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Mr Stink
Mr Stink is a homeless man who lives on a bench and after months of driving past him a young girl decided she would talk to him, she didn’t realise how posh and lovely he would be, the only thing really was that he had a very unpleasant smell which lead to her having to stop breathing out of her nose as the smell was unbearable, the man “Mr Stink” had mentioned to her no one has ever talked to him she began to think it was because of his scruffy appearance. Another thing he had said is he hasn’t had a bath since last year! She also thought that would mix in with the horrible smell. The young girl decided to try sneak eight sausages to the tramp, the first time she got caught but once she had involved her dad he helped her get it. Also when she got to Mr Stink she was a bit nervous but eventually she started another good conversation with him and gave him the sausages to eat and he ate them very quick and even asked her if she had more. She apologised and said she didn’t have any more but that she’d bring some more the next day for him.
Zombified
In this story, there is a boy and a girl in which are best friends and they were playing a game but couldn’t get past the “hard level” because it was “hacked” or “rigged” as they described it. So because they knew that level was too difficult they decided to watch a movie they love but frequently watch. The boy and girl love to play zombie games watch zombie movies so basically zombie everything! They are like obsessed with zombies. It is one of their like things to do zombie things together, it’s just what they do.
One Day
This story is about a little boy who’s dad wanted him to be like the other kids and learn the skills of Tumatauenga but the boy didn’t despite all the times his dad told him to learn the skills he never wanted to go and learn, his father didn’t think he’d ever be a good person/hero because of this until one day when the boy and his friend were walking through the forest and found someone who was sick and the boy used natural medicines from plants to make him better the person who was sick was so grateful that he was saved by the boy and told everyone in the village about what they boys had done. They young boy whose father wanted him to learn the skills was so proud of his son and also apologised because his son had his own skills and was original and it still paid off that he wasn’t like the other kids.
The Gift
This story is about a boy that got teased by his cousins and other young relatives of his because of his name and the fact that he always came last in races, the boy then discovers his name was inherited to him from a great chief whose gift was use of the taiaha, the boy also then discovered his give was the flute and stood to play the flute in front of his whanau. That was the moment he stopped getting teased because although he wasn’t good at running his cousins weren’t good at playing the flute so they could no longer tease him.
The Forgotten Taniwha
The taniwha who was also the kaitiaki of the local pa was named Ngakau Pono which means loyal heart, he was named this because he was always helping his people with whatever they needed but one day the Pakeha arrived and all the Maori left to a new place, Ngakau Pono was then forgotten so he went to sleep. Ruaumoko also burped and created an earthquake and so the people started to build over where the taniwha lived. Then one day the taniwha woke up because he was being called, he heard a karanga and so he awoke and realised his people where their again so he could help them again.
My Place
This story is about a little boy who lives with his Mum, Dad, Grandmother & Aunty, in this story it shows a map of mike’s “place” so like his house and surroundings. The next page tells you about Sofia and her place, sofia is ten years old and is from Greece. Her older brother called Michaelis is currently in Vietnam because he is a soldier, before Michaelis went away they had a goodbye party and sofia had lots of fun bt was still sad that her big brother way leaving but proud of him also.
