piwakawaka

Posted by Adiemus (Christchurch, New Zealand) on 2 June 2007 in Animal & Insect and Portfolio.

...continued from yesterday -

'Tell me, tell me quickly! Your time is running out! My family need warmth and light and Mahuika is trying to keep us in the dark and cold through these long months' said Maui.

Maui squeezed even tighter, fanning out piwakawaka's tail and making her eyes pop out.

'Tell me or I'll squeeze you to death, and then where will your babies be?'

Frightened, piwakawaka twittered out -

'It's Mahuika, goddess of fire you need to scare - she has hidden the fire under the ironwood tree, and you will need to ask her to find it!'

Maui gave one final squeeze and let piwakawaka go, turning on his heel and running through the bush to find Mahuika and the ironwood tree.

And that is how piwakawaka got a fantail and those bright pop eyes.

(courtesy of AW Reed's Maori Myths and Legends)

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