Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume LVII, Number 32, 8 ʻAukake 1919 — Page 5

Ka Nupepa Kuokoa

KE KILOHANA POOKELA NO KA LAHUI HAWAII.

 

KAROLINA METTI

Ka Makaikiu Wahine Hoopahaohao

a i ole

O Dude Dana, Ke Ahikanana Mahope o ka

Meheu o ka Poe Hana Dala Apuka.

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Na ke ano hoi ua hoike mai oe ia oe iho hekeonimana manaho a'u e manao aku ai, a eia ke he kiu oe na ka oihana makaikiu.  O oe ka i maopopo i kou manao ame kau hand, @ iho aole.  Aka hookai mea i maopopo oia keia, e @ piha mai oe i kou ano, a i ole pela, e kau aku ana ua i @ o na ahewa ana maluna ou mamuli o na kumu- @ i ala i hoike mai nei."

@inanawa oi pono ae la ke Dana noho ana a nana aku @ Girera a i na kanaka hou i komo mia ai me ka hele-le‘ena e hoike aku ana imua o lakou, aole ia mea he maka ʻ u @ on a, a i aku la: "Aole au e hoakaka aku ana i kekai mea i pili ia ʻ u, na oukou e ike no oukou iho."

"Ea, e Girera, ua lohe ae la no oe i na olelo pakike a keia kanaka.  A peha ana kou manao?" wahi a ke kanaka @ mai no kana hana-he kanaka i piha me na kanaka mai-@ manaoia aku ai he keonimana oia, eia nae he kiu oia o hele ana ma o a maanei e hoolohelohe ai, a i kona manawa @. a i ole, e ike ai i kekahi mau hihia, alaila hoi ake e @ i ka ohiana makai.

"@ e komo ana oia iloko o kekahi wahi e hanaia ana o kekahi pili waiwai e hoi aku ana oia e hoike a o ka paa no @ na keonimana i ka hopuia. He kiu ola a hekanaka @ e maauhele ana ma o a maanei e hanau ai no ka loaa o kana wahi hihia a loaa kona uku.

"O keia hana a na kanaka o keia ano la ea, oia ka hoike hoopunipuni imua mamuli o kona kipeia mai, o na ka-maka o keia ano ua nui ka poe i hoopoino waleia mamuli o ka lakou mau oleleo hoopunipuni.

"Okekahi hana a keia poe kiu oua ka hoolimalima i keka-lawehala i imihala wale ia. Ma ka hoopokole ana ea i ka olelo he kanaka hoopunipuni keia, he kiu, he kanaka ino, ua ike au iaia, nolaila he mea pono e hoopaaia oia inaanei a e i au aku i hoopa ʻ a maluna on a me ka hookakalia ole."

"He mau kumuhoopii ikaika maoli keia e ku-e ana ia oe, e Dana." wahi a Girera o ka pane ana mai i ka makaikiu.

"Ae: oia hoi ka‘u o ka lohe ana aku la, a nolaila aole au e noho iho ana maanei a hoolohe aku i kana noke mai i ke lamailo ino no ʻ u."

"Aole au e hookuu ana ia oe,'awahi a Girera o ka pane ana aku.

"I ʻ ela mai owai?"

"Owau hoi e kamailio aku la, ka mea nana oe i kono aku nei e hele mai ianei. Aole o‘u makemake e komo mai oe ma ke ano hakilo ialoko nei o kuu hale alaia hele hou aku oe me ka hookuu maikai ole ia aku."

"Ina au e ku-e aku ana i kau kaohi mai, alaila heaha ana kau mea e hana mai ana maluna ō‘u?" i ninau aku ai o Dana.

"Peha; e ae mai ana anei oe ua oiaio keia mau kumu-aoopii apau i waihoia mai nei e k-ue ana ia oe?"

"Ma ke ano he keonimana e hoole aku ana au i ka oiaio @ ia mau kumuhoopii apau, he mau kumuhoopi hakuepa wale no lakou apua, i lohe mai oe."

"O, ma kou ano he keonimana i manao iho la oe pela @ e pakele aku ai, ea? Ea, e ha‘i maopopo mai oe i kou inoa, owai oe a heaha kau hana?"

Ia Girera i kamailio mai ai ku ae la oia iluna ia manawa ‘ipokahi a kau pololei mai la i kana pu panapana i ke poo o ka makaikiu. Aohe o Dana i hoike aku i kekahi helehelena maka‘u, aka, nana maikai aku la oia ia Girera me ka ninau ana aku: "() kou manaoio maoli anei ia e pepehi mai a‘u i make."

Ua maopopo mua i ka makaikiu o keia no ka hopena o kona hoowalewaleia ana a poholo ana oia iloko o ke ana o ka poe ha ʻ iha ʻ i kanawai, aka, pehea auanei e loaa ai ka poe @ ana aku iaia iloko o kahi pohihihi loa e halawai aloha me keia hopena.

@ oia iloko o kekahi kulana kupilikai loa, ua paa na i ka wahi a pau o ka hale i ka lakaia, he elima mau kanaka ma kela aoao mai e ku-e mai ana iaia, a hookahi wale iho no o Malio e a ʻ o aku ai i ke anu, aka, nana aku ia mua. "Aole a ʻ u manao e pepehi aku la oe a make. Aole au he kanaka peoehikanaka aka, aole o ʻ u makemake e hookuu aku ia oe ehoi me kekahi manao kolohe iloko ou a ʻ u e ike @ le aku nei o oe wale no ka ike i kau hana, a ma la ano @ oe i ae mai ai e komo mai iloko o keia hale. He ke-@ oiaio anei oe?"

"I ehia manawa a ʻ u e hoike aku ai i koe no ia ano ke-@ o ʻ u?" i ninau pakike aku ai ka makaikiu, he wahi kumu hooheu no no ka hana.

"Ina he keonimana oiaio oe alaila e haawi no au i ma-nawa nou e pane mai ai, a oia keia, e pono oe e aa mai e @ lua kaua; e hakaka kaua."

Ua loaa he manao iloko o ka makaikiu i kela manawa ua kokoke mai kona mau minuke hope loa ma keia ao, aka aole i pau kona manaolana no kona palekana mamuli o @ lulinai maluna o kona manaolana no kona palekana mamuli o @. Ua hookomo loa oia iaia iho iloko o ka pilikia mamuii o kona makemake ponoi iho e loaa iaia ka punana @ ka poe ha ʻ iha ʻ i kanawai, a e paa pu hoi ia poe i ka hopuia. Ua hele makapo oia ahiki i ke komo aka i ke pahele a ka poe kolohe e hiki ole ai iaia ke pakele aku, koe wale no @ halawai me kekahi haawina laki.

O ka hakaka lua a Girera i kamailio mai ai he hana hoo-meamea a hoonalonalo wale no ia no ka mea oiaio a kela mau kanaka i hoolala ai nona, o kona make oia maoli no @ @ i manao ai e kau mai maluna on a. Ua maopopo @ iaia ma ka manawa i haawiia mai ai keia hana iaia @ ke kanena makai Waisa mai e komo kino aku oia @ o ka ehuehu a i ka make, aka, e aho nae"oia e make @ o ka hana me ka hanohano mamua hoi o kona make @ ana iho no me ka hana ole i kekahi hana e kaulan ai oia.

O keia mau kanaka e noho mai ana imua o kona alo aole lakou i ike mamua aku i kekahi hana koa loa ana i hana ai. in a no ka loaa o kekahi pu iloko o kona lima e hoaoa ana no oia e hakaka me lakou, a in a no kona make, hookahi wale no oia e make ana, aka nae e make ana ke-kahi o lakou iaia, pela ka paa o kona manao.

@ pu panapana no kana me ia ia manwa, aka noo-@ iho la nae oia he mea maikai paha nona ke hakaka @ me Girera o ka aa ana mai e hakaka lua, malia, ma ia hakaka ana e loaa ole ai iaia he wa kupono loa no ka hoopakele ana ae iaia iho.

He newa pu kekahi ana e paa ana a ua manao iho oia in a no kona hoohana aku ia, he hana hoi ana e hana aku ai e hoohikileleia aku ai kona mau enemi, no ka mea, ma kekahi mau manawa lehulehu mamau aku pela oia i hana aku ai i kekahi hakaka ana a lanakila oia, aka nae, no keia mau kanaka eia oia ma kahi haiki loa, a ua makaukau mua hoi lakou la no ka pepehi mai iaia, he mau pu panapana wale no ka lakou apau.

He mea pono e loaa iaia kekahi wahi maikai loa nana e ku ai a mailaila e hana mai ai oia i kekahi hana hoohi-kilele loa ia lakou e hiki ole ai i na kanaka ke kupala no lakou iho; aka nae, in a no no ka loaa o ia wahi iaia he pohihihi no kona palekana, no ka mea he mau kanaka keia i maa i ka alo uwahi pauda.

He mau kanaka hana karaima wale no keia poe a pau, he poe makau ole, aole oia wale, aka, ua lako me na mea make o na ano a pau, e like me ia i hoakana mau ia ae nei, he mau kanaka i holopono ka lakou papahana o ka hoo-makaukau ana, a pela me ka lakou mau no na hana a kela ame keia kanaka i ka hoonohonohoia o ke kaii wale no o ka hiki mai o ka manawa no ka hoohana aku.

He mua kanaks pu lakou i haawi paa i ko lakou manao no ka make in a no ka hoea mai o ka manawa e hoohana aku ai e like iho la me keia no ka hooko ana i ke kauoha a ko lakou mau alakai. He mau minuke kupilikai loa keia no ka inakaikiu ‘o na manawa kupono ‘a pau no kona palekana ua huli ku-e mai iaiai.

Iloko o keia manawa kupilikii loa i ikeia ai kekahi hana hoopakele i maa mau ole ka ikeia, oia kekahi mea kama-hao, eia nae, ua paa kona manao e hakaka aku me ka loaa ole o ka manaolana no kona palekana, aiai nae he elima lakou la a oia hookahi wale no ma kona aoaoa.

Oiai oia e noho ana me ke ala mau ae o na noonoo like ole iloko ona no kana mea e hana ai, a ua pio mai la no hoi ke kamailio nui ana a na kanaka, lohe aku la oia i ke kikeke mai o kekahi mea wawaho me ka liilii loa, e like me ke kana ana a ka maikini kelekalapa.

Aohe i lohe na kanaka i keia kikeke no ka liilii loa e pono ole ai ia lakou ke lohe pono aku, a in a no ua lakou aole no paha lokou e hoomaopopo ana i ka manao o ia kikeke, aka nae, no ka makaikiu ua maopopo ka ma-nao o ia kikeke iaia, he kikeke ia e hoike mai ana aia he kokua nona ia manawa ma kahi kokoke loa mai iaia, o kana hana wale no o ka haawi aku i kekahi hoailona, a o ka manawa ia o kona mau kokua e komo mai ai me ka haka-lia ole.

Iaia i lohe ai i kela kikeke ua hoolana loa ia ae la kona manao no kona palekana, eia nae, aole oia i hoololi ae i kona ano hopepe, ua hoike mau aku oia i kona manao ho-pohopo no kona hopena, i kumu no no kanaka e noonoo mau iho ai aohe manaolana i koe iloko on a no kona pale-kana.

"E pono oe e haka me a ʻ u, "i koi hou mai ai o Girera no ke kolu o ka manawa,"a e hoike aku no au ia oe i ke aloha nui iloko o ʻ u nou ma o ka haawi ana aku ia o i manawa kupono loa no ka hoopakele ana i kou ola."

"No ke aha wau e hakaka aku ai?" wahi a Dana o ka ninau ana aku.

"A no ka mea hoi he kiu oe. Ua hoike mai oe ia oe iho he keonimana a ua hilinai kuhihewa aku au ia oe, eia ka he kiu oe i hoolimalimaia e ka oihana makaikiu e hele mai e hakilo iwaena o makou. Ua komo mai oe iloko o kuu hale nei me ka manao maalea, no ko manao ma ia ano wale o e loaa aku ai ka ike ia oe no na mean a pau e hanala ana maloko o keia hale."

"Aole owau ka i hele mai e huli ia oe, aole no au i noi aku ia oe e lawe pu mai oe ia'u i keia hale, aole loa. Nau ponoi i noi mai ia‘u e hale mai no ka papa lealea ana me oe, a ua hoole aku au i kau noi aka, mamuli o kou paakiki loa a hoomano loa hoi i ke koi mau mai, pela wau i ae hookanaau mai ai i kau noi, eia ka he koi kau e hookomo aku ai ia‘u iloko o keia pilikia. Aole na ʻ u ka makemake e hele mai i keia hale, nau no, a me keia hana iho la au e makemake mai nei e hakaka me a ʻ u akahi no au a ike iho la oia ka ke kumu o kou koi ikaika ana ae ia ʻ u e hele mai lanei."

"I koi aku hoi paha au ia oe e hele mai no kuu kuhihe-wa he keonimana la oe."

"He keonimana wau, i lohe oe," i pane aku ai o Dana.

"O, in a he keonimana oe e hakaka mai me a‘u me ko‘u nana ole aku ia keonimana ou."

"Aha, ke ike aku nei au he poe powa ka oukou. Ua hoowalewale mai oukou ia ʻ u ahiki i keia hale me ka manao e pepehi mai ia ʻ u. Aole loa wau e haawipio aku ana ia ʻ u iho ia oukou. Ekahea aku ana wau i mau makai e hoea mai i keia hale i keia manawa i mea no oukou e paa ai a pau loa i ka hopuia."

"I ka minuke au e okaka ai o ko waha, he kanaka make oe, i pane mai ai kekahi o na kanaka, a ia manawa huki ae la i ka pu panapana a kau pololei mai la ma ka lae o ka kakou koa.

"E aa ana anei oukou e lawe i kuu ola? He keu aku hoi ha ka oukou a ka poe hilahila ole i ka hakaka mai i ke kanaka hookahi wale no ma kona aoao a he lehulehu oukou."

"Aohe a makou nana ana aku i kau hooweliweli mai e kahea i na makai, e pepehiia aku ana oe e makou. Aole o makou makemake e lilo oe i mea kumakaia ia makou a me ko makou poe, a e lilo ai ka makou hana imi pomai-kai i mea hoopuhiliia mamuli o kau hoike ana aku i ke akea."

"Aha, akahi au a hooiaio iho la i ka pololei o ka ʻ u mea i hoike mua aku nei ia oukou he poe aihue a powa oukou a pau loa, aole o oukou wale no, aka he nuiaku mahope o oukou, a ua makau oukou i ka hoikeia ae o ka meahuna a oukou. Oia paha, ea?"

"O, Aole makou i makau no ka hoikeia ae o ka makou mau mea huna, aka no ko makou hoopuniheiia ana e ke-kahi kiu maauhele o ka po e hanu ai i loaa kau wahi hihia.

"Aole makou, aka, he poe keonimana makou a he inoa ko makou i kaulana i ka maikai ame ka hanohano maloko o ka aina. Aole o makou makemake e kapaia mai he poe e imi ana i ko makou mau pomaikai ma ka hana piliwaiwai ma ke ano powa.

"E, auhea oe, ke haawi aku nei makou ia oe i hookahi wale no manawa hou nou. E hai mai ia makou i kou ano maoli ame kou manao o ka hoea ana mai ia nei, malia o alo-ha aku makou ia oe a hookuu aku ia oe e hele me kou hoopoino ole ia aku, aka, i ole pela, alaila," ahoomaha iho la ke kamailio ana a ke kanaka.

"Ina aole au e hoike aku ana, alaila heaha ana ka oukou mea e hana mai ana maluna o‘u?"

"Pepehi aku ia oe a make, oia wale no; lohe oe?"

"Aole au i hele mai nei ianei me ka manao e pepehiia mai e oukou aka, i hele mai nei au no ka hooko ana i ka ianei kono, eia ka he kono kana no ka hookomo ana aku ia‘u iloko o ka poino, ke poino nae hoi. Aole loa e hiki ia oukou ke hooweliweli mai ia‘u me he mea la ma ko oukou manao iho paha he kanaka hoewale au, a i ole, he kamalii paha."

"Ua lohe ae la no oukou i ka i ala kamailio? He keu aku kela a ke kanaka hooikeike nui wale: Ua hoohaahaa maoli mai oia ia kakou a pau me he mea ole wale la no kakou apua imua on a." wahi a kekahi o na kanaka o ka pane ana mai."

"Oia hoi ka‘u i lohe aku la, ua hoino mai oia me ka haa-haa pu ia kakou a pau loa. E pono oia e hakaka mai no kona ola, a i ole e ae mai e ki aku iaia a make me he ilio la." wahi a kekahi kanaka okoa aku o ka pane ana mai, a oia no hoi ke kanaka helehelena li-o loa o lakou a pau me he kanaka hehena la.

Nee ae la o Dana i ka akaaka ia manawa me ka ninau pu ana aku:

"O ko oukou makemake oia anei ko ʻ u hakaka hookahi aku ia oukou a pau elima? Ina o ko oukou makemake ia ua makaukau au e hakaka aku a e ku pakahi mai nae oukou."

"E, auhea oukou, ua lohe like ae la no kakou a pau i ka i ala mau olelo haakei me ke kapa pu mai ia kakou he poe hui powa. Ea, aole keia he mau olelo hoohaahaa nui wale ia kakou. E pono kakou e o-u e ae i ko i ala ola i nei mana-wa, ua ikeia aku auanei ka hoea io mai o na makai a o ko kakou pau loa io mai no ia i ka hopuia, ehia ka hoi mea aloha o ka ike ole mai o na wahine a kakou ia kakou."

"Ua pololei ka‘u i olelo mua, aku nei ia oukou he poe aihue a powa oukou a pau loa. Ke ike nei au i ko‘u hoo-walewaleia ana mai a komo ana i nei lua huna a oukou, he mau hana hoino a hoohahaa loa keia a oukou ia‘u, aka, e palua aku ana no ka‘u olelo ana akau ia oukou ua aa wau e hakaka pakahi me oukou. E hana mai oukou i ka mea a oukou i makemake ai e hana mai maluna o‘u i nei manawa, mai kali o hala ka manawa pono, a ma kahi o ko oukou hoopoino mai ia ʻ u, e like me ia a oukou i hooweliweli mai nei ia ʻ u, owau ke hana aku ana i ka mea e ike ai oukou i kahoohamauia aku o na waha o oukou."

"E kii aku kekahi o oukou i mau pahikaua," i kauoha ae ai o Girera i kekahi o na kanaka e ku lohaloha mai ana me na lima iloko o na pakeke a e paa ana hoi i na kuku o na pu panaparia a lakou.

"Owai o oukou e hakaka mua ae me ia?" i ninau ae ai o Girera iwaena o na kanaka i ka manawa i loaa mai ai o na pahikaua.

"Owau," wahi a kekahi kanaka o ka pane ana mai. Oia ke kanaka a Dana i manao kuhihewa aku ai mamua nana e malama aua oloko o ia hale, alole nae o kekahi no oia o keia auna o ka poe powa, a i manawa oia i hele mai ai imua me ka paa ana ae i kaua pahikaua a oniu ae la i ka lewa.

"Owau ke hakaka aku me ia, e na keonimaua, a in a no ko‘u make ea, alaila komo mai ana kekahi o oukou aka, ma kuu manao, i ka'u hanau pahi mua no lele ke poo o i ala i kahi e."

O ka Kukahaoa keia o ka liki mua ana mai e ka manao he U‘a, a i ole he maukauka hoe hewa loa ka kakou koa, in a paha i maopopo mua ia lakou o ke keiki onium o ka ihe kauwila mai ia o Puukapele, ka ulu maika nana e kaa ka-haualoa, aole la e hoonana mai.

"Aohe i kupono na na kanaka keonimana e like me oukou e haha i kekahi haha hoohaahaa loa e like me keia ma ka hakaka ana me kekahi kanaka hupo elike me kei. Na‘u e hakaka mua ae me ia; owau ka mea kupono a owau no hoi kona hoa e kohu ai, no ka mean, ua like ko mua kaulana; no ka papa i like me ko‘u kela kanaka, aole no na keoni-mana e like me oukou.

"Ea, e Hanale." wahi a Girera o ka pane ana aku," ma-nao au aole o oe ka mea kupono e hakaka mea iam no ka mea aole oe he kanaka i paulehia i ka hakaka ana me ka pahikaua; maila he kanaka kela i oi aku ka punalehia ma-mua ou o ko make mai no ia i kana pahi mua, a helu ekahi kela."

"O, mai hopohopo oe, o ka‘u ai keia ame ka‘u i-a mai ko‘u mau la pokeo mai, heaha kau hopohopo ana iho? Ua hiki loa ia‘u ke hooiaio aku imua ou, e kuu haku, he kanaka wau i paulehia ia hana a mai keakea mai oe. Na‘u e a‘o aku iaia i ke ano o ka hakaka ana me ka pahikaua."

Aole hiki is Dana ke hoomaopoo i ka manaoio maoli o keia poe kanaka i kana nana aku me he mea la he mau haha hoomeamea wale no keia a lakou iaia e eia nae ua holopono maoli ka lakou haha ana a he hana no hoi i hana mua ia e lakou maua aku.

Ina no ka hopuia o nei poe a pau a paa a iloko o ko la- kou manawa kuhaiki loa e hakuepa ana lakou oia ka i hoao e hoeha aku i kekahi o lakou.  He nui a lehulehu na hihia o keia ano i ikeia maloko o Nu loka a ua pakele ka mea hana maoli i ka hewa.  Ma kekahi luhia ua hoike hoopu-nipuni kekahi mau kanaka imua o ka aha na ka mea i hoehai i koi maoli aku i kekahi poe e hakaka lua, a ma kekahi hihia i ikeia ua make maoli kekahi kanaka, a oiai ua lehulehu na hoike ma ka aoao o ka poe hoopii, oiai he poe powa a pepehikanaka wale no lakou apau, ua apono ka aha i na oleloike a kela poe kanaka.

Ma keia ma hihia ae la a elua i hoikeia ae la ua mao- popo i ka oihana makai he pepehikanaka maoli ka mea i hanaia maluna o kela kanaka i makeai, aka, oiai aohe hoike ma ka aoao o ke aupuni ua hookuuia ka poe i hana maoli ai i ka hewa.

Ma keia hihia ua hiki i na kanaka eha ke hoike hoopuni- puni aku imua o ka aha e like me ko lakou makemake, a ma e manaoio ana ka aha hookolokolo i na olelo a nei poe ka- naka he lahilahi loa ka pono ma kona aoao.  O keia ano ha-na hope i hoikeia ae la a na kanaka ka kakou koa i koho iho ai pela ana lakou e hana mai ai maluna on a, e hooili ana lakou i na hewa a pau maluna on a, a o keia no hoi ka lakou o ka hoolala ana i mea nona e make ai, a mai ko io no paha ko lakou manao in a aole kela kikeke a ka makai- kiu o ka lohe ana aku mawaho mai o ka hale.

Aka nae, me kela kakou no i maopopo loa e hoea mai ana i ka manawa kupono loa no ka hoopakele ana ae iaia eia nae, o na manawa kupono a pau no kona palekana ua huli ku-e mai no iaia i kona manawa i ike iho ai i ka maa- lea maoli me ke akamai pu o na hana i hoolalaia ai i mea nona e poino ai.

MOKUNA VI.

Ka Ike Ana o Dana i Kana Mea e Hana Aku Ai.

Iloko o keia manawa kuhaiki loa alaila hooholo iho la ka makaikiu Dana no kekahi mea ana e hana aku. oia hoi. e hooloi ae i ka hana i makaukau loa ka make nona i hana hooakaaka:

Akaaka aku la oia i ka manawa ana i ike aku ai i ke kanaka o ka aa ana mai e hakaka me ia me ka manao e pepehi mai iaia a make i ka i ana aku:

"Ke ike aku nei au i kou manao eia ka, he makemake oe e papalealea kaua, a i ole o oukou no a pau.  E hookoia aku ana ko oukou makemake iloko o ka manawa pokole loa.  Homai ka‘u pahikaua.  He keonimana wau, e like no me ia a‘u o ka hoike mua ana aku nei ia oukou, aka, no ka aa ana mai nei nae hoi o kela kanaka haaliki ke aa pu nei au e hakaka aku me ia, a e hauoli ana no hoi i ka inu ike aku nei ua ikona makemake e liko ka i‘o on a i ai na na ike aku nei au i kona makemake e liko ka oi on a i ai na na manu o ka lewa, no ia kumu e hooko aku ana wau i kona makemake.  Ae e na keonimana ole wale, ke ae aku nei au e hakaka me ia, kii koke aku i pahikaua na‘u a hoomaka koke ae ka paalealea ana, akahi mai la ke hui o kuu mau aahuki, ke ike nei au i ka wela, me ka hele a hahana o kuu kumu peeiao."

I nei mau olelo no a ka makaikiu kau e ka weli i na kanaka.  Mamua aku aole lakou i manao e loaa ana ke- kahi manao aa iloko o Dana, a e lilo ana la ka lakou mau olelo hooweliweli mai iaia i mea no i nei e maka‘u ai, aole nae pela ka lakou mea i ike.

"Owai o oukou e ku ae i kokua mahope ona?" i niau ae ai o Girera imua o na kanaka e ku mai ana me na pu panapana iloko o ko lakou mau lima.

"I kokua aha ia no‘u, mai hookaumaha i ko oukou mau noonoo, e na keonimana ole wale," i pane aku ai kaa ma- kaikiu Dana, me ka anehe ana ae e wehe i kona kuka ia manawa no ka hoomakaukau ana no ka hooili kaua.

"O, aole, e pono e loaa i kokua nou.  A oiai aohe ou kuleana nno kekahi uku e koi mai ai e lawelaweia aku no keia hana mo he la he keonimana oiaio oe.  E tadafoda, e oluolu mai anei oe e lilo i kokua nona?"

"E lilo i koua nona?"i hoopili mai ai ka Tadafoda uinau ana.  "O, e hoole aku ana wau!  Aole o‘u makemake e lilo au i mea kokua no kekahi kanaka ino haahaa loa iloko o keia hana hanohano me  ko‘u ike maopopo aku no he kiu oia a he mea imi mai e hooplilkia ia kakou mai ana oe i kokua au nona alaila e koho ae i kekahi o lakou nei, no‘u iho aole loa wau e ae aku ana i kou manao."

I keia manawa ua oi mai la ka paele imua me ka hoo- makaukau ana iaia iho no ka hakaka, a ua laweia mai la no hoi na pahikaua a elua a waiho mamua o lakou.  I ka uana aku ua kuo maoli keia hana a o ka ulele wale no koe, eia nae, ma ka nana aku a ka makaikiu aia no he hana hoo- meamea a i ole he hana hooakaka paha ma ka mile o keia hana.

"E huikala aku ana au ia Tadafoda mai ka lilo ana mai i mea kakua ia‘u." i pane aku ai ka makaikiu.

"E Mr. Tadafoda, nani ia ua hookuu mai la no ke pio a kakou ia oe aole e lilo i kokua nona. ke hookuu pu aku aei au ia oe." wahi a Girera o ka pane ana ae.  "Peha la kou manao, e ae mai ana anei oe i ka‘u noi e lilo oe i mea kokua i kela kanaka ma keia hakaka ana?"

"Ua hoole mua aku nei hoi au, a e hoole hou aku ana no au no ka lua a no ke kolu o ka manawa aole wau e ae aku ana."

"Ua lohe ae la no kaua i ko Tadafoda hoole ana mai la aole oia e lilo i mea kokua aku ma kou aoao, a pehea hoi kou manao ia‘u e ae mai ana anei oe owau kou kokua?" wahi a Girera o ka ninau ana mai i ka makaikiu.

"Aohe au e ae aku ana i kau noi.  Ua nana aku au ia oukou a pau loa ma ke ano he poe hui wale no oukou a wau ma na hana aihue a powa eia wale no ka‘u e hoike aku ia oukou ua makaukau au e halawai aku me oukou e like me ka oukou i koi mai nei o ko‘u hopena iho la ia.

"Aole au he kanaka hohewale, aole ia mea he maka‘u a he weliweli iloko o‘u.  Aole o‘u makemake e pepehiia mai au a make elike me kkahi iole iloko o ka umii i maopopo ole kana mea e hana ai no ka hoopakele ana ae i kona ola, ua makaukau au o ka make iloko o ko oukou mau lima, aka e make nae au me ka anohano aole ma kekahi ano make lapuwale, e like me ia a oukou i makema- ke mai ai.

Nana aku a nana mai na kanaka ia lakou iho me ka piha kahaha loa.  Mamuli o kela lohe ana aku o ka makaikiu i kela kikeke mawaho mai o ka hale, ua hoolana loa ia ae kona manao, ua loli loa ae kona mau ano hoopepe a pau mamua iho ma ia manawa ma ka nana mai a na kanaka iaia ua like loa kona helehelena me kekahi liona i makau- kau e lele aku maluna o kone enemi, a no ka mean, ua pau mau kana papahana i ka hoolalaia, ua haawi mau oia i ke kauoha i kona kokoolau, ka makaikiu wahine Metti, a e ike aku ana kakou i kana hana ma nei mau koke iho.

"He põe ihue oukou apau loa," wahi a ka makaikiu Dana o ka pane ana aku me ke koa," he poe aihue a peehikanaka o ke ano ino loa.  Ke ole au e hoho hewa o oukou @ poe na lakou i pepehi i kekahi kanaka opio a @ @ mahina i hala aku nei, a ke manaoio nei no hou @ pe- pehiia oia ma ke ano like loa me ia a oukou e hana mai nei ia‘u i keia la; aka, e hoike aku au i oukou aole loa e ko ana ko oukou manao peehikanaka maluna o‘u."

Ma keia manawa he mau helehelena o ka poe i piha i ka makau ko na kanaka apau loa, a nana mau ae ana kekahi o lakou i kekahi me ka maka‘u.  O, o ka wiwo wale ana iho no hoi paha la he lehulehu lakou, i na olelo wale no ka a ka makaikiu kau e ka weli.

Ua maopopo loa ko lakou hookahaihaia aku, a ua hoo- mahuahua loa ia aku iloko o lakou i ka wa a ka kakou koa i hooho ae ai: "Ua hala aku la ka manawa no ke kamailio, he manawa wale no keia no ka hana.  E pono e hoomaka kokeia mai ka make a oukou i manao ai e kau mai maluna o‘u."

I keia manawa o ka Dana keehi iho la no ia i ka papa- hele me ka ikaika a he mea hookahahaia no hoi ia la o na kanaka a pau i ka manawa i komo mai ai o kekahi opio a ku ana iloko o ka rumi me ka palamimo loa.  Ua hemo koke ae la ua pu panapana a na kanaka a pau ia manawa a paa iloko o ko lakou mau lima aohe nae he ki mai.

Ia manawa kamailio koke aku la ka makaikiu i na kana- ka i ka i ana aku: "Ke ike mai la oukou hana ame ko oukou ma- nao, nolaila ua hoomakaukau mua wai i kokua no‘u: o keia ko‘u kokua; e ike ana keia opio i ko‘u hooko aku i ka‘u mea i hoike mua aku nei ia oukou no ko‘u aa e hakaka aku me oukou."

O Girera ke kanaka mua i niunau ae i ka opio me ke kau- oha ana e hoike aku i kona inoa:

"Ea, e kela opio, owai kou inoa, a pehea oe i aa ai e komo mai iloko nei o kuu hale me ke kono a hoike oleia @ o ka ae no kou komo mai iloko nei?"

He helehelena hoihoi a minoaka ko ka opio o ia pane ana aku i ka i ana: "he kuhi ko‘u he mau lealea la koloko nei oia ko‘u kumu o ke komo ana mai la : oia wale no.  Ina he hakaka koloko nei ea, owau kekahi mea makemake ia lealea makemake au i ke ano hakaka keonimana aole i ke ano hakaka a na holoholona."

"Ka kahi keiki hooio a--heaha kau wahi eha e kena wahi keiki iwi palupalu, waiho a oo ka iwi e like me ko makou alaila hoonahoa mai.  O oe ae nei ka hoi kahi ilio makilo nana makou e paio mai?  Ihea kou wahi i a‘o ai i nei mea o ka hakaka a hele mai ia anei e hoonana ai?  Hele pela, o pau aku ou mau iwiw i ka hakihaki a o ko io haawi aku na na mano pololi o ka moana e ai mai."

"He keu io paha hoi kela a kahi keiki makilo hoonana nui wale o ka hele ana mai la a komo ana iloko nei me ke kono ole ia kau.  E hopu aku iaia a hauhoa aku iaia a hauhoa aku i ka pou.  "O ke kamailio wale mai no nae ka ua mau kanaka la aohe hoao mai e hopu i ka opio.  Akahi no lakou a ike he hana ka i hoolala mua ia e Dana a lakou nae i maopopo ole ai, o ka lakou hana ka lakou i maopopo aole nae lakou i ike mai i ka papahana a ka makaikiu.

He põe kanaka akamai a piha maalea wale no keia a pau ma keia hana o ka aihue mae ka powa, ua ike lakou i ka lakou mau mea e hana ai no ka holopono o ka lakou hana : ua hanao lakou ua holopono ka lakou paani ana, eia nae ua hikiwawe loa ka hoea ana mai o kekahi hana hou nana i hoololi ae i ka lakou mau mea a pau i manaoio ai mamua e holopono ana.

Ua lilo keia hana pohihihi i mea hoololo ia lakou a ua lilo ke koa o ke kanaka hookahi a lakou i manao ai ma- mua iho e lilo ana i pio na lakou i mea hooweliweli wku ai lakou i nei manawa e hiki ole ai a lakou ke hana ma i ke- kahi mea.  Ma keia manawa, oiai he akanaka maka‘u wale o Tadafoda ua nihi hele aku la oia a kokoke i kahi o ka puka eia nae na ike e aku la o Dana i kona manao hoomaku- kau e holo, a oia kona manawa i kahea koke aku ai me ka leo nui i ka i ana aku:

"E kela hohewale, e aha aku ana oe?"

(Aole i pau.)