a ka Makaula.
Ia Kaonohiokala i hiki mai ai, moe kukuli iho la kona mau kaikuahine, a
me ka Makaula imua o ka Hiwahiwa.
A o Laieikawai kekahi, i ka Hiwahiwa i ike mai ai ia Laieikawai e
hoomaka ana e kukuli; kahea mai la ka Hiwahiwa, "E kuu Haku wahine, e
Laieikawai e! mai kukuli oe, ua like no kaua."
"E kuu Haku, he weliweli ko'u, a me ka haalulu nui. A ino i manao oe e
lawe i kuu ola nei, e pono ke lawe aku, no ka mea, aole wau i halawai me
kekahi mea weliweli nui mamua e like me keia," wahi a Laieikawai.
"Aole au i hiki mai e lawe i kou ola, aka, ma ka huakai a kuu kaikuahine
i hiki ae nei i o'u la, a nolaila, ua haawi mai wau i hoailona no'u e
ike ai ia oe, a e maopopo ai ia'u o oe kuu wahine hoopalau, a nolaila ua
hele mai au e hooko e like me kana kii ana ae nei," pela aku o
Kaonohiokala.
A lohe kona mau kaikuhine a me ka Makaula pu, alaila hooho maila lakou
me ka leo olioli:
"Amama! Amama! Amama! Ua noa, lele wale, aku la." Ala ae lakou i luna me
ka maka olioli.
Ia manawa, kahea iho la oia i kona mau kaikuahine, "Ke lawe nei wau i
kuu wahine, a ma kela po e hiki hou mai maua." Alaila, kailiia aku la
kana wahine me ka ike oleia e kona mau hoa, aka, o ka Makaula ka mea i
ike aweawea aku i ka laweia ana ma ke anuenue a noho i loko o ka Mahina,
malaila i hooiaio ai laua i ko laua mau minute oluolu.
A ma kekahi po ae, i ka mahina e konane oluolu ana, i ka wa hapa o ka
lai.
Kuuia mai la kekahi anuenue i uliliia mai luna mai o ka mahina a hiki i
lalo nei, i ka wa e kupono ana ka mahina i luna pono o Honopuuwaiakua.
Ia manawa, iho mai la na'lii o ka lewa me ko laua ihiihi nui a ku mai la
i mua o ka Makaula, me ka olelo iho, "E hele ae oe e kala aku i na mea a
pau i hookahi anahulu, e hoohuiia ma kahi hookahi, alaila, e hoopuka aku
wau i olelo hoopai no ka poe i hana ino mai ia oukou.
"A pau na la he umi, alaila e hui hou kaua, a na'u no e hai aku i ka mea
e pono ai ke hana oe, a me kau mau kaikamahine pu me oe."
A pau keia mau olelo, hele aku la ka Makaula, a hala ia, alaila kaili
puia aku la na kaikuahine elima i luna a noho pu me ia i ka olu o ka
Mahina.
I ka Makaula i kaapuni ai mamuli o ka olelo a ka Hiwahiwa, aole oia i
halawai me kekahi kanaka hookahi, no ka mea, ua pau i uka o
Pihanakalani, kahi i oleloia he lanakila.
A pau na la he umi, hiki aku ka Makaula i Honopuwaiakua, aia hoi ua
mehameha.
Ia manawa, halawai mai la me ia o Kaonohiokala, a hai aku la i kana
olelo hoike no ka
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