One evening they played
                                                                                     so much that they were
                                                                                     very tired. They all fell
                                                                                     asleep on the hills and the
                                                                                     river bed. When Whirikoka
                                                                                     awoke              to       the         sun          he
                                                                                     realised that his friends
                                                                                     were trapped and could not
                                                                                     return to the sea.                              They
                                                                                     cried in agony and tore at
                                                                                     their flesh, the oil seeped
                                                                                     into the ground.