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coconut, and then called to his grandaunt: "Say, Luahinekaikapu, turn your face 

 toward the sky." When the old woman heard this she turned her face up as 

 directed. Aukelenuiaiku then threw with much force the two young shoots at the 

 eyes of Luahinekaikapu. 



When these struck her in the ej-es, she jumped up and cried with a loud voice: 

 "Oh! I am killed." Aukelenuiaiku then called out to her: "Don't cry, be quiet; rub 

 your eyes, they may open up and you will then be able to see." When the old woman 

 heard this call from her grandchild, she began rubbing her eyes. After doing this 

 her sight was restored and she was able to see as before. Aukelenuiaiku then called 

 out to her: "How are your eyes?" "I can see now." After this Aukelenuiaiku 

 climbed down the tree. 



Luahinekaikapu then said to Aukelenuiaiku: "I want you to go and bring me 

 some pohuehue and akoko." Aukelenuiaiku procured these things and brought them 

 to his grandaunt. She then took and pounded them together with some charcoal, 

 kukui nut and dirt, until the whole mess became soft. The old woman then said to 

 her grandchild: "We will now proceed to fix you up." By this the old woman meant 

 that she was to paint or rub the stuff prepared by her on the hands of Aukelenuiaiku 

 so as to make them look like the hands of Kamohoalii. 



After these things the hands of Aukelenuiaiku were painted black so that they 

 looked like the hands of Kamohoalii, for the guards who had the keeping of the water 

 of life of Kane knew that the hands of Kamohoalii were black. The water of life of 

 Kane was being watched by certain men, and any hands that reached down that were 

 not black would not be able to receive the water. 



After the hands of Aukelenuiaiku had been blackened the grandaunt said to 

 him: "We will sit here until the preparation of the awa is finished, when you must 

 approach the opening. When you get to the opening, reach in with your hands. The 

 first gourd they will give you contains the bitter water; throw that away and reach in 

 again, and when they hand you the second gourd, that one contains the water of life 

 of Kane; bring that with you." Aukelenuiaiku then followed these instructions and 

 approached the opening of the place in which the water of life of Kane was kept. 

 After waiting for a moment Aukelenuiaiku reached in with his hands. When the 

 guards saw these hands reaching in they were surprised, for they had never seen such 

 a thing before. Being surprised, they hesitated for a while to study what they should 

 do. The guards then took up some food and placed it into the hands of Aukelenuiaiku, 

 but the hands dropped the food ; they then placed some fish in the hands, and still the 

 fish was dropped. The guards then wondered what the hand was reaching for. 

 Finally one of the guards said : "Perhaps the hands are after the water of life of Kane." 

 One of the other guards thought that this was possible, so the gourd called Huawai- 

 akaula, which held the water of life of Kane, was taken up and placed into the hands 

 of Aukelenuiaiku. 



When the gourd was given to Aukelenuiaiku, he came up with it; then he 

 broke off the neck and poured the water into his own gourd ; then he proceeded and 



