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him: "Are the gods that 3^011 have just mentioned 3'our gods?" "Yes, they are my 

 gods handed down from my ancestors to my parents, and from them to me." When 

 they heard these words, they asked him that he offer them the same prayers again. 

 Aukelenuiaiku then replied: "If it was a story it would be all right to repeat it, bvit 

 being a prayer to the gods it would not do to repeat it, because, so far it is only from 

 my side that offerings have been made : 



"Men have been killed and placed on the altar. 

 Pigs have been killed and placed on the altar. 

 Dogs and chickens have been killed and placed on the altar. 

 Bananas and awa have been placed on the altar, 

 Coconuts and red fish have been placed on the altar. 



"All these things have I placed on the altar as offerings to my gods, whose 

 names I have just enumerated, but so far I have not received anything in return from 

 them. If these things had been given to some human being, my bones" would have 

 been cared for." 



By these cunning words Aukelenuiaiku received certain benefits, and in time 

 was saved from certain death prepared by Namakaokahai. When the brothers of 

 Namakaokahai heard these words spoken b}^ Aukelenuiaiku, they replied: "Today 

 you will receive your proper dues from the gods in payment for all the good you 

 have faithfully done them, and you shall be paid in full." 



CHAPTER VII. 



How Aukelenuiaiku Became the Husband of Namakaokahai. 



The brothers of Namakaokahai then said to Aukelenuiaiku: "Where are you? 

 Listen to these instructions. In case your wife should call you to come to her, don't 

 do it, for it will mean your death. If she should ask that you come to the door, don't 

 go, for that too will mean death to you. If she should ask 3^011 to come onto the 

 lounge made of mats, don't go up, for that too means your death. You must, therefore, 

 go and sit by the doorwa3^, and when she finds that you will not respond to her call, 

 she will come to 3'ou at the door. If she should ask you to sleep with her, don't give 

 your consent, for you will get killed ; but you sit on her breast and give a sigh, and 

 when she asks of you why you sighed, tell her that you are hungry for something to 

 eat; and if she should order you to come and get something to eat, obey her, for 3'our 

 wife is a goddess and not a human being." These admonitions were satisfactory to 

 Aukelenuiaiku. In all these things we know that Aukelenuiaiku after all received 

 some good in return for the offerings he pretended to have made to the gods, for in the 

 end he won Namakaokahai and she became his wife. 



^ Ola na nc/, lit. bones live, is understood not only to be revived by relief of present distress, but to perpetuate 

 one's existence through his progeny. 



