Kawekakea at the Aquarium
In the middle of Hawkes Bay, a tiny figure stirred in his bed. His name was Kawekakea. He woke up; he walked over to the windowsill and peeped out.
It was raining dismally, but all of a sudden his face lit up. “I know! I can go to the aquarium!” He hopped into his Mini and drove. Quarter of an hour later, Kawekakea stood outside the huge doors. He slipped through them and looked around. “Wow! This is awesome!”
He ran over to the enormous jaws of a Megaladon and stepped inside. He inspected the ginormous teeth. “These would be a handful to keep healthy!” An attendant said” Well, actually, they wouldn’t”. “Sharks’ teeth fall out quickly, about one a day, so there isn’t time for decay.” “Oh, I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Sid, and I will be your guide for today.”
Sid and Kawekakea moved onto the discovery room at the top of the stairs. Kawekakea looked at all the fish . He liked the angelfish in the community tank the best. “Why do these frogs have flippers on?” he asked. Sid responded “They aren’t flippers. These African Toads have webbed feet to help propel them through the water.”
Kawekakea peeped into the piranha’s tank. He shivered. “I wouldn’t like to be in there!”, then he spent some time gazing at the Double-Hinged Turtles before moving quickly past the crocodile to gaze at the brightly coloured tropical fish.
Kawekakea paused by the tuataras. He knelt down and stared in, studying the tuatara. “Even I’m not that good at keeping still!”
They crept down the stairs and peered into the gloomy cage of the nocturnal NZ icon – the Kiwi.
They came out of the darkness to arrive at the ‘Rocky Shore’ displays. Kawekakea took turns sitting on the rocks and the wharf to look into the clear water below. He saw a big starfish, gurnard with glorious wings, sea anemones and all sorts of other creatures.
Kawekakea and Sid walked over to the oceanarium, and stepped onto the travelator into an aquatic world. He saw lots of pretty fish, scary sharks (look at the photo…) 
and cool stingrays.
All too soon, it was time to go. The sky had cleared and he could play tennis with his friends. See you for your next adventure, Kawekakea. Ka kite! Goodbye!
on March 27th, 2007 at 11:08 pm
This is a fantastic story AraMyth18. I love how the photographs compliment the story – and how clever you were to get the shark in the background and the tuatara in the background. You have set a very high standard for Kawekakea’s next adventure. Well done!
on March 29th, 2007 at 12:14 am
I enjoyed your story! Do me a favor, though, keep in mind some of us are reading from the USA and might not understand some of what you say! Is a Mini a car? Sounds silly but I wasn’t sure! And what does Ka Kite mean?
Sigh, Kawakekea, we speak different languages, it seems
Mr. Craft in the US
on April 2nd, 2007 at 7:08 am
I too enjoyed Kawekakea’s adventure at the Aquarium.
The pictures were stunning, well done.
As a granny from the UK and a new reader of wikispaces, I look forward to the his next adventure.
PS I hope he had a good game of tennis
on April 3rd, 2007 at 1:35 pm
WOW what a great story! I cant wait to read more adventures. Room 18 you are amazing and very clever, you are also very lucky to have such a clever, wonderful teacher.