Myth/ Legend

A wee while ago we had to write a Myth or Legend for school so I thought I would share it

Kiwi

One day Tane Mahuta god of the forest  was walking throw his forests looking up at his children reaching for the stars and he noticed something in the bushes. He thought it was a Tui but it wasn’t. It had a brown body with a small white beek. The weird thing was that he had 3 toes on each foot. Tane Mahuta examined the bird and was thinking is this a Tui or a Fantail.

He looked closer and it was neither. He looked even closer and it was a new bird that he has never seen. Tane Mahuta has been in this forest for years so why hadn't he stumbled upon this bird before now.  He was thinking and thinking and thinking. After a while he decided to go to his flax home and put the kiwi to sleep.

He dreamt about this bird. At breakfast he decided to go outside and eat some kiwi fruit. He gave a little to kiwi and he loved it. Tane Mahuta had an idea.

He decided to call the bird kiwi. He went outside again for his walk and decided to go a little further. He found a whole heap of little kiwis.He thought does the rest of my island have these amazing birds.

He decided to set out far and wide so the rest of his country could have these birds. He set off. When he came back there was even more he was in love with these little kiwi birds. You know how this bird is a native New Zealand bird well that’s because you can only find these birds in New zealand.

We are super lucky to have these birds and Tane Mahuta must have done it right because the are still all alive.