"Kiwiarama" Chapter One: "Hangi Surprise"

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This is something I am writing for a local newspaper. Maybe they'll publish it, maybe they won't. Maybe you've read about the blog in the paper, maybe you haven't. Who knows. But just in case they don't publish it, here is a serial I am writing about a couple of Kiwi 'bro's', and their excellent adventure. Enjoy!
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"Kiwiarama" Chapter One "Hangi Surprise"







"Hey, Wiramu! Are you there, bro?" Sam knocked at the window outside of Wiramu's bedroom. "Wake up! We're gonna take the bus to Eketahuna to watch the footie!" There was no answer, so Sam pulled out his mobile. He tapped in a quick text message. "wake ^ bro we hav 2 go 2 d footie" Still no answer. He sent the message again, setting his mobile to repeat the message ten times, and he waited. Still nothing. Finally Sam turned to walk away. "That silly bugger. He probably hasn't got any money on his phone." But as he started to walk away, his own phone rang. New message. It was from Wiramu.

"I M rght Bhind U, U silly bugr"

"What?" Sam turned around to see his friend Wiramu. "C'mon bro, let's go."

"Nah, bro. My uncle Henare told me I have to dig a hangi first." Wiramu wasn't happy about that. But Uncle Henare was da boss.

"True?"

"Yeah, bro." Lucky enough for Wiramu, Sam was a good mate. He went with him to help dig the hangi.

After digging for ten minutes, they both stopped. Sam turned to Wiramu. "Crikey! This is hard yakka!" He dropped his shovel. "Where are your rellies? They should be doing this."

"They get to sleep late, cuz. It's tragic." He handed Sam his shovel and started digging again.

"No worries, mate. We'll finish this in no time. Or by winter. Whichever comes first." Sam laughed as he resumed digging.

A few minutes later, they were knee deep in the ground when Wiramu hit something hard with his shovel. "What's that?" He stopped digging and hit it again. "Hey Sam, look at this."

"Yeah, bro? Did ya hit Eketahuna yet?" Sam looked at the shiny bit in the ground that Wiramu was hitting. "What is it?"

"I don't know. I think it's moving!"

In fact it was. In seconds, it had grown from a small shiny bit of rock to a cone. Then what looked like a large drill bit. Soon the boys saw that it was a huge drill bit. Finally, to their amazement, they saw that it was a car of some kind, tunnelling up through the ground, with a huge cone-shaped drill on the front. The car came bursting through the ground to settle on the grass near the hole that had been dug. Seconds later a hatch opened up on the side of the car. A loud hum could be heard from inside, followed by words in a strange language. "Take me to your leader!" Sam laughed.

Then a strange creature walked out of the car. It was green all over, with fiery red eyes, and it wore a shiny silver jumpsuit. "Take me to your leader!" It said, in a perfect imitation of Sam's voice.

Wiramu looked at Sam, then back at the creature. "True?"

“Hey, bro” Sam had an idea. “Maybe the little guy could take us to Eketahuna in time for da footy!” Then he looked the green creature. “Howzaboutit bro?”






To Be Continued...