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e eo nia ka heihei ana, alaila, kalua i ka uniu, e like me ka olelo hooholo a lakou. Ma 

 keia heihei ana, he nvii ka ])oe jiili kakalalo. niahope o ianei a me lakou la. 



Hoeu mai ki lakou la e holo, i aku keia: "Eia ka hooholo loa o ka kakou hana, 

 ina au i pae e i uka nei, cia ka honholo loa ana o ka make, eha naUi e hee ai. Penei ke 

 ano, i hee au a i pau na nalu clia, a ])ae ole oukou i laila, ua mao])opo ko oukou make, a 

 pela hoi oukou, e like me a"u; aka, ua make no wan ia oukou he lehulehu oukou." Ua 

 aelike lakou la i keia olelo. 



Ee ae la lakou ma ko lakou waa, eono ka loa, ee no hoi o Kuapakaa ma kona waa 

 eono ka loa. Hole aku la lakou a hiki i kai, i aku o Kuapakaa; "Eia ka pahu ku o ka- 

 kou." Hoole mai na kanaka makua : "Aole keia o ka pahu; aia ka pahu ku o kakou a 

 ale ke kai i luna o ka aina, o ia ku kakon wahi e ku ai a Iieihei." 1 aku o Kuapakaa; 

 "He makehewa wale no ia liuju ana i kai, he nui hoi oukou, hohe ilm la no oukou ia'u 

 liookahi, e heihei ia aku la no ])aha e kakou i kuanalu, ina na eo i.a oukou. Nolaila, ke 

 hai aku nei au ia oukou, e make ana oukou ia'u, o ka wahine, o ke keiki, o ka makua ka 

 mea aloha." 



A nalowale na hale o uka, i aku la lakou ia Kuapakaa : "Eia ka i)ahu ku o kakou." 

 Ae aku o Kuapakaa ; ia wa, hookuku lakou a kaulike na waa, a kupono. Ia wa, holo 

 lakou me ka hoe ikaika loa, a puka aku la ka poe lehulehu manma, kaa hope o Kuapa- 

 kaa. Nana aku la o Kuai)akaa i ka lakou la hoe ana, e unuhi loa ana ka laulau o ka hoe 

 i luna loa, lele ]nt me ka mapuna kai i luna loa, o ia koieie o ke kai maho])e o ka waa, e 

 milo ana me ka ikaika loa. Hoo aku la o Kuapakaa i kona waa maloko o ke kai e koieie 

 ana mahope o lakou la, a holo aku la ma ia mimilo, hookahi a Kuajiakaa hana, o ka uli i ka 

 hoe, e hooponopono ai i ka ihu o kona waa, i holo pololei i nuia. Ia lakou la e hoopa- 

 pau ana i ka hoe, a ea mai la, e kau aku ana keia maho]:)e, nolaila, hoopapau lakou la i 

 ka hoe, i mua, alalia, kahea aku o Kuapakaa; "Hoe a ikaika i eo." No keia leo kahea, 

 hooikaika loa lakou i ka hoe. 



A kokoke lakou i uka, hoea aku la ka waa nui o na kanaka mamua, a o ko ke 

 keiki hoi mahope, nolaila, hoopaapaa o uka, me ka olelo; "Ua eo ke keiki! ua eo ke keiki!" 

 A mahope o keia leo uwa o uka, hoea aku la ka waa o Kuapakaa i nuia o ko na kanaka 

 makua waa, alaila, olioli ke i)oe mahope o ke keiki, i ke eo ia lakou, pela ka oi ana o ko 

 Kuapakaa waa a pae i uka. Lalau iho la i ka pa])a heenalu, a au aku la e heenalu, e like 



