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others in obeying the summons of his granddaughter was because he was delayed in 

 preparation of food for him on the way to the earth. But before he was ready to come 

 he was held by Aukelenuiaiku, and because of this fact we now see the moon not quite 

 as bright as it used to be. It was because Aukelenuiaiku held it so tightly. Anyway, 

 that is the reason given in this story. 



When Aukelenuiaiku and Lonoikoualii landed on the moon, the moon in disgust 

 asked of Aukelenuiaiku: "Whose conceited child are you? My back has never been 

 climbed by my own grandchild, Namakaokahai, and here you have done it." "I am 

 your own child." "Mine by whom?" Aukelenuiaiku replied: "Yours. I am the 

 child of Kapapaiakea with Iku." Kaukihikamalama then said : "Are you the ward of 

 Kapoino and Kamooinanea?" "Yes, I am he." The moon replied: "You came near 

 being killed, my lord." This conversation, in the heaven between Aukelenuiaiku and 

 Kaukihikamalama, was overheard by Namakaokahai, who then knew for the first time 

 that her husband was no other person than Aukelenuiaiku, because the name by which 

 she knew him was Kanakaokai. Therefore she said to her father and brothers: "How 

 strange this is ! I thought that this person was somebody else altogether, but I now see 

 it is Aukelenuiaiku, the son of Kapapaiakea with Iku, and the ward of Kapoino' and 

 Kamooinanea." 



After this, Namakaokahai called out to Kaukihikamalama to come to her with 

 his grandson Aukelenuiaiku. When Aukelenuiaiku was returning to the earth, 

 Namakaokahai commanded that all the different lights return to their respective 

 stations in the heaven so as to give Aukelenuiaiku light by which to return to earth; 

 these being the sun, the daylight, the lightning and the fire. When Aukelenuiaiku 

 again reached the earth the people all cried for joy. After the weeping, Kuwahailo, 

 Makalii, Kamalanaikuaheahea, Kaukihikamalama and the others prepared to return 

 to heaven. 



After the return of their friends, Aukelenuiaiku and Namakaokahai for a long 

 time remained by themselves, as husband and wife. After this, however, Namaka- 

 okahai said to her husband: "You must make another search for the water of ever- 

 lasting life of Kane." Aukelenuiaiku agreed to this. Namakaokahai then said to 

 him: "I want you to watch the course you are to go by. From the door of our 

 house in a straight line to the rising sun, and I want you to remember this: that 

 you must go over this course from one end to the other, and you must not go out- 

 side of these limits, for if you do you will die." At the close of the instructions, 

 Aukelenuiaiku again began his second flight toward heaven. At the end of the 

 long flight he stood on the edge of a hole, in the bottom of which was kept the water 

 of everlasting life of Kane. The journey was only completed, however, after a flight 

 of six months. 



As Aukelenuiaiku stood on the edge of the hole he saw Kanenaiau, the guard 

 who was placed there by Kamohoalii to keep away all intruders. When Aukelenui- 



^ Kapoino. lit. the evil night; ka, the, po, intensive, ino, bad or evil; hence any person or thing unfortunate, in 

 distress, or ill-fated. 



