Aloha! My name is JosieWose and do I have a
treat for you today! We're going to be
reading Disney Movie Collection Moana.
Now this is the latest movie and I'm so
excited to see it.
This one is set in Hawaii which is a
beautiful island in the Pacific Ocean, here we go!
Moana was a little girl who lived with
her family on the island of Motanui
her home was a beautiful place
surrounded by a coral reef and
shimmering blue seas. Her father Tui
was chief of the island
Moana was destined to be chief too one day
Chief Tui cared very much about his people and
made sure they were happy and safe he
didn't allow anyone to sail out beyond
the coral reef where it might be
dangerous
after all Motanui he had everything
the villagers needed, who would want to leave?
Moanas grandmother Gramma Tala liked
to tell ancient tales to the children in
the village the other toddlers would
sometimes become frightened but Moana
loved the stories. "In the beginning"
Gramma Tala said "there was only ocean
until an island emerged the mother
island Te Fiti. Her heart had the power to
create life itself and she shared it with the
world."
Gramma explained that some people wanted
to take the heart and keep its power for
themselves.
One day a demigod called Maui succeeded
he used his magical fish hook to steal
the heart and Te Fiti began to crumble
as Maui he made off he was confronted by
a monster called take Te Ka. The pair fought
and the heart was dropped lost in the
sea.
Not long afterwards
Moana was playing on the beach her
favorite place she stepped out into the
water and amazingly it rose up around
her creating a path out to the sea
Moana followed the path and spotted a little
spiral stone in the water she reached
out and grasped it just then chief Tui
came looking for his daughter the sea
quickly whisked Moana back to the shore
the toddler dropped the spiral stone on
the sand
as her father and her mother Sina took
her back to the village. Moana would
have spent every day by the sea if she
could dreaming of adventures on the
waves but her parents taught her that
she belonged in the village with her
people
the years passed and Moana was very
happy growing up in Motanui she
learned from the people around her and
in return helped them in any way she could
when the Moana with 16 years old Tui
took her to a large pile of stones atop
the islands highest mountain "One day you
will add your stone to this mountain" he
said "and raise our whole mountain higher".
Tui told Moana how important it
was for her to stay in the village and
lead her people. Moana nodded at her
father even though she still felt drawn
to the sea she wanted to make him
proud
later that day Gramma Tala found Milana
and led her along rocky path to the
farthest point of their Island to a
secret cave.
"What's in there?" Moana asked. "The answer."
Gramma Tala replied "to the question
you keep asking yourself".
Moana climbed inside the cave and gasped
in amazement and what she saw. The huge
cave was filled with sailing boats. Moana
began beating a big drum on one of the
boats and something magical happened in
her mind she could see her people's
history they had been great voyages!
Moana leaped out of the cave with
excitement
she asked her grandmother why their
people had stopped voyages grandma tala
explained that after Maui took the heart
of Te Fiti a darkness spread across the
seas
the ancient Chiefs had stopped Moanas
people from Sailing to keep them safe
Gramma Tala said that the darkness was
starting to infect their Island to their
home was in danger unless someone found
Maui and took him to restore the heart
of Te Fiti. Gramma took a spiral stone
from her neck lace it was the one that Moana had found in the sea when she
was little it was the heart of Te Fiti
"the ocean shows you" Gramma Tala told
Moana now that Moana knew the truth
she wanted to help save the island
she ran to the village leaders. "we were
voyages" she cried weekend voyage again
but Cheif Tui quickly pulled Moana aside
he didn't believe that the spiral stone
was the heart of Te Fiti and he wanted
his people to stay safe on the island.
Tui threw the spiral stone to the
ground as Moana picked it up she
spotted something that made her stop
in her tracks
it was Gramma Tallas walking stick
but where was Gramma Tala? Something
wasn't right.
Moana raced to Gramma Talas home and
found her very sick bed she rushed to
her side "go!" Gramma said in a weak voice
"you must the ocean chose you"
"I can't leave you" Moana protested
"there is nowhere you would go that I
won't be with you"
Grammar replied. She gave Moana of the
neck lace to hold the heart of Te Fiti
and with the last of her strength
whispered "go!"
Moana knew what she had to do
she packed some supplies, took a small
boat from the secret cave and set sail
in the night sky she saw stars in the
shape of the fishhook that Maui
carried. Moana tried her best to head in
that direction but soon a storm rose up
WHAM! A giant wave crashed into her boat
and everything faded to black. Moana
slowly opened her eyes as the sea
splashed her face she had been washed up
on the beach of a strange island as she
looked around she spotted tiny marks in
the shape of a giant fish hook carved
into a nearby rock and some giant
footprints in the sand
this must be Mauis island Moana
realized in amazement. Could the sea have
brought her here? Suddenly Maui himself
appeared Moana summoned all her courage
and told him that he must go with her to
restore the heart of Te Fiti but Maui
refuse he said he had taken the heart
for the humans just as he had brought
them the sun fire and tides all he
wanted was to get his magical fish hook
back which he had lost his battle with Te Ka
all those years ago.
Maui boasted to Moana about all the
amazing feats he had achieved but as he
talked he trapped Moana inside a
cave! Maui had been stuck on this
island without his fish hook which had
the power to help him shape-shift into
different animals now he finally had a
way to leave he went back down to the
beach bordered Moanas boat and set
sail but Moana wasn't ready to give up
on her mission she found a way out of
the cave and dived into the water
amazingly the sea pushed her through the
water and lifted her onto the boat Maui
was surprised to see her. "You will put
back the heart" Moana told Maui in her
bravest voice holding the spiral
stone heart to work him but Maui still
refused to help. Just then spears started
landing around Moana and Maui they
were being attacked by Kakamora tiny
bandits dressed in coconut armour! Moana
battered them with her oar and was able
to keep them from stealing the heart
finally together the pair managed to
escape from the Kakamora and sail away
after that Maui finally agreed to go
with Moana to Te Fiti but they
needed to fetch his fish hook first "We
go East" said Maui "to the lair of Tamatoa"
Maui was certain the monster Tamatoa
had his hook. "each me to sail" said
Moana. Maui refused at first but then
the sea knocked him over with a poison
dart he couldn't move as he lay on the
deck Maui was forced to teach Moana
all he knew he explained that what he
did was called wayfinding
not sailing it meant using the sun, stars
moon, wind, waves and the currents to help
you get where you want to go
Moana slowly but surely learned how it
worked