Moon





Moon

Rata and the totara tree There was a boy called Rata.Rata was a young boy.He lived in a village where people couldn’t find any fish.Rata had a plan, his plan was that he wanted to build a canoe to paddle around the ocean to find a lot of fish

So Rata chopped down a totara tree, and went back home. Rata was shoCked that the tree stood up again. He chopped the tree again, and he went back home .Rata came back the next day the tree stood up again. Rata chopped down the tree and pretended he went back home,.

But he hid instead.He saw these birds, insects and patupaiarehe. putting the tree back together .Rata hopped out and asked, “Why are you putting up the tree again? The creatures said,”You didn’t ask Tane for permission. “Rata rushed to ask Tane if he could chop down his tree .Tane made his desison, Tane said yes Rata could .Rata chop down the tree, the creatures helped Rata build a canoe .Rata went and thanked Tane.