i ala nohea hoi keia."

Olelo hou aku kahi kahu, "Kaheaia o Waka."

LAIEIKAWAI: "E Waka, e Waka--e."

WAKA: "E--o, heaha kau o ka po e ala nei?"

LAIEIKAWAI: "Eia la he ala, he ala okoa hoi keia, aole hoi i like me na
ala mua iho nei, he ala maikai keia, he ala nohea, eia la i ka houpo i
ka manawa o maua."

WAKA: "Aole na he ala e, o Mailepakaha aku la o ke kaikuahine aala o
Aiwohikupua, i kii mai la ia oe i wahine oe i kane ia, o ke kane ia
moeia."

LAIEIKAWAI: "Ka! aole au e moe ia ia, ina i kii mai kekahi mea e ia'u,
aole no wau e ae ana! Mai hoomoe hou oe ia'u ia Aiwohikupua."

A lohe o Aiwohikupua, a me kona Kuhina i keia hoole hou ana o
Laieikawai, i aku ua Kuhina nei ona, "E kuu Haku, pale ka pono! aohe
pono i koe, hookahi no pono o ka hoi wale no koe o kakou; kaukai aku nei
hoi ka pono i ko kaikuahine muli la hoi, i ole ae hoi ia lakou, ia'u aku
la hoi, i lohe aku nei ka hana, e hoole loa ae ana no kela, me ka nuku
maoli ae la no i ke kupunawahine; a eia nae hoi ka'u wahi olelo i koe ia
oe, o ka olelo no auanei ka'u, o ka ae no kau."

"Oleloia ana," wahi a Aiwohikupua, "a i ike aku au he kupono i ka ae,
alaila ae aku, i na he kupono ole, aole no au e ae aku."

"E kii kaua ma o ke kupunawahine la," wahi a ua Kuhina nei, "e noi aku
ia ia, malia o ae mai kela."

Olelo aku o Aiwohikupua, "Aole a kakou hana i koe, ua pau, eia wale no
ka olelo i koe, o na kaikuahine o kaua, e noho lakou i ka nahelehele
nei, no ka mea, aohe a lakou waiwai."

Alaila, huli aku la o Aiwohikupua a olelo aku la i na kaikuahine, "E
noho oukou, ua nele ae la no ka'u mea i makemake ai e lawe mai ia oukou,
o ka nahele no nei noho iho." Ke hele aku nei e maamaama.

A pau ka Aiwohikupua olelo ana i na kaikuahine; kulou like iho la ke poo
o na kaikuahine i kahi hookahi, e uwe ana.

Kaha aku la o Aiwohikupua ma iho, kahea aku la o Kahalaomapuana, ke
kaikuahine muli loa, i aku la, "E laua la! ku iho, e lohe mua makou i
Kauai, e lawe ana oe a haalele ia makou i keia wahi, i na aole makou e
hiki mai. Pono no la hoi ia, ina owau kekahi i kii aku nei ia
Laieikawai, a nele ana la hoi, alaila, pono kau haalele ana ia'u, pau pu
no o ka mea i hewa, a me ka mea hewa ole. Aole oe he malihini ia'u, ia'u
wale no e ko ai kau mau mea a pau."

A lohe o Aiwohikupua i keia olelo a kona kaikuahine opio, hoohewa iho la
oia ia ia iho.

Kahea mai la o Aiwohikupua i ke kaikuahine opiopio, "Iho mai kaua, ou
mau kaikuaana ke noho aku."

"Aole wau e hik