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Show 13L. - Mate Death Ra, the sun, was forcing his streaks of light between the clouds in Rangi's sky when Roa. slid the canoe into the friendly harbor. Suddenly a nale rainbow appeared In the east, it was a bad omen. A cold knife of fear struck his heart. "Surely," he thought, "the village has not been attacked again, for it is well fortified with posted guards." He secured the canoe and ran U P the forest trail towards the village. The nuiet was ominous. None of the menfolk were about. Marama x«ras busying herself with woman chores around the whare XArhen he burst in. She was getting huge x-^ith child. It would be her tenth, for a Maori loves many children and prides himself on his large family, which gives him status. |