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1. Fire against Water
b. Read the text and check your answers.
* Pele was the goddess of fire and volcanoes and she was beautiful. Her older sister
Namaka was the goddess of the sea. The two sisters were very different. Pele ruled
over the volcanoes of the Island of Hawall and Namaka ruled over the cool majestic waves
of the ocean. Naraka was married to a powerful sorcerer but he fell in love with Pele.
5 Namaka became enraged.
Namaka sent tsunami waves to destroy Pele's home. Pele escaped
on a canoe and tried to hide from her sister on different islands.
She created volcanoes and hid inside them, but they sent smoke
signals and Namaka kept attacking her.
10 Pele finally settled on a Hawalian island. Namaka found her and
they engaged in a long battle. Namaka killed her sister and
hid her bones under a volcano that is still active under the ocean.
The place is called the Bones of Pele.
O Read the first paragraph (l. 1 to 5). Underline the names or words referring
to the characters and their relationships. Choose one colour for each.
Look at the picture. Can you guess what the problem is?
Read the second paragraph (L. 6 to 9) to check your answer.