eaha ka huakai?"
Alaila, hai aku la kela e like me kana olelo i ka makuahine.
A lohe ke Alii i keia mau olelo, haliu aku la oia i ko laua makuahine,
me ka ninau aku, "Laukieleula, ua ae anei oe ia'u e kii i ka mea a ianei
e olelo mai nei i wahine na'u?"
"Ua haawi mua wau ia oe ua lilo, e like me kana noi ia'u; ina o kekahi o
lakou kai kii mai nei, ina aole e hiki mai i o kaua nei, i lalo aku la
no, hoi; aeia aku ka olelo a kou pokii, no ka mea, nau i wehe mua ke
alanui, a na ko kaikuahine i pani mai, aohe he mea mamua ou, a aohe no
hoi he mea mahope iho," pela aku ka makuahine.
A pau keia mau olelo, ninau hou mai la o Kaonohiokala ia Kahalaomapuana
no kona mau kaikuaana a me kona kaikunane.
Alaila hai aku la o Kahalaomapuana, "Aole he pono o ko makou kaikunane,
ua kue ko makou noho ana, o keia wahine no a'u i kii mai nei ia oe. I ka
huakai mua ana i kii ai i ua wahine nei; hoi hou ae ia makou; hele no
makou a hiki i kahi o ua wahine nei, ke Alii wahine a'u e olelo nei. I
ka po, hiki makou i uka, iloko o ka ululaau oia wale no a me kona
kupunawahine ko ia wahi. Ku makou mawaho, i nana aku ka hana i ka hale o
ua o Laieikawai, ua uhiia mai i ka hulu melemele o ka Oo.
"Kii o Mailehaiwale, aole i loaa, hoole no ua wahine nei, kii aku o
Mailekaluhea, aole no i loaa, kii aku o Mailelaulii, aole no i loaa, kii
aku o Mailepakaha, aole no i loaa, i ka hoole wale no a pau lakou, koe
owau, aole hoi wau i kii, o ka huhu iho la no ia ia makou haalele i ka
nahelehele.
"A haalele kela ia makou, ukali aku makou mahope, pakela loa no ko makou
kaikunane i ka huhu, me he mea la na makou i hoole kona makemake.
"Nolaila la, hoi hou makou a kahi i haalele mua ia ai, na ua kaikamahine
Alii la i malama ia makou, a haalele wale aku la wau, hele mai nei, oia
iho la ko makou noho ana."
A lohe o Kaonohiokala i keia mau olelo, he mea e ka huhu. Ia manawa,
olelo aku la oia ia Kahalaomapuana, "E hoi oe me ou kaikuaana a me ke
aikane Alii a oukou, kuu wahine hoi, kali mai oukou, i nee ka ua ma keia
hope iho, a i lanipili, eia no wau i anei.
"I kaikoo auanei ka moana, a i ku ka punakea i uka, eia no wau i anei.
Ina e paka makani a hookahi anahulu malie, i kui paloo ka hekili, aia
wau i Kahakae kaea.
"Kui paloo hou auanei ka hekili ekolu pohaku, ua hala ia'u ka pea kapu o
kukulu o Tahiti, aia wau i Kealohilani, ua pau kuu kino kapu Akua alaila
o kuu kapu Alii koe, alaila noho kanaka aku wau ma ko kakou ano.
"Ma ia hope iho, hool
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