5 Golden Fish

WALT: write an impactful introduction to our Maori Myth.

“Wake up, Wake up!”  shouted a Maori fisherman.  One fisherman was trying to wake up his fellow fishing buddy.  He got ready and rushed to the waka.  Waiting for him were 3 patient but hungry looking fisherman.  He grabbed his net and climbed aboard the waka ready to fish at the Tasman sea.  

The 4 men climbed into the waka and set sail for the Tasman sea.  On their journey, they found an excellent spot to do some fishing.  There was a ray of sunlight beaming down, clear water and many Ika.  There were 5 golden Ika circling around the ray of sunlight.  One of the fisherman said that 5 golden fish were the best fish to eat.  He said that they could feed the iwi for billions of years.  

When one of the fisherman heard about the fish, he quickly grabbed his fishing net and caught the 5 golden ika.  When he returned to the iwi, he left the ika by the bonfire and got ready to eat the fish.  When they cooked the ika, they ate the fish and threw the fish bones and scales into the sea. Tangaroa, the god of the sea was insulted, and the next day  when the fisherman went fishing, they found no ika and no source of food in the Tasman sea. Since the iwi disrespected Tangaroa, the 5 golden ika could not feed them for billions of years so the iwi started to get hungry.

One of the fisherman then started to think about the bones and the scales they threw into the sea.  He had a plan to clean the sea so the iwi helped him clean up the bones and scales.  When they all cleaned the sea, they were restless.  They were just thinking about their hunger, staring at the sea endlessly.  The fisherman then got their gear and went fishing.  They saw 5 golden ika and caught them.  They went back to the iwi and cooked the ika.  This time, they put the bones and the scales in a bucket and used them for things they could make.  

The iwi were no longer hungry.  They learned from Tangaroa that if they wanted resources for their iwi, they had to respect the gods.