priest counseled Malaekahana, "Go back to the house; when the
child is about to be born, then have a craving for the _manini_
spawn,[5] and tell Kahauokapaka that he must himself go fishing, get the
fish you desire with his own hand, for your husband is very fond of the
young _manini_ afloat in the membrane, and while he is out fishing he
will not know about the birth; and when the child is born, then give it
to me to take care of; when he comes back, the child will be in my
charge, and if he asks, tell him it was an abortion, nothing more."

At the end of this talk, Malaekahana went back to the house, and when
the pains came upon her, almost at the moment of birth, then Malaekahana
remembered the priest's counsel to her.

When the pain had quieted, Malaekahana said to her husband, "Listen,
Kahauokapaka! the spawn of the _manini_ come before my eyes; go after
them, therefore, while they are yet afloat in the membrane; possibly
when you bring the _manini_ spawn, I shall be eased of the child; this
is the first time my labor has been hard, and that I have craved the
young of the _manini_; go quickly, therefore, to the fishing."

Then Kahauokapaka went out of the house at once and set out. While they
were gone the child was born, a girl, and she was given to Waka, and
they named her Laieikawai. As they were attending to the first child, a
second was born, also a girl, and they named her Laielohelohe.

After the girls had been carried away in the arms of Waka and
Kapukaihaoa, Kahauokapaka came back from the fishing, and asked his
wife, "How are you?"

Said the woman, "I have born an abortion and have thrown it into the
ocean."

Kahauokapaka already knew of the birth while he was on the ocean, for
there came two claps of thunder; then he thought that the wife had given
birth. At this time of Laieikawai and Laielohelohe's birth thunder first
sounded in October,[6] according to the legend.

When Waka and Kapukaihaoa had taken their foster children away, Waka
said to Kapukaihaoa, "How shall we hide our foster children from
Kahauokapaka?"

Said the priest, "You had better hide your foster child in the water
hole of Waiapuka; a cave is there which no one knows about, and it will
be my business to seek a place of protection for my foster child."

Waka took Laieikawai where Kapukaihaoa had directed, and there she kept
Laieikawai hidden until she was come to maturity.

Now, Kapukaihaoa took Laielohelohe to the uplands of