They hope the flowers will calm the mountain.

They learn that the flowers belong to the mountain.

They want the mountain to look as colorful as the underwater garden.

They hope that the mountain will finally wake up once it notices their gift.

They believe that the birds will lead them to their new home.

They feel that without the birds, the island has lost its beauty.

They are too afraid to stay without the birds there to guard them.

They think that when the birds are gone, the mountain will be angry.

The sea turtles bury their eggs in the sand.

The mountain blows up and wrecks the island.

The people meet villagers from an island nearby.

The mountain gods come to talk to the chief of the village.

swam around

gathered food

moved quickly

stayed together

The mountain is making waves in the sea.

The people are moving back to their homes.

Another mountain is letting out puffs of black smoke.

Plants and animals that had once lived there are returning.

A sleepy village of grass-thatched houses.

Most of the time it was quiet.

Over all of this peaceful island towered a great, cone-shaped mountain.

It let out a puff of smoke or rumbled like a giant mumbling in his sleep.