MATARIKI
Once upon a time there was a young Maori who had great power .His name was Mitai . He had the power to turn into any bird of his choice and play with the god of the wind Tawhirimatea .But luckily his brothers were not jealous they had their own strength’s. They did not like anyone but themselves unlike Mitai, until one day the seven brothers were hunting when they brothers heard the most beautiful singing so they followed the singing all the way to the top of the hill .Once they got to the top each brother fell in love right away but Mitia. He knew that this was wrong, he warned his brothers that these fairy women were not their type. But Mitais brothers ignored Mitai. Mitai‘s brothers took the fairy women back to their small village to make the fairy women their wives. Mitai’s brothers no longer cared for their garden or themselves. Their wives did not eat anything but seafood. Mitai realised that his brother’s wives never seemed to leave the house. Until one day the oldest brother noticed that his wife was nowhere to be seen. He called and called for her. But no one answered. Mitai Decided that he would go out into the wood’s to see what was going on .While Mitai was hiding behind a tree he noticed 6 fantails sitting on a branch ,then a seventh fantail flew out of nowhere then they all transformed back into fairy women and planned to starve their husband’s . Mitai rushed back to his brother’s and warned his brother’s about their wives plan. At first his brothers ignored Mitai but Mitai would not let his brothers die so he proved it. He got his brothers to look at each other, then they noticed that they were no longer strong they were now the opposite. What are we going to do? Asked the oldest brother. We must go to our grandfather. Answered Mitai . He will have a solution. So the seven brother’s went to their granddad , and he had the perfect plan. And he told his grandchildren that if they wanted to be safe from their wives they would have to send them far from earth. So then he gave each brother a magic net. So each brother hid behind a bush, waiting for their bird wives to come. A few minutes later each brother saw seven fantails flying above their heads. The birds landed on one of the nets. Each brother folded over the net they had very quickly. The seven fantails transformed back into fairy women. The fairy women pleaded and pleaded to let them go but the brothers would not let their evil wives go. The brothers carried the nets over to Mitai, who transformed into a huge Albatross and carried the heavy nets all the way up to the god of the heavens Urutengangana. Mitai asked Urutengangana to take these cruel women far far away. So Urutengangana agreed to take the fairy women away from earth. But Urutengangana gave the fairy women a chance to shine each winter.
By Dallas
