Eyeing Aotearoa

A karoro glides with their friends in the sky. It sees human-shaped figures at po, then flies away. There are happy children making little stick people with their fingers and hair on the windows. It notices some female birds that are going to hiki a baby karoro in a new egg. In the sky, there […]

The case of the curse

“ Boom!” There was a spaceship in the junkyard that crash-landed. Smoke swirled around the detective, who was coughing out the ashes. He hid behind a rubbish pile in case any aliens came out, but there was none. Amid all the destruction in the area, The detective slowly tiptoed past the cracks and holes to […]

Springtime

The winter snow melts as spring arrives. Seedlings sprout. Flowers pop up. Everything wakes up from their eternal sleep. Squirrels scurry around. Foxes sneak. Rabbits hop about. The temperatures rise. Rain falls. Trees regain leaves lost from winter. Everything is mild, wet and sunny. Spring is here.

Winter

In winter, gusty winds nip your fingers and toes. The air becomes more chilly and the once-cool temperatures of the autumn drop down, down, down to bitter, freezing winter temperatures. The summertime visitors have flown away and the winter wraps Earth in a cold embrace. All is waiting, waiting until the warm spring arrives. For […]

The Goldfish’s Wishes

It all started the day my old pen pal came to visit my coral mansion… Oops, I forgot to introduce myself! My name is July, and I am all orange. My friend is a whale, and he is named Ash. Anyway, he came to visit my house for the first time! I had no idea […]

The Enchanted Border

Blossom the spring fairy is caught in a net and two men loom over her. The fairy magics up roots to protect herself but she ends up captured and brought to the museum. In the museum, she meets an autumn fairy, Harvest. The two chat easily for a while. “ Those men called Jeff and […]