The fish of Maui - My retelling

The fish of Maui

Maui was a special person with magical powers and was better at everything  than his 4 brothers. Their names were Roto, Mua, Pae and Taha. The 4 brothers had planned to go fishing the next morning but they had grown overly jealous of Maui because of his powers. So, they decided to not tell Maui about their trip out fishing. Maui had overheard them talking so early next morning Maui hid himself in the bottom of the canoe.

The next morning Roto, Mua, Pae and Taha all laughed as they set out to sea thinking that Maui was not there. Little did they know Maui ‘Nukurau’ (the trickster) was hiding in the bottom of the canoe. The brothers paddled out until they found a good fishing spot. The spot that they picked was not good enough for Maui ‘Atamai’ (The quick witted) so he jumped up from his hiding place and ordered his brothers to paddle further. The brothers begged Maui to stop but he would not. The sun began to set and the land was far from sight, Maui paddled the whole night following from the light of Marama, the moon. His brothers all fell asleep one by one but Maui could sense something so he kept on paddling. As the brothers woke up in the morning they were all grumpy and tired and Maui was only just satisfied with his fishing spot. So as ‘utu’ or revenge his brothers gave Maui no fishing bait. Since Maui had no bait he cut himself on the nose and spread the magic jawbone hook with his own blood. Maui swung the hook and line around his head and cast it into the ocean. The magic hook fell through the water with the speed of a taiaha. The bone locked into a wooden carving. But Maui did not know that he had caught a tekoteko of a whare, this carving was attached to something big! Maui was not catching a fish, he was catching land… Maui tugged and pulled with all his might, the ocean began to stir. Above the water Maui started chanting karakia ( magical incantations ) that went into the great fish. They started calling to the land to rise up to the surface so it was lighter for them to tug up. But this fish knew that the sea was its home, so the fish started to put up a fight.

Maui braced himself on the boat as the sea began to move with great force. Maui placed his feet strongly on the edge of the canoe and started to heave in the line, Maui would not stop pulling in the line until he got what he wanted. The fish was pulling as much as it could to get back to the ground, but its strength was not as strong as Maui’s will. Maui used one last great pull and the fish floated to the surface. What a great fish is was! It’s tail stretched to the north and it’s head lay to the south. Maui says to his brothers ‘I must go get the hook, do not touch him well i’m gone’. But as soon as Maui was out of sight the brothers started hacking out their share of the fish. The great fish yelped in agony as it was getting sliced into pieces. As it got cut it turned into just hills and valleys of grass. The fish of Maui was now a rugged land. This large fish is now the north island of New Zealand ( Te ika a Maui )

This is my biography on my favourite YouTuber, Joe Sugg!

Net Fishing Boats - Speech - By Ashlee

Argument speech Net fishing boats.

Net fishing boats.          By Ashlee.

As you may know I love fishing, I have been to competitions, everything. But there is one thing that I think makes fishing bad… Net fishing boats. Net fishing boats are cheats as my family says.

Net fishing boat fishing is called commercial fishing, this is where you have a giant ship with nets on either side or out of the bottom of the boat. These boats can stay out at sea for as long as six months, storing thousands of tons of fish onboard in giant freezer compartments. This leads to them catching thousands of fish which could be for animals like larger fish, sharks and even seals. These kind of boats have taken out a large amount of fish. In fact, 90 percent of large fish populations have been exterminated over the past 50 years.

These kinds of nets hurt animals, but these animals are getting more than hurt, they are also getting killed just by getting caught in a net. Animals like dolphins, turtles, seals,

whales and other non-target fish who get tangled in nets and hooked by long-lines and nets are termed “bycatch” and are thrown overboard. They fall as a victim to swarming birds or slowly bleed to death in the water.

If the fish are still alive at the end of their terrifying  journey to the surface, most have their gills cut and bleed out or are tossed onto ice to slowly freeze or suffocate to death. A horribly cruel and painful death for cold-blooded animals, who can take a very long time to freeze or suffocate to death. Scientists estimate that fish endure up to 15 minutes of excruciating pain before they lose consciousness.

These boats are taking fish that other animals eat. As for instance, the Narwhale, these animals have a strict diet which means they only eat certain food. Some of these net fishing boats focus on a certain fish to catch. As for the Narwhals they eat a popular fish which is used for sushi. So their food is getting taken away as well as that is happening to other animals to. So these animals will start starving, which is obviously not the best thing to happen.

I hope the information that I have shared to you convinces you that these boats are environmentally horrible and should be banned.  After learning all this sad information my friend and I are thinking about going vegetarian for 30 days because we both think that the things that are happening aren’t right.

This is my Padlet of my question matrix for the Olympics.

Rebus Writing About Chocolate Bars And A Fake Holiday! Rebus Writing Is Replacing A Word With A Picture Or Something Like A Wrapper.

      

Here Is My Shared Story That I Did With Micah And Liz!

BIRD VS SNAKE the ultimate showdown!

As we glared at each other face to face we were ready to battle! I was ready to flap my camouflage wings at the lime green snake in front of me. The scaly snake hissed in my face and spit went everywhere, he cornered his body forward aiming straight at me. I was ready to attack using my beak, with all force I Penetrated his eyeball leaving him blind in one eye.  He began to wrap himself around me forcing me not to breath then he bites my wing injecting his venomous fangs into my left wing. Suddenly I start to fall into the water beneath us luckily I had enough power to land on the lumpy grass, now I was the victim…. The snake starts to slide slowly down his tree knowing I might die, he starts slithering forward again getting closer and closer. Then suddenly I hear my best friend Carl the Eagle comes and devours the disgusting green tree snake. I thank Carl he takes me to the squirrel doctor Ross he also has a peculiar house made of acorns! Ross picks up some of his daunting doctor tools and starts to fix up my wing very carefully. It hurts alot but I can deal with the pain. He sends me out into the wilderness to see if I could fly, as I turn around slowly to thank doctor Ross and give Carl a big hug, both of them are nowhere to be seen! I start looking around the acorn house, suddenly I hear a squawk of an eagle it sounded like Carl?! But what would've happened to Carl, I start flying as fast as my hurt wing can take me. Eventually I found carl but he was not alone Ross was standing next to him with bloody hands and this time it was Carl with his left wing injured. Ross doesn’t notice that I was watching him from afar but Carl does we are trying to think of a plan well not being able to talk to each other. Carl was tied up in ropes on the ground with blood coming out of his wing fast, I also hear Ross screaming the left wing, to me it sounds like he has a group trying to injure all birds. Then it got me thinking why would he fix up my wing? It was all so suspicious to me but that doesn’t matter right now it’s about saving Carl! But how? I sneak over to Carl and start pecking the ropes with my beak, i’m nearly done. But all of a sudden Ross notices and runs in anger for the attack, aiming straight for me he throws a knife. I dodge his attack with my bird like instincts (even though I’m a bird) Carl was struggling to get out of the last rope eventually he breaks free! It was like in slow motion, but suddenly he falls back down to the ground. He isn’t breathing, I think he is dead?! I’m so sad but what can I do about Ross. He is still attacking, I turn around for one second, now there is a red fox there as well. He says his name is Red, next thing I know i’m staring face to face with killers again…

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