Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 23, Number 6, 1 June 2006 — ʻŌiwi a native hawaii journal [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

ʻŌiwi a native hawaii journal

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Kv ^5 Tūtū Man ® ku'ualoha ho'omanawanui J3T( Tūtū Man get up early fo go werk rS^ dahk ouside EO Tūtū Lede get up too mek coffee fry eggs, rice 4k wile us mo'opuna still stay sleepin By on da pune'e in dea room Dey move like shadows [Wl quiet no need fo tawk JA? in owa dreams we smell da koffee cooking oil M? hea da sizzle of da Spam es in da ole ast iron pan on da stove āeliek eliek of dishes da mo 'o ouside da window tick tick of da eloek on da fah wall while Tūtū Man sit at da table in his white unda shirt, boxers an staring in his coffee, hlaek. When he pau read da mawnin pepa an scawf down da food Tūtū Lede wen mek fo hini he go in da batchroom shave an Brylcreem his silva hair put on da city bus unifawm Tūtū Lede wen iron fo him las night. Den he lean down an kiss Tūtū Lede on da forehead while she stay washin da dishes. All mawnin he stay drive da people aroun on da city bus Honolulu to Kalihi an back. Tūtū Lede mek hini luneh, and we all go tek un one tuna sandwich on brown bread wrap in wax pepa, īS. one hanana from da chree in da back yahd, da appo kine, one green Tuppaware eup Meadow Gold skim milk all wrap up in da Stah Mahket pepa bag. Den we all go holoholo fo meet Tūtū Man &

pawk Tūtū Lede's ole Chevy down Nu'uanu Ave. by O'ahu Cematary an wait on da eomah fo Tūtū Man's bus. When he eome, we try fo run to da back a da bus, but he give us one mean look we know mean "Sit right hea hehine me." Wen da las passengahs get off up da Pali Tūtū man drive da big empty bus up da ole Pali road an pawk by da stream. Tūtū Lede spread one hali'i unda da mango tree an dey sit togeddah talk stawry while us mo'opuna run all ova an try fo catch da guppies and da tadpoles hiding unda da lily pads and Job's tears in da stream. When Tūtū Man pau eat his luneh we all pile back on da bus again, an he drop us off back down by Tūtū Lede's ole eah. Some days when he pau werk he take us get shave iee down da eomah stowa School Street. Wen da ole Pake man pau pour da chree kalaz fo make one rainbow kine, Tūtū man grab um an smash da iee hall down in da eup so we no spill um den he give us dalla for pay da Pake man, an we stand ouside da eah an slurp um up befoa melt an he laugh at us cuz owa lips stay all blue an owa teet stay all pink. Sometimes we go Kailua Kress stowa for buy strawbarry icees. Tūtū man buss out his green plastic eoin purse an give us all quawta fo buy owa own. On his days off, Tūtū man tek us heaeh. Sometimes we go Kalamaz for body surf. i: Sometimes we go Kalapawai owa Lani Kai jus fo swim an play in da sand. Tūtū man like go Kalamaz and tumble in da waves, too an wen we do dat, he laugh an laugh wit us. Aftah, he tek us McDonald's fowa buy hamburgah Happy Meal. Sometimes, Tūtū Lede eome heaeh wit us. She no swim, but.

On dose days, she make us luneh — fried ehieken an musubi, egg sandwich and potato chips, or ean salmon, onion an poi. Tutu man like fix cahz. Sometimes he let us shine da flashlight fo heem, Sometimes he let us wipe da oil stick. i/W1 Tūtū man like weed da back yahd, talk to da orchids when he wadda dem, da anturiums too ! k « Said dey grow nio good li'dat. When he stay wit his plants he stay lost ■Ma in one nudda world, so when Tūtū Lede eall him, "Tūtū Man! Tūtū Man!" he no ansa, ■ ■ even if dinna time. Q|BH On Sundays, Tūtū Man give us mo'opuna kālā lfln If we good, he give us dalla, so aftah church Mra we walk to Waikāne Stowa fo buy chocolate soda an arare. W But me, I like da cuttle fish. Erytime, he tease me "stink bret!" aftah, ^ j an mek like he no like an tell, "Ew!" 2? but I know, az his favorite one, too ! At night wen da 'ohana eome dea house fo dinnah, Tūtū Man like kanikapila wit da unkos An wen Tūtū Lede no stay he sneak his cigarettes and beer an wink at us an tell, "No tell!" Wen time fo us mo'opuna nioemoe Tūtū man eome in da room an lie down wit us all pile up around hini. He tell Tūtū Lede he going put us sleep, but he da firse one stay snoring ! * J Tūtū Man werk hard for show us how mueh he love us for give us da kine tings he nevah have growing up in Wai'anae, Kalihi, an j Salvation Army Boys' Home. An even tho he no tell wit words us know i'' So we tell, "We love you Tūtū Man."

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