uailiki, "Kainoa aia o Paliuli kona wahi noho mau."
A i kekahi la ae, ma ka auina la, hiki aku la lakou i Keaau, ua hoi aku
nae o Laieikawai me na kaikuahine o Aiwohikupua i uka o Paliuli.
Ia Hauailiki ma i hiki aku ai, aia hoi ua nui na mea i hele mai e nana
no keia keiki oi kelakela o ka maikai mamua o Kauakahialii a me
Aiwohikupua, a he mea mahalo nui loa ia na na kamaaina o Keaau.
I kekahi la ae ma ka puka ana a ka la, uhi ana ke awa a me ka noe ma
Keaau a puni, a i ka mao ana'e, aia hoi ehiku mau wahine e noho ana ma
ke awa pae o Keaau, a hookahi oi oia poe. Akahi wale no a iho na
kaikuahine o Aiwohikupua ma keia hele ana o Laieikawai, e like me kana
olelo hoopomaikai.
Ia Laieikawai ma e noho ana ma kela kakahiaka, ku ae la o Hauailiki a
holoholo ae la imua o lakou la, e hoika ana ia ia iho ma kona ano kanaka
ui, me ka manao e maliuia mai e ke Alii wahine o Paliuli. A heaha la o
Hauailiki ia Laieikawai? "he opala paha."
Eha na la o Laieikawai o ka hiki ana ma Keaau, mahope iho o ko Hauailiki
puka ana aku; a eha no hoi la o ko Hauailiki hoike ana ia ia imua o
Laieikawai, a aole nae he maliu iki ia mai.
I ka lima o ka la o ko Laieikawai hiki ana ma Keaau, manao iho la o
Hauailiki e hoike ia ia iho imua o kana mea e iini nui nei no kona
akamai ma ka heenalu; he oiaio, o Hauailiki no ka oi ma Kauai no ke
akamai i ka heenalu a oia no ka oi iloko o kona mau la, a he keiki
kaulana hoi oia ma ke akamai i ka heenalu, a kaulana, no hoi no kona ui.
I ua la la, i ka puka ana a ka la, aia na kamaaina ma kulana, nalu, na
kane, a me na wahine.
I na kamaaina e akoakoa ana ma kulana heenalu, wehe ae la o Hauailiki i
kona aahu kapa, hopu iho la i kona papa heenalu (he olo), a hele aku la
a ma kahi e kupono ana ia Laieikawai ma, ku iho la oia no kekahi mau
minute, ia manawa nae, komo mai la iloko o na kaikuahine o Aiwohikupua
ka makemake no Hauailiki.
I aku la o Mailehaiwale ia Laieikawai, "Ina paha aole makou i hoolaaia e
ko kakou mau makua, ina ua lawe wau ia Hauailiki i kane na'u."
I aku o Laieikawai, "Ua makemake no hoi wau, ina hoi aole wau i hoolaaia
e ko'u kupunawahine, nolaila, he mea ole ko'u makemake."
"O kaua pu," wahi a Mailehaiwale.
A pau ko Hauailiki mau minute hookahakaha, lele aku la ua o Hauailiki me
kona papa heenalu i ke kai, a au aku la a kulana nalu.
Ia Hauailiki ma kulana nalu, kahea mai la kekahi kaikamahine kamaaina,
"Pae hoi kakou."
"Hee aku paha," wahi a Hauailiki, no ka mea, ao
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