https://padlet.com/mjustomo/6x58iceh5jlbegzb Whales' quotes en-us 2021-04-24 10:55:51 UTC 2021-04-25 09:59:02 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f4d6.png mjustomo https://padlet.com/mjustomo/6x58iceh5jlbegzb/wish/1454468169 “We have been found. The news is being taken back to the place of the Ancients. Our blessing will come soon.” (Chapter 1, p. 3)

First appearance of the whales.

]]> 2021-04-24 10:57:26 UTC https://padlet.com/mjustomo/6x58iceh5jlbegzb/wish/1454468169 mjustomo https://padlet.com/mjustomo/6x58iceh5jlbegzb/wish/1454468463 “Way out in front, on point and in the rear, the young males kept guard on the horizon. They watched for danger, no from other creatures of the sea, but from the greatest threat of all – man.” (Chapter 5, p. 20)

Whales' biggest fear: man. ]]> 2021-04-24 10:57:47 UTC https://padlet.com/mjustomo/6x58iceh5jlbegzb/wish/1454468463 mjustomo https://padlet.com/mjustomo/6x58iceh5jlbegzb/wish/1454468814 “Then, one day, his master impetuously mounted him and became the whale rider. In ecstasy the young male had sped out to deep water and, not hearing the cries of fear from his master, had suddenly sounded in a steep accelerated dive, his tail stroking the sky. In that first sounding he had almost killed the one other creature he loved.” (Chapter 5, p. 20)

Origin of the legend of the whale rider.

]]> 2021-04-24 10:58:03 UTC https://padlet.com/mjustomo/6x58iceh5jlbegzb/wish/1454468814 mjustomo https://padlet.com/mjustomo/6x58iceh5jlbegzb/wish/1454469080 “He was fearful of the contamination seeping from Moruroa. He was afraid of the genetic effects of the undersea radiation on the remaining herd and calves in this place which had once, ironically, been the womb of the world.” (Chapter 9, p. 45)

Effects of nuclear testing.

]]> 2021-04-24 10:58:21 UTC https://padlet.com/mjustomo/6x58iceh5jlbegzb/wish/1454469080 mjustomo https://padlet.com/mjustomo/6x58iceh5jlbegzb/wish/1454469335 “And the whale herd sang their gladness that the tribe would also live because they knew that the girl would need to be carefully taught before she could claim the place for her people in the world.” (Chapter 20, p. 119)

Kahu will help her people, she will be theit guide to find their place in the world. 

]]> 2021-04-24 10:58:39 UTC https://padlet.com/mjustomo/6x58iceh5jlbegzb/wish/1454469335 mjustomo https://padlet.com/mjustomo/6x58iceh5jlbegzb/wish/1454469601 “Haumi e, hui e, taiki e. Let it be done.” (Chapters 1, 4, 7, 9, 11, 14, 18, 19, 21).

Repeated several times throughout the book.. A saying used at the end of a speech. Symbol of union (similar to "amen" in Christian cultures).]]> 2021-04-24 10:58:57 UTC https://padlet.com/mjustomo/6x58iceh5jlbegzb/wish/1454469601 mjustomo https://padlet.com/mjustomo/6x58iceh5jlbegzb/wish/1455990091 2021-04-25 09:55:42 UTC https://padlet.com/mjustomo/6x58iceh5jlbegzb/wish/1455990091