64 Fornander Collection of Hawaiian Folk-lore. 



In course of time it was known to them that Namakaokahai was to become a 

 mother. While she was with child, one day Aukelenuiaiku and his wife went in 

 bathing, and while they were bathing Aukelenuiaiku went over to where his box was 

 left, as was his custom, to see his god. As he was approaching the place he heard 

 his god Ivonoikoualii calling to him: "Say, Aukelenuiaiku, we are going to be 

 killed. Here comes Halulu, the man-eating bird from heaven." When Aukelenui- 

 aiku heard the call he turned and looked up to heaven. 



CHAPTER Vni. 



How Aukelenuiaiku was Carried off to the Cliff by Halulu. 



Aukelenuiaiku saw that the light of the sun was hidden by the wings of the 

 bird Halulu. After looking at the bird for some time he reached down and picked up 

 his box which contained his god Lonoikoualii. While in the act of picking up the 

 box, and his hands had just come in contact with it, his head was caught in the mouth 

 of the bird Halulu and he was carried up to the cliff. In the side of this cliff was a 

 cave which was the home of the bird. Aukelenuiaiku was carried up and left there. 

 In the cave at this time were four men who had been carried there by the bird to serve 

 as food. When Aukelenuiaiku was left at the cave they greeted him and took pity on 

 him, for they knew that he would be killed by the bird Halulu. While the men were 

 talking by themselves, Aukelenuiaiku asked them: "What are you talking about?" 

 "We are expressing our regrets — for you are such a handsome fellow — for you will be 

 killed and eaten up by the bird." Aukelenuiaiku then asked the men: "How does 

 the bird come to get its victims?" "The right wing comes in first and reaches out 

 for two men, and after they are devoured the left wing will come in and take up two 

 more men, then the beak will come down and devour them." "Which two men will 

 the bird come for first?" Two of the men replied: "We will be the first." "Is the 

 cave very deep?" "Yes, it is quite deep." Aukelenuiaiku then instructed the men, 

 saying: "You two go in as far as you can and remain there, so that when the wing 

 reaches in for you two, I will cut it off here at the mouth of the cave, while these two 

 will start the fire." 



While they were talking about killing the bird, in came the right wing of the 

 bird and it began stretching further and further into the cave until it reached the 

 two men, then it grabbed them. When the wing was about to be drawn to the 

 body with the two men, they called out to Aukelenuiaiku: "Here we are on the 

 wing of the bird." When Aukelenuiaiku heard this he opened his box, took out 

 the axe and began cutting the wing of the bird until it was severed. As soon as the 

 right wing was cut the left wing reached into the cave, when Aukelenuiaiku cut 

 that wing off also, and the men took it up and threw it into the fire. After the 

 two wings had been cut off, the beak reached into the cave and that too was cut off, 

 clean from the body. 



