how kai the taniwha was tricked
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Cohen, Akoia, Ngaremu, Jayden and Devon retell this Maori LegendTRANSCRIPT
- 1. How Kai the Taniwha was tricked.
Retold by Akoia, Cohen, Devon, Jayden and Ngaremu.
2. Kai the Taniwha had a woman tied up.
3. Kai made the woman work hard.
4. She was tired of working hard so one day she cut herself
free.
5. She ran through the bushes over the hill and into the
village.
6. The villagers sat around a fire that night and made a plan to
kill Kai the Taniwha.
7. The villagers built a house and told the Taniwha he could live
in it with the woman.
8. While Kai was sleeping they lit the house on fire.
9. But Kais tail survived and wriggled into the forest. The
children of Kais tail live today. They are the little tree lizards
and just like Kai they can lose their tails.