.

When everything was peaceful out at sea  Maui sprang from his hiding spot and when he did all of his brothers were furious and they said To Maui “what are you doing here!” and Maui said “Because you did invite me so I decided to invite myself” when they got to the fishing spot Maui  ming and and said “this is not good enough keep rowing” all of Maui brothers were not afraid of Maui but they knew Maui had more power so they keep rowing. All day but when the sun went down everyone on the waka went to sleep but Maui had lots of energy and he rowed through the night with the light of Marama the moon.

The next morning when the four  brothers woke up they started fishing  but to make sure that Maui  would have a bad time they didn’t give him any batta. But Maui thought that batta is not good enough so he smashed his nose and smeared his blood up down and all around the magic gore(jaw).

The  bone was now  red the and Maui span the magic gore(jaw) bone into the deep dip(depths)s of the blue sea and as he was about to sit down. The magic bone snag onto a  litten caving that was on the lop of a whare that is a house Maui started to heave the amazing fish to the surface and while he was heaving he chanted a katheya  that went though Maui and the long line and into the fish that then the Fish began to get weak so Maui heave it up and when he did  the water became black and hard and the waka got knocked over.

 “I going to get my hook”said Maui but when Maui was out of sight Maui brothers started to slash the magnificent fish and when Maui returned The once smooth black Fish was now a vale(valley) of green hills. And that is how the north half of New Zealand was born . 

This is what the the fish of Maui book.looks like