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600 Fornander Collection of Hawaiian Folk-lore. 



The owl then called out to Laukiamanuikahiki: 



Say! Laukiamanuikahiki, 

 The daughter of Makiioeoe, 

 The daughter of Hina, 

 Die you will, die you will. 



Laukiamanuikahiki replied: 



Thou wicked owl! Thou wicked owl, 



Thus revealing my name 



As Laukiamanuikahiki, 



Daughter of Makiioeoe, 



Daughter of Hina, 



You are a deceiving owl. 



This call and reply was repeated twice before the guards heard it, when they 

 sat up and listened to the call and they understood the meaning conveyed by the owl 

 in its call. At this one of the guards said to his companion: "Say, this must be Lau- 

 kiamanuikahiki, the king's own daughter." The other replied: "No, this cannot be 

 the one, for she was to come in a red canoe having red sails, red paddles, red men, a 

 large canoe, a small canoe, large men and small men; these I understand are the things 

 that should accompany her; this girl on the other hand is a poor girl for she has come 

 without any of these things." The two again listened to the conversation between the 

 owl and girl. After a while they agreed to go up and tell the king of the possibility 

 of this girl being his daughter. They arrived at the home of Makiioeoe after midnight 

 and roused him up saying: "Say, you wake up." "What is it?" said Makiioeoe. "There 

 is an owl right over the pig house where the girl is held who called out to the girl in 



the following way: 



Say! Laukiamanuikahiki, 

 Daughter of Makiioeoe, 

 Daughter of Hina, 

 Die you will, die you will. 



The girl then answered: 



Thou wicked owl! Thou wicked owl. 



Thus revealing my name 



As Laukiamanuikahiki, 



Daughter of Makiioeoe, 



Daughter of Hina, 



You are a deceiving owl. 



This was the conversation carried on between the two. "Yes, she is my daugh- 

 ter, Laukiamanuikahiki." The king then accompanied by the guards proceeded to the 

 place where they were stationed when they heard the conversation, and Makiioeoe sat 

 down and listened for the call of the owl and for the girl's replj^ 



At the conclusion of the conversation between the owl and the girl, the king 

 knew this was his own daughter, Laukiamanuikahiki. He then broke into the house 

 took up his daughter and wept over her. 



After the guards had departed to inform the king, the owl flew down and clapped 

 its wings on the girl, placed the necklace of whale's teeth around the girl's neck, girded 



