Tuesday, 31 May 2016

The Seven Sisters

Once, there were seven sisters in an ancient forest and the streams were playing.
One sunny Sunday, the seven mean sisters were at a village to tell fibs.They walked to their uncle Scot's place. The oldest sister said, "Look, there is an asteroid coming to earth." 
Uncle Scot said, "Where?" 
They all started laughing. All of them  said while they were laughing, "There is no asteroid."
The Tane God of light felt sorry for Scot and said to the seven girls, "If you tell lies in the village, then you will be dragged up to the sky and you will work for Uratengangana of stars."
The girls didn't listen to him.

On Monday morning, they ran to their uncle Dave's place and gave him a cake. He ate it. It wasn't chocolate cake; it was mud. The God of light got so angry, he lifted them into the sky and they turned into stars. 
In early June, there are the seven sisters in the sky and that's how Matariki began.

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