An adventurous young man called Mitai lives with his seven handsome brothers in the village of Maketu. He watches his brothers become bewitched by seven beautiful women, and under their spell, the brothers no longer eat, look after themselves, work in their gardens or hunt. Realising the women are patupaiarehe, fairy women, he knows they must be cast far away. They are given to Urutengangana, the god of the stars, and he places the patupaiarehe in the heavens farthest from the earth. Yet once a year, at winter solstice, he allows their beauty to shine in the eastern sky.
Hi Charlee,
ReplyDeleteIt's Leslie here, writing as a member of the Summer Learning Journey team from my home in Canada.
I enjoyed listening to this story read by the author and I hope that you enjoyed it too. For this activity, you were asked to write a short summary of the story in your own words.
Unfortunately, I think you've used the text from a summary of the book that's found on the Museums Wellington website, and that's not the correct thing to do. When we take text written by someone else and present it as our own we're guilty of something called plagiarism.
I realize that it's tempting to just use work that's already been done by someone else, but that's not the right thing to do so please try this activity again, describing the story in your own words.
I'll check your blog soon to see if you've done that.
Cheers,
Leslie