Rona and the Moon

Earlier in the term we wrote some Rona and the moon retells. Here are some examples from Room eight....

Rona and the Moon – retold by Emily Andersen

A long, long time ago, Rona was asleep in her whare with her three children. The children were thirsty. Rona looked in the pot but there was no water. Rona had to go to the river and get some water.

Rona walked out of the door. It was pitch black. “How am I ever going to find my way to the river in this pitch black darkness!” Rona cried.

The moon slipped out from behind a cloud, the moon was big and bright.”that’s better, now I can see where I am going!” said Rona.

Rona scooped some water into the very heavy water pot and headed for home.

The moon slid back behind the clouds. Rona could not see. She bumped into a tree. all the water spilt on to the ground. ‘you ugly moon, you horrible moon!” rona shouted. Rona shouted so loud that the moon heard her.

The moon grabbed Rona and pulled her high into the black sky. “I’m sorry!” Rona pleaded. The moon kept her high in the sky.

Now today, when the moon is big and bright,if you look carefully you can see Rona in the moon.

You are probably wondering what happened to the kids…Well, their dad was at home with them so that they were ok. They were very sad because their mum was gone. but on a night when the moon is big and bright they can see their mum in the sky with the moon.

Rona and the moon

Retold by Madeline Hamlet

One night Rona woke up to her children crying because they didn’t have any water. She went out into the kitchen to find there was no water in the water pot. So she went out into the dark night to get some water from the river.

But soon enough, the glittering moon came out so she found her way to the river. “I must take care so I won’t spill any of the water.” She whispered to herself. She was walking back when the moon went back behind the cloud. She bumped into a tree and fell to the ground. She got angry and shouted at the moon.

The moon punished Rona by bringing her up into the sky. If you look up into the sky today you might see Rona’s pale skin and the outline of her body.

Her kids were sad to see her go. They started to learn to look after themselves and hunt animals for food and get their own water.