Transcript Matariki By Caleb The Star Fishes One day a slimy mother fish screamed to her seven little fish “Now listen, you children, keep close.

Matariki
By Caleb
The Star Fishes
One day a slimy mother fish screamed
to her seven little fish “Now listen, you
children, keep close to the rocks and
don’t play in the open sea!” Today
Tataraimaka goes out fishing with his
big black net. Tataraimaka was a giant
who fished with a giant black net. He
had made his net out of magic from
the flax that grew slowly near sprits
bay.
On this day, however, the sea was
sparkling and smooth, the sun
was at its brightest. The rainbow
colours were reflected from their
scales as they played tag. They
were having so much fun that
they forgot all about their
mothers big warning. Then
disaster struck…
The black net of Tataraimaka hit the calm
water, and all the seven fished were slimy
caught. The fishes cried and cried, making
the calm sea salty.
Tane the God of Light was so sorry for the
seven little fishes that he took away
Tataraimaka’s net and hauled it up to the
sky. There, the seven little fishes turned
into stars. The seven fishes are called
Matariki. You can see Matariki just coming
over the horizon in early June, which
marks the first month of Maori New Year.
The names of the six fishes are Toheti,
Toheta, Tupuanuku, Tupu-a-rangi,
Ururangi and Waipuna-a-rangi.
One star remains nameless. It is left for
any child who feels lonely to put his/her
on this star just before going to bed. In
this way, the child can have company
among the star fishes.
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