Hoi aku la laua ma ko laua wahi, a ma kekahi kakahiaka ae, hiki hou no
laua i kahi mua a laua i hoohalua ai.
Ia laua nei a hiki iho, hiki ana no o Laielohelohe ma kona wahi mau.
Mamua nae o ko laua hiki ana aku, ua hai mua aku o Malio i kana olelo i
kona kaikunane penei:
"E haku oe i lehua, e huihui a lilo i mea hookahi, aia lohe oe i kuu
hookani aku i ka hano, oia kou wa e hookuu iho ai i kela popo lehua
iluna pono ona, malia o hoohuoi kela ia mea."
Pii ae la o Halaaniani iluna o kekahi laau ma kahi kupono ia
Laielohelohe. Ia wa no, kani aku la ka hano a Malio, ia wa no hoi ko
Halaaniani hoolei ana iho i ka popo lehua mai luna iho o ka laau, a
haule pololei iho la ma ke alo ponoi o Laielohelohe. Ia manawa, alawa
pono ae la na maka o Laielohelohe iluna, me ka olelo ae, "Ina he kane oe
ka mea nana keia makana, a me keia hano e kani nei, alaila, na'u oe, ina
he wahine oe, alaila i aikane oe na'u."
A lohe o Halaaniani i keia olelo, he mea manawa ole ia noho ana ilalo e
hui me kona kaikuahine.
Ninau mai o Malio, hai aku la oia i kana mea i ike ai no Laielohelohe.
I aku o Malio ia Halaaniani, "E hoi kaua a kakahiaka hiki hou mai kaua
ianei, ia manawa e lohe maopopo aku ai kaua i kona manao."
Hoi aku la laua, a ma kekahi kakahiaka ana ae, pii hou aku la, Ia laua i
hiki aku ai a noho iho, hiki mai la o Laielohelohe ma kona wahi mau e
kui lehua ai.
Ia manawa, hookani aku la o Malio i ka hano ia Laielohelohe e hoomaka
aku ana e ako lehua, aole nae e hiki, no ka mea, ua lilo loa o
Laielohelohe i ka hoolohe i ka mea kani.
Ekolu hookani ana a Malio i ka hano.
Ia manawa no, pane mai o Laielohelohe, "Ina he wahine oe ka mea nana
keia hano, alaila, e honi no kaua."
A no keia olelo a Laielohelohe, hoopuka aku la o Malio imua o
Laielohelohe, a ike mai la kela ia ianei, a he mea malihini hoi ia i ko
Laielohelohe mau maka.
Ia wa, hoomaka mai la kela e hooko e like me kana olelo mua ma ka honi
ana o laua.
A no ka hahai ana mai o Laielohelohe e honi me Malio, i aku o Malio,
"Alia kaua e honi, me kuu kaikunane mua oe e honi aku ai, a pau ko olua
manawa, alaila, honi aku kaua."
I mai o Laielohelohe, "E hoi oe a kou kaikunane, mai hoike mai ia ia
imua o'u, e hoi olua ma ko olua wahi, mai hele hou mai. No ka mea, o oe
wale no ka'u mea i ae aku e haawi i ko'u aloha nou ma ko kaua honi ana,
aole au i ae me kekahi mea e ae. Ina e hooko au i kau noi, alaila, ua
kue wau i ka olelo a ko'u mea nana e malama maikai nei.
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