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Tears of the Albatross
- Who are the main characters of the story?
Albatrosses, Naeroa, tamaira.
- What could be Timoti’s Plan? Can you predict?
To hide the albatrosses.
- What do you think Timoti will do with the Albatrosses?
Hide them in a dark and hidden place.
- How did he manage to keep the Albatrosses?
He waited until winter because he knew that it was bad weather so the tohunga will be kind and tell the albatrosses to take him home and then timoti will hide the albatrosses and not take them back.
- What blocked them into the cave?
The heavy stones.
- How did the twins get out?
They saw a little light shining in the dark it was a star. So they decided to follow the star and the star led them out.
- What did the Albatrosses give the twins? Why would this be a taonga?
They gave them some of their feathers.
This is a story about two albatrosses escaping from a dark and cold cave. It all began on a fine summer day. Their at the marae was the tohunga. A tohunga is a expert at maori society. Well lets carry on about the story. The tohunga had two very special servants and guess what ! They are not human. They are albatrosses. Albatrosses are a bird. They weight 8 kgs. That is a very big bird. So the tohunga had two albatrosses. One day a man came and visited. He lived down the mountain sides. His name is Timoti. The only reason he came is because he knew the Tohunga had two good and loyal albatrosses. When he reached the Marae and the tohunga said “Welcome Timoti please treat my house if it was yours” he said. So he did. He stayed all summer until winter came because he knew that the tohunga would let the Albatrosses to take him home in the bad weather. And he did. BUT the tohunga said “Bring them to me before sunset and give them water to drink. But he didn’t. He hid them in a dark and far cave. He blocked the cave with hard and big stones so they couldn’t escape.
When he went home his neighbours wonder why he was so happy. So they followed his foot steps and it led to the cave.They could hear crying. So they removed the stones and went in. The more they went in the more the cry grew louder. “This is scary” said Tamaira with fear. Then they found the Albatrosses. They walked further with the albatrosses and saw a hole it was a star shining. So out they went 1 by 1. And escaped. The Albatrosses were very thank full and gave them some of their feathers and flew back to the tohunga.
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