Interviewing All Black Legend Tana Umaga

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Fantail Report

Did you know that you can create a bond with the fantail by whistling (but it's like a kissing sound by puckering your lips together!)

Fantails eat fruit, insects and berries, but mostly eat insects. They are very good at catching insects in the air.

The fantails predators are cats, stoats, rats, and also mynas. They are the fantails enemies. Fantails can trick the predators by having lots of babies. Thats how they survive.

Fantails mostly live on forest edges and in scrub habitats. The fantails can been seen in town, in parks and gardens. They also can be found everywhere in New Zealand.

It is important to look after the fantails because we do not want the fantails to head into extinction while time goes by.

By Taina Otukolo

SCARY STORY

It was a hot summers day. Today was the day we were going caving in a gloomy cave around midday. The cave looked as if it were a mouth of a monster. As I entered the cave to find the richest diamond, I heard a tremendous roar as if someone was driving a bulldozer. But I still continued on and on. My heart was racing like a speeding bullet flying by. Time went by, I was going to give up until I saw a light. As I followed it I was getting all excited. Amazed as can be, valuing the beauty of the diamond I took it. Suddenly the cave was shaking like I had just activated a booby trap. I sprinted as fast as cheetah but I just made it out of the cave as the rocks closed up the cave. When I was back outside it was dark but because the diamond was shiny and bright I was able to see my way home.

By Aurora Amani

The Haunted Graveyard

A long time ago it was a scary thundery night- a time I remembered the death of my friend Marcus. As I was looking at his grave I heard a whisper from behind and saw leaves coming towards me I looked back and I saw a bloody chopped off finger that was all slimy. I tried to run to the door as it shut on its own. I tried to jump the fence then I fell down! I heard the sound of a police car and I saw its lights - blue and red - I was saved. I never went near the graveyard again!

By Kevin Awisha

The Devils Rock

One day after school Jone ran to the mango tree by the path. He waved to his best friend Pita. "Pita! Come!" he shouted. "I want to show you something." Pita ran to the mango tree. There was a hill in front of the boys. Jone pointed at a large rock on the hill. "Look at that big rock" said Jone. "Thats Devils Rock, my brother believes that a devil lives inside the rock! At night it comes out. It is a Dangerous place" Do you believe that there's a devil" asked Pita. "Yes, I do" said Jone. "I think there's a devil." "Don't be foolish" said Pita and laughed "I don't believe that a devil lives there! Your brother is wrong." "I know he's wrong" shouted Pita "Last week I walked along this path at night but I didn't see anything!" "I've got an idea, lets go to Devils Rock tonight to see if there is a devil." "If I see a devil I will believe there is a devil inside there. The next morning both of the boys were dead.

By Nehal Krishna