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He wheke tākaro

Nā Ani Hona
Nā Conrad Frieboe ngā pikitia 

I te Moana o Raukawa, i ngā wā o mua, tērā tētahi whānau. Te whānau nei, ko Wheke mā, nā, tā rātou mahi tino pai he tāwai tangata.

pencil drawing of a smiling octopus

I tētahi rā, ka haere a Hepi rāua ko Tana kī te hī i te moana nei, Taua rā nei he rā uaua, he rā kohu, pōuri hoki ēngari hore kau te moana e ngaru ana. I tā rāuana Conrad Frieboe ngā pikitia reringa kī te hī, ka mea atu a Tana kī a Hepi, "E hoa, he rā pai tēnei mō te hī. Āianei kī ana tō tāua poti i te ika."

Kīhai i roa ka tika ana kōrero; kī ana tō rāua poti i te ika. I tō rāua kaha ki te hī ika, kīhai rāua i kite i ā rāua hoe e tāria ana. I te mutunga o tā rāua mahi hī, ka whakareri rāua ki te hoki, nā, huri ake a Tāna ki ngā hoe, kua ngaro kē. "E Hepi, kei hea ā tāua hoe?" hei tā Tāna.

Ka whakahoki a Hepi, "E hoa, kei konā. Rapua!"

Ka rapu ngā korokē nei, kīhai i kitea. Ka noho rāua, ka whakaaro. I a rāua e noho ana, ka titiro atu a Tāna ki te moana, ka kite atu ia i ā rāua hoe e tū mai ana."

Nā, kia kite koe! E mea rā ā tāua hoe! E tū mai rā!"

Ka kī mai a Hepi, "Āe , mehemea e hoehoe ana."

Ka noho rāua, i tō rāua kore hoe hoki, ka tatari. Tata haere mai ngā hoe nei, ā, mutu mai ki te taha o tō rāua poti. I tō rāua titironga atu, ka kite rāua ko tētahi o ngā wheke nei. Ka wehi rāua. I te mōhio o te wheke nei kua wehi i a ia ngā korokē nei, ka kata ia, ka mea mai, "Nā kōurua ēnei hoe? E hiahia ana kōurua ki ngā hoe nei?"

Ka whakahoki a Hepi, "Āe, hōmai ā māua hoe kia hoki ai māua ki te kāinga."

Ka huri kōaro te wheke nei i te hari, ka mea atu, "Nā, i mua atu o taku hoatunga i ngā hoe nei, me tohu mai e kōrua e ono kau, tekau kurī me ngā tamaiti e rua māku - ēnei mea nei hei utu mō ngā hoe nei."

pencil drawing father and son in boat; they look at the octopus who has their paddles

Ka mamae ngā ngākau o ngā tāngata nei i te mataku.nā Conrad Frieboe ngā pikitia E pai ana ngā kararehe, ēngari ā rāua tamaiti, auē , te kino hoki o tēnei āhua! Ka kōrerorero rāua, nā, ka whakaae rāua me pēnei. Ka mea atu a Tāna ki te wheke nei, "E hoa, mauria ēnā hoe. E kore māua e pai kia riro i a koe a māua tamariki, i ā māua kararehe rāianei. Kainga ō hoe!"

Ka noho rāua, noho mataku i tō rāua mōhio āe, kua mate rāua i te wheke nei. Ka kupi ō rāua kanohi. I te roanga haere, ka wāta oho ō rāua kanohi. I tō rāua oho ka pūkana ō rāua kanohi.

Noho ana ngā hoe i roto i te poti, kua ngaro kē te wheke, nā, marino ana te moana. Ka hoki rāua ki tō rāua kāinga, ka kōrero i ā rāua kōrero. Mai ake i tēra rā tae mai ki tēnei, hore kau tērā wheke kia puta mai. Ko ngā whakaahua nā Conrad Frieboe

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