588 Fornander Collection of Hawana7i Folk-lo7-e. 



"Have I not found a fish that is rich and round? The sea egg is indeed round 

 and rich." 



The men: Theomao' chirps, 



It shivers in the rain, 



In Puna, at Keaau, at Iwainalo, 



In Puna. 



"We have taken everything pertaining to the word (nalo) and none is left for 

 the boy. Young man, you must indeed die." 



The boy: The alala •" caw caws 

 It shivers in the rain. 

 In Kona, at Honalo, it is (nalo) hidden. 



"Have I not used the word nalo? I think I have." 



The men: The filthy smell of the dung approaches. 

 The dung that was washed by the hand, 



"We believe you are beaten this time for we have taken the only phrase where 

 the word lima (hand) can be used and there is none left. Die 3'ou will." 



The boy: It is coming! It is coming! 



The filth}- smell of the dung approaches, 

 Of the dunghill at Kahauloa, 

 At the five (elima) Kalamas. 



"There is the lima for you." 



77/1? 7ne7i: There is my bird, my bird. 



My bird with its wings hanging down, a dragon-fly. 

 For at sight of water its wings hang down, 

 They hang down. 



"You will be beaten this time, young man, for you will never be able to find any 

 thing with wings that hang down, for we have taken the only one and there is none 

 left. Die j'oti must." 



The boy: There is my bird, my bird, 



My bird with its wings hanging down, of kaunihi. 

 For at sight of a blade of grass its wings hang down, 

 The^- hang down. 



"Don't their wings hang down by the wind? They do." 



The men: The kaunooa^ plant creeps there above without roots, 

 It has no stem, its only stem is the wood it creeps on. 

 The kaunooa plant creeps. 



"Die you will, boy, for we have taken the only thing that creeps without roots, or 

 stem, and there is none left." 



' Omao, a small bird of the thrush family {Phaornis ''Alala, the Hawaiian crow (Corvus tropicus), 



obscura). ^Kaunooa, a species of vine without roots. 



