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Tane and the 3 Kete
04.2013
W.A.L.T Retell a story
Intro:
The legend of Tane is special to the maori because it’s about how Tane
put his life to get the 3 kete of knowledge to fix other peoples lives.
This legend is still remembered today by the people New Zealand.
Tane and the 3 Kete
Once
people on this wonderful earth did not know how to live a normal life
like the people of today. They would dive carelessly onto the hard
concrete and they felt the pain, but they didn’t know what the feeling
was. Tane didn’t know what to say, “Oh brother Whiro, I take my anger
and put it in the deepest and darkest depths of the underworld, but I
take pity on how the people are living” said Tane. What should I do
thought Tane to himself. “There is only one thing to do”...
“I
have to get the 3 kete of knowledge” whispered Tane. “If I get the 3
kete all will be good, people will know how to live properly; there will
be singing and dancing, there will be laughter and there will be joy!”.
“What a marvellous idea I came up with” said Whiro with an evil grin on
his face. “ You poisonous serpent you dare take my idea and put it as
your own?” cried an angry Tane. Then lots of commotion started about “it
was my idea” and “I’m older” until Whiro backed down from the
argument. An evil spirit was coming to Whiro now. Whiro cursed Tane’s
name and any offspring he has in the future.
Tane
set off on his journey to the 9th overworld. But how could he get
there? He called to his brother, Tawhirimatea the god of wind to help
Tane get the 3 kete of knowledge. Tawhirimatea believed that Tane would
be able to get the 3 kete of knowledge.
It
was tough climbing and in the middle of his journey sandflies, owls and
bats came sent by Whiro started stinging and biting Tane. He said “
Tawhirimatea come help me teach my brother and any followers of him a
lesson. There was an awkward silence at that moment until a reply came
from Tawhirimatea but instead of talking there was a wish and a woosh
from wind and it blew all the insects away.
Tane climbed and climbed for more than 2 days, he was hungry, he was
tired his legs were numb sometimes he stopped for a rest. Sometimes he
would even hunt for blackberrys that were not wild or birds that he
would throw his spear at and knife it open and take out the bad parts
and eat it. Tane was just about to reach the top when he heard a “hoot
hoot”...
Tane
was now calling to Tawhirimatea again “ Oh Tawhirimatea god of wind, my
brother has now become evil and foolish he has sent flies bats and owls
to stop me from getting the 3 kete of knowledge, help me!!! Now that
was enough Tawhirimatea blew a wind like never before and took out all
the flies bats and owls. Tane thanked Tawhirimatea and retrieved the 3
kete of knowledge. At that very moment Tane heard a terrifying shout
“ARGHHH” screamed the angry god of darkness Whiro who screamed “GO MY
ARMY OF INSECTS, BATS AND OWLS... ATTACK!!!” Then there was a great
battle against Tane and Whiro, Tane fought to the limit until he won.
He took the 3 kete back and shared it with his land he also exiled Whiro to the underworld and Whiro’s followers the flies bats and owls were exiled to the underworld too. This is the end of the legend of Tane.
Thursday, 4 April 2013
Tuesday, 2 April 2013
One Man Band
One Man Band
There was a man who was playing lots of instruments while standing. He looked around, there was nobody to be seen. He looked around again. Walking to a fountain was a little girl. With a coin in her hand the girl was heading to the founain. It seemed like she was going drop the coin into the fountain, when suddenly she heard a trumpet blow. The man started playing all of his instruments at once. The girl seemed to like the music and walked towards the man. The man quickly kicked his money pot towards the girl so the girl could put her coin in. She was about to put her coin into the man’s moneypot when suddenly she heard the sound of a violin from a few meteres behind her. Another man appeared with a violin and a cone shaped hat. The little girl rushed over to the man with the violin with her single coin. And out of his cone shaped hat sprung an empty cone shaped money bucket for the girl to put her coin in.
But just when she was going to put the coin into the mans coned shaped bucket, the girl heard another instrument from behind her and the first man was playing the trumpet using one of his drums as a unicycle. But then he failed and fell off of the drum. Elegantly the second man who had a cone hat carried on playing. Suddenly the man with the trumpet started doing a terrific jazz solo. The girl was turning around to give him a coin when the other man with the violin scraped hard with the violin stick up on the violin and then he threw away his old stick and got a new one from his bag. First he played a little bit of his keyboard, then he started strumming at his violin hard. Once again the girl still with a coin in her hand turned around getting ready to give him the coin. The trumpet drum man saw this and he went to a higher level. He quickly pulled a cord that was connected to his drum. Out of the top of his drum poped out a spring sort of thing holding lots of cardboard people with mini trumpets automatticly playing the trumpets. The second man did something to make lots of small violins pop out from his back extending to the left and right of his shoulders. The violin man’s violins from the side also played automattically.
The two men were now walking nearer and nearer to each other while they were playing their instruments. There seemed to be some rivalry going on. Both of them were playing one note and another and in the end they were face to face playing at the same time. They were actually kind of hitting each other’s instruments. They may not have known this but they were actually making a sound with them playing at the same time. But then they really started pushing and shoving eachother and they were getting closer and closer to the girl. They got so close that it was too much for the girl who still had the coin in her hand. It was way too noisy for the girl, that as she tried to cover her ears, she dropped her coin onto the ground.
The coin strated rolling towards a gutter. The two musicians and the little girl watched helplesly as the coin rolled and rolled and eventualy fell into the gutter. She had a sad look on her face. She started sniffing and she angrly held out her hand at the trumpet man and the violin man so that they could give her back her coin. The trumpet man touched his clothes showing he had no money. Neither did the violin mn have any money. The girl pointed at one on the violins suggesting that the violin man should give her a violin. The trumpet man pulled it off and put it in front of her hands. She snatched it off him and the trumpet man also gave her a stick to play with. She also grabbed that off him. She walked back and pulled up the fallen down pot. (She still had a very angry face). She strummed the violin, it did’nt sound right so she tuned the violin. She strummed again, It screeched she tuned it again. The men were still watching her getting ready to cover their ears. But then she started playing the violin like a proffesional and she carried on playing like this. Some random person appered from nowhere and walked over to her and droped a whole bagful of coins onto the pot and walked off. She stopped playing and a smile came on her face.
She picked up the bag of coins and walked to the fountain with the men watching. She picked up one coin out of her bag. Fasinated, the men smiled and thought that she was going to give it to one of them. She flicked the coin and when they realised there were two coins, they smiled even more. The girl shook the coins while smiling to herself. The trumpet man and the violin man moved closer to her expectantly. Still smiling the little girl threw the two coins into the top of the fountain. The musicians’ jaws dropped
By nightfall, the two musicians were now helping each other, still trying to get the two coins back from the fountain. Long after the girl had gone.
There was a man who was playing lots of instruments while standing. He looked around, there was nobody to be seen. He looked around again. Walking to a fountain was a little girl. With a coin in her hand the girl was heading to the founain. It seemed like she was going drop the coin into the fountain, when suddenly she heard a trumpet blow. The man started playing all of his instruments at once. The girl seemed to like the music and walked towards the man. The man quickly kicked his money pot towards the girl so the girl could put her coin in. She was about to put her coin into the man’s moneypot when suddenly she heard the sound of a violin from a few meteres behind her. Another man appeared with a violin and a cone shaped hat. The little girl rushed over to the man with the violin with her single coin. And out of his cone shaped hat sprung an empty cone shaped money bucket for the girl to put her coin in.
But just when she was going to put the coin into the mans coned shaped bucket, the girl heard another instrument from behind her and the first man was playing the trumpet using one of his drums as a unicycle. But then he failed and fell off of the drum. Elegantly the second man who had a cone hat carried on playing. Suddenly the man with the trumpet started doing a terrific jazz solo. The girl was turning around to give him a coin when the other man with the violin scraped hard with the violin stick up on the violin and then he threw away his old stick and got a new one from his bag. First he played a little bit of his keyboard, then he started strumming at his violin hard. Once again the girl still with a coin in her hand turned around getting ready to give him the coin. The trumpet drum man saw this and he went to a higher level. He quickly pulled a cord that was connected to his drum. Out of the top of his drum poped out a spring sort of thing holding lots of cardboard people with mini trumpets automatticly playing the trumpets. The second man did something to make lots of small violins pop out from his back extending to the left and right of his shoulders. The violin man’s violins from the side also played automattically.
The two men were now walking nearer and nearer to each other while they were playing their instruments. There seemed to be some rivalry going on. Both of them were playing one note and another and in the end they were face to face playing at the same time. They were actually kind of hitting each other’s instruments. They may not have known this but they were actually making a sound with them playing at the same time. But then they really started pushing and shoving eachother and they were getting closer and closer to the girl. They got so close that it was too much for the girl who still had the coin in her hand. It was way too noisy for the girl, that as she tried to cover her ears, she dropped her coin onto the ground.
The coin strated rolling towards a gutter. The two musicians and the little girl watched helplesly as the coin rolled and rolled and eventualy fell into the gutter. She had a sad look on her face. She started sniffing and she angrly held out her hand at the trumpet man and the violin man so that they could give her back her coin. The trumpet man touched his clothes showing he had no money. Neither did the violin mn have any money. The girl pointed at one on the violins suggesting that the violin man should give her a violin. The trumpet man pulled it off and put it in front of her hands. She snatched it off him and the trumpet man also gave her a stick to play with. She also grabbed that off him. She walked back and pulled up the fallen down pot. (She still had a very angry face). She strummed the violin, it did’nt sound right so she tuned the violin. She strummed again, It screeched she tuned it again. The men were still watching her getting ready to cover their ears. But then she started playing the violin like a proffesional and she carried on playing like this. Some random person appered from nowhere and walked over to her and droped a whole bagful of coins onto the pot and walked off. She stopped playing and a smile came on her face.
She picked up the bag of coins and walked to the fountain with the men watching. She picked up one coin out of her bag. Fasinated, the men smiled and thought that she was going to give it to one of them. She flicked the coin and when they realised there were two coins, they smiled even more. The girl shook the coins while smiling to herself. The trumpet man and the violin man moved closer to her expectantly. Still smiling the little girl threw the two coins into the top of the fountain. The musicians’ jaws dropped
By nightfall, the two musicians were now helping each other, still trying to get the two coins back from the fountain. Long after the girl had gone.
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