Have you heard about a trickster called Maui?

WALT understand Maori creation stories.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I illustrate the important elements from the story of 'Maui and the Goddess of fire'.  

Did you know that Maui was a trickster?

WALT understand a Maori creation story.

Success Criteria I know I can do this when I retell the story of 'Maui and the Goddess of fire in my own words.

One day there was a man who loved to trick people so people called him ’The Trickster’ but his real name was Maui. One day Maui wondered if there is goddess of fire so he washed out all of the fire in the pa and so people were cold that night.

Maui finally stood up for himself and said “I did it. I was the one that put out the fire in the pa”. The people were furious and they wanted to put Maui in prison for 50 years. But then something happened, the leader of the pa said to Maui “You may think prison” Then there came a big BOOM  like thunder. And the voice continued “But there is only one thing to do”. Maui asked,

“What a great leader you are. What can I do?”

The leader told Maui “You can go and see your ancestor, the goddess of fire”. Maui was looking for the cave where his ancestor lived. The cave  was brown and covered with flames. The goddess of fire was really proud of Maui, but Maui tricked her. He said, “Someone has put out the fires in the pa. May I have some of your fiery fingers?”

She replied, “Oh, of course you can Maui.”

However, Maui tricked her and stomped out the fire finger and threw it in the water. Maui kept tricking her until she only had one fire finger left. She was really CROSS, so cross that she threw her fiery finger at him. He quickly turned into a bird and dodged the flames.

He thought he was so good at getting away with it so he shut his eyes. However, he was wrong and the bottom of his wings caught on fire.  Maui flew back to the pa and said “The goddess did not give me her fire but on the way back I learnt how to make fire with sticks”. So he showed them how to make fire. It took some time but the flames slowly came up and this is how the story of making fire with sticks came about.

A gratitude letter!!

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I know this when I write a thank you letter for my parents or teachers in my own words.