Flight of a Maori Goddess (The Sea of Freedom, #3)

by Sarah Lark

his wife interpreted the sign. “When the stars appear so brightly in the sky, that means a short winter, and we can plant seeds as early as September,” she instructed her family and students. “When they look dim and huddled together for warmth, then winter will be hard, and planting can’t begin until October.”

Calvinistic

“Taku manu, ke turua atu nei He Karipiripi, ke kaeaea . . . ,” the children intoned. Fly on from me, my bird, dance restlessly on high, swoop down like the hawk upon his prey,