Me ke kapa komo ʻole

Ua huikau ʻo ia me kahi keiki pupule a loaʻa ka waiu pālua. ʻIke nā kāne o kēlā me kēia makahiki: inā hele ʻoe me ke kapa komo ʻole, e hōʻike ʻia nā mea i loko o kou puʻupuʻu pōkole. Maopopo nō hoʻi i ke keiki kēia akā hana no ia me ke kumu. Makemake ʻo ia i ka wā e hele ai nā kānaka a ʻai i ka ʻuala, me ka noʻonoʻo ʻana i ka mea ma lalo o ko lākou ʻaʻahu. Akā ʻokoʻa kēlā lā. Ua hopu ʻo ia i kahi puaʻa wiwo ʻole, i kona ʻike ʻana i ka ʻauamo, ʻōlelo ʻo ia: auw, hou! No laila, pepehi ʻoe iā pāpā! ʻO ke keiki, ʻaʻole naʻaupō a i ʻole kekahi mea, ua lawe i ka manawa kūpono e kūʻai aku i ka iʻa: makemake ʻoe? E kōkua i ka makua kāne aʻu i hoʻokuʻu i ka pāʻani. Ua ʻakaʻaka ke keiki a ʻae maila: ʻae, leke, ʻaʻole pipiʻi, hoʻi kāua...