Kaao no Laukiamanuikahiki. 



OMAKIIOEOE ka makuakane, o Hina ka makuahine (o Kiiaihelani ko Makii- 

 oeoe aina, oia ke 'lii olaila, he vvahine no kana e noho ana i Ki;aihelani, hookalii 



keiki me ia wahine, o Kaliikiula ka inoa). No Kauai o Hina, ilaila kahi i loaa 

 ai o Laukiamanuikahiki. Mai Kuaihelani ka Makiioeoe hele ana mai, a loaa o Hina i 

 Kauai, moe laua; a liuliu, hapai o Hina. Ia wa, hoi o Makiioeoe i Kuaihelani, olelo 

 aku ia Hina: "E, ke hoi nei au; e noho oe a i hanau he keiki kane, kapa oe i kuu inoa; 

 a i hanau he kaikamahine, kapa oe i ka inoa o Eaukiamanuikahiki. I hanai oe a i nui, 

 a manao e hele ae e imi ia'u, eia na hoailona, he lei palaoa, he kupee, he ahuula, he 

 waa nui, he waa iki, he kanaka nui, he kanaka iki, he waa ula, he pea ula, he ka ula- 

 ula, he aha ula, he kanaka ula." Hoi aku la o Makiioeoe i Kuaihelani, me ka olelo i 

 na kiai i ke ano o ke kaikamahine, a me ke kanu i na mea a pau loa no Laukiamanui- 

 kahiki, na kiowai a me na mea e ae, kapu a noa ia Laukiamanuikahiki. 



Hanau o Laukiamanuikahiki, hanai ilio la o Hina me kana kane, a nui. He 

 mea man ia Laukiamanuikahiki, ke alakai i kamalii a ka hale, haawi i ka ai a pau, 

 huhu ka makuakane, pepehi iho la ia Laukiamanuikahiki. Pela ka liana man ana a 

 ka makuakane, a uluhua ka makuahine o Hina i ka niuau o ke kaikamahine i kona 

 makukane. I aku o Hina ia Laukiamanuikahiki: "O hele a kela pali la o ko makua- 

 kane ia." Hiki aku la keia a ka pali, ninau ana: "O oe paha ko'u makuakane?" Hoole 

 mai ka pali: "Aole au o kou makuakane." 



Hoi aku la keia a mua o Hina koi aku la: "E hai mai oe i ko'u makuakane." 

 "Ae; o hele a kela opu ohe la o ko makuakane ka hoi ia." Hiki aku la keia ilaila, 

 olelo aku la i ke opu ohe: "O kuu makuakane paha oe?" "Aole au o kou makuakane; 

 o Makiioeoe kou makuakane, ua hoi i Kuaihelani." A hiki keia i mua o Hina, olelo 

 aku la: "Hoopunipuui oe ia'u; o Makiioeoe ka hoi ko'u makuakane la ua hoi i Kuaihe- 

 lani, huna oe i'au." "Ae, o ko makuakane ia; ua olelo mai ia'u, aole oe e hele malu 

 aku o mainoino oe, aia he waa ula, he pea ula, he kaula ula, he kanaka ula, he waa 

 nui, he waa iki, he kanaka nui, he kanaka iki." 



I aku o Laukiamanuikahiki: "Aole au e noho, e imi ana au i ko'u makuakane." 



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