Matariki

The Seven Sisters

Long long ago, there lived seven mean little sisters.They all looked like each other. They all went around being mean to the people in the town and pushing them, stealing their things, and being mean to all the little kids. Their mum and dad always told them. "Never go out in the dark when the moon is out."

One sunny Sunday evening, the kids were in the town stealing things and the sun was loving watching the kids around the town. The moon came out and their mum and dad didn't know where they were. They were looking all around but they couldn't see the children. Suddenly, they saw the girls wondrously calling out for their mum and dad. 
Their dad and mum said, "I thought we told you not to go out when the moon is out. At least you came in before the moon took you away."
They all got up in the morning and were playing up  in the tree when they heard a voice.  
It was the sound of the tree saying, "Watch out! It is nearly night. The moon will come and take you away." 
They didn't listen. The moon grabbed them all with its long arms and they started floating up into the sky. The sisters became stars.
That's how Matariki came about.