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his house at Kula.

He came at the time his sister had commanded.

Before they slept, Malio said to Halaaniani, "If you get a dream when
you sleep, tell it to me, and I will do the same."

They slept until toward morning. Halaaniani awoke, he could not sleep,
and Malio awoke at the same time.

CHAPTER XXI

Malio asked Halaaniani, "What did you dream?"

Said Halaaniani, "I dreamed nothing, as I slept I knew nothing, had not
the least dream until I awoke just now."

Halaaniani asked his sister, "How was it with you?"

Said his sister, "I had a dream; as we slept we went into the thicket;
you slept in your hollow tree and I in mine; my spirit saw a little bird
building its nest; when it was completed the bird whose the nest was
flew away out of sight. And by-and-by another bird flew hither and sat
upon the nest, but I saw not that bird come again whose the nest was."

Asked Halaaniani of the dream, "What is the meaning of this dream?"

His sister told him the true meaning of the dream. "You will prosper;
for the first bird whose the nest was, that is Kekalukaluokewa, and the
nest, that is Laieikawai, and the last bird who sat in the nest, that is
you. Therefore this very morning the woman shall be yours. When Waka
sends Laieikawai on the wings of the birds for the marriage with
Kekalukaluokewa, mist and fog will cover the land; when it clears, then
you three will appear riding on the crest of the wave, then you shall
see that I have power to veil Waka's face from seeing what I am doing
for you; so let us arise and get near to the place where Laieikawai
weds."

After Malio's explanation of the dream was ended they went right to the
place where the others were.

Now Malio had power to do supernatural deeds; it was to secure this
power that she lived apart.

When they came to Keaau they saw Kekalukaluokewa swimming out for surf
riding.

Malio said to Halaaniani, "You listen to me! When you get on the back of
the wave and glide along with the breaker, do not ride--lose the wave;
this for four waves; and the fifth wave, this is their last. Maybe they
will wonder at your not riding ashore and ask the reason, then you
answer you are not accustomed to surfing on the short waves, and when
they ask you what long waves you surf on say on the _Huia_.[63] If they
pay no attention to you, and prepare to ride in on their last wave, as
they ride you must seize hold of Laieikawai's feet while Kekalukaluokewa
ri