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 maui and the fire fingers One cloudy dark night Maui thought what would happen if the fires went out? So Maui put water on the fires. In the morning, the people wondered who had put the fire out. Maui said “I put out the fire”. Maui’s mum said “go to your grandmother and get one of her fire fingers, and Maui, don’t pull any tricks”. “Yes” said Maui. He went over the hills and through rivers and into the underworld, where Maui got one of Mahuika’s fire fingers. Maui came to the river again and he threw the fire finger in the water and the fire finger went out. Maui went back to Mahuika and told her that the fire finger went out. Mahuika said “what made it go out?” Maui said “I slipped on the rocks into the river and the fire finger went out”. So Mahuika gave him another fire finger and that one went out too. Maui went back and back and back and back again, until she only had one fire finger left. So she threw it at Maui and two trees caught on fire so Maui called a prayer and rain came but it sizzled enough. So he asked for more rain and it came. The fire went out and Maui went back to the village. He brought some wood back to make fire to keep him and the village warm. Article posted September 21, 2010 at 05:10 PM • comment • Reads 209 • see all articles |
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