Cathy McGough
E-Z DICKENS SUPERHERO PUKAPUKA 1: TATŪ ANGAHe moemoeā kotahi tā E-Z Dickens, tekau mā toru ōna tau: kia riro ia hei kaihopu pōro pahikara ngaio. Engari i muri i tētahi aitua pōraru i waiho ai ia hei tangata parekura, kāore he mātua, ka rongo ia he mea nō tētahi atu oranga tērā moemoeā.Ināianei, e noho ana ia me tōna koroua a Sam, ā, e urutau ana ki te oranga i roto i te tūru wīra, kei te whawhai a E-Z, me te āwhina a ōna hoa piri tata e rua, ki te kimi i tētahi aronga hou mō tōna oranga. Ka āhua iti ake, ka taumaha ake te ao... tae noa ki te wā ka whakatau ia rāua ko tōna koroua kia whakauru tā moko. Ka uru atu ōna hoa piri tata e rua, ko P.J. rāua ko Arden, ki te kirimana moko. Nā, ka tīmata ngā mea whakamīharo ki te tupu.Ka puta mai he parirau ki ōna pakihiwi, ā, he hinengaro motuhake tō tōna tūru wīra. Kātahi ka tae te wā kāore e taea, ka rere a E-Z rāua ko tōna tūru wīra ki te rangi.E rua ngā mea kua mātakitaki i a E-Z, ā, he huarahi whakakatakata tā rātou ki te ngana ki te noho hoa ki a ia. I te mea ka toia a E-Z ki tētahi ao huna, kua herea ia ki tētahi oati kāore ia i maumahara i mahia e ia, ka tutaki ia ki ngā mea nui atu i ngā mea katoa i whakaarohia e ia. Ngā āpiha rangatira me ngā anahera e hiahia ana, ia tangata he mīhana, he hē hoki ā rātou ake.Nā te mea i whakawhiwhia ia ki ngā mana kāore ia i tono, me tētahi mīhana kāore ia i tino mārama, ka hanga a E-Z Dickens i tētahi kirimana e tino pai rawa atu ana kia pono - āwhina i a rātou, ā, ka kite anō ia i ōna mātua i tētahi rā.Engari he utu tō te noho hei toa. Ā, kāore ētahi o ngā oati i te māmā pēnei i tō rātou āhua.He tino pai mō ngā kaipānui e aroha ana ki ngā pūrākau mō te manawaroa, ngā toa ohorere, me te momo tūmanako ka taea te hiki i a koe ake i te whenua.TAUPEATA PUKAPUKA 2: NGĀ TORU!I whakaaro a E-Z DICKENS kua mārama ia ki te rerekē. He wāhanga kē o tōna ao hou ngā tūru wīra e rere ana, ngā mīhana huna, me ngā āpiha rangatira. Engari i tana tono ki tōna tūru kia rere ia ki te kāinga, he mahere kē ā tōna tūru.Ināianei, e tere ana ia i te rangi, kāore a E-Z e mōhio kei hea ia e haere ana - he aha rānei te take. Ko tāna anake e mōhio ana, he reo kei roto i tōna mahunga. He kotiro nohinohi, e mataku ana, ā, e kōrero ana ki a ia i tawhiti rawa atu.Ko Lia, he kotiro e whitu ōna tau, e noho ana ki Nētarene, ā, e moemoeā ana kia rōreka ia. Engari i muri i tētahi aitua i hurihia ai tōna ao, ka ngaro tōna tirohanga, ā, ka whiwhi ia i tētahi atu mea kē. He huarahi ki te kite i te ao kāore he tangata e mārama ana. He koha, he mākutu rānei e hono ana i a ia ki a E-Z Dickens i te wā tika kia whakaora ia i tētahi mōrearea kāore ia i kite e haere mai ana.Ka tīmata te hanga o tētahi hononga hoa kāore i whakaarohia - he mea hanga i runga i te whakawhirinaki, te māia, me ngā mana hou whakamīharo kāore rāua i te tino mārama.Ā, i te wā e whakaaro ana a E-Z kāore e taea e ngā mea te noho whakamīharo ake... ka puta mai tētahi hōma Piritene e kōrero ana, he nui rawa āna whakaaro, me tētahi unicorn me ōna ake huna.Kei te tipu te rōpū. Kei te piki haere ngā tūraru. Ā, kei hea atu i reira, kei te tatari ngā mōrearea nui ake.He tino pai mō ngā kaipānui e whakapono ana ka puta ngā toa i ngā āhua, ngā pakeke, me ngā momo katoa - ā, i ētahi wā, ko te haerenga tino hira ko tērā e kawe mai ana i ngā tāngata e tino hiahia ana ki a koe. 6
