A MAORI FABLE.
The Lizard and the Shark are said to have been brothers. The sea was their native element: but they quarreled and separated: the former, who was the elder, went to live on the land, while the latter remained in the sea. The lizard, at parting, thus cursed his brother: " Remain in the open sea, to be served up on a dish of cooked food for man to eat." "As for you," replied the shark, " go ashore, and be smoked out of your hole with burning fern leaves."
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Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume I, Issue 13, 1 October 1861, Page 15
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90A MAORI FABLE. Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume I, Issue 13, 1 October 1861, Page 15
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