THE GREEN FOREST

WRITTEN BY RENEE HEAYNS


Far, far away, a mystical island stands. Some people think it is mystical, but no one knows. It’s as green as Tane, the God of the forest.

One day a very big fire came and destroyed half of the island. Tane was very sad, and very, very angry. Anyway hunters came on ships. They destroyed all the living things on the island. This time Tane was very, very, very, very, very angry. He stomped his feet. He thought he’d make an earthquake. He had a plan. He would destroy whoever made fire, and destroy the hunters. And destroy, whatever was coming up next!

Then the fire person came out of the trees and the hunters too. Tane was finding free space. BANG BASH! He made the biggest earthquake he had ever done in his life. He banged the fire person and the hunters. And look at that! Tane was astonished. There was a Tsunami! Tane was scared but he was brave too. He put his hand in front of his head, and pushed and pushed and pushed. He pushed hard as…..then BANG! BASH! CRASH! Tane fainted.

Then what a sight, all the animals that were hiding when the hunters came, appeared. The animals pushed and pushed and pushed, just like Tane did. The Tsunami was gone and so was Tane.
Tane was very happy with all the animals. And so, all the animals were given different kinds of powers because……… Tane was so, so happy.