The legend Of Kava Tonga

Today in literacy we watched a video about how KAVA got its name , it was very interesting to watch. It all started when only fefafa , Fefanga and there daughter were on the island until one day the king and some other men came . They were tired and needed food . The men saw fefafa and Fefanga , the couple agreed to bring the king some food . There was only 1 thing they could eat on the island but the king was sitting on it , they were left with only one option which was very heartbreaking . They were going to sacrifice there daughter for the king . One of the soilder/ men that came saw the daughter , but soon after that she was nowhere to be found . They decided to search for her but it was too late , Fefafa / her father had already killed the daughter . Once the king found out he explained how thankful he was but he refused to eat her . The king also said to leave her body alone and dont touch it . The next day they came back and two plants grew from it , one kava and the other a sugar cane . They also saw a rat that had eaten the kava it looked like it was drunk but when it went to eat the sugar cane he became sober .

- this story was very sad because they had to kill their daughter in order for the king to eat . It also showed how loyal the couple was to the king and his men . They didn't break there promise but they found another way . In the story they didn't say that the daughter was already sick so now i kinda understand why they had to kill her .

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This Morning Mrs tele'a read us a book written by David Riley , It was a story about Maui . Maui went to Tongatuamatau'a / Tonga the expert fisherman . He asked for a hook and theTongan expert fisherman showed a combination , there were shiny ones with all types of decoration . Maui didnt want any of those , he actually got one from the side that was old cover with webs . Maui asked " how much would that be ,  Tongatuamatau'a said " you dont have to pay me anything just name the island you find after me . He hooked up a island and named it Tonga , he also named other islands  .

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