422 Fornandcr Collection of Hazvaiian Folk-lore. 



WAAWAAIKINAAUPO AND WAAWAAIKINAAUAO. 



Waawaaikinaauao was the elder and Waawaaikinaaupo was the younger. They 

 were born of the same father and mother. Their occupation was the snaring of birds. 



Once upon a time, just prior to their going up to the woods to snare birds, the older 

 brother addressed the younger brother, saying: "When we get up into the woods today 

 to snare birds and you should catch any of them having holes in their beaks, those are 

 my birds ; do not take them. You must give me those birds and the birds without holes 

 in the beak are yours to keep for yourself."^ The younger brother assented to this. 



Soon after this the two set out, going up into the woods. Every time the younger 

 brother cavight birds he would examine their beak and finding the holes he would turn 

 them over to his Ijrother. This was kept up for the whole day, and not being able to 

 catch any birds without holes in the beak, the younger brother, Waawaaikinaaupo, had to 

 come home without any birds, while the unkind brother had them all. Therefore these 

 names were given these boys as a result of their practices. Waawaaikinaauao meaning 

 Waawaaiki-the-smart-one, and Waawaaiki-naaupo meaning the foolish one. 



RELATING TO LEPE. 



Lepe was a very deceiving fellow who once successfully deceived the ghosts. He 

 was very quick-witted and cunning. Lepe belonged to Waiakea, Hilo. 



One day he walked down to a stream of water and while he was drinking a ghost 

 came to the cliff above the place where he was taking his drink and looked down at Lepe. 

 This ghost happened to be baldheaded. When Lepe looked up and saw the baldheaded 

 ghost, he called out: "As the drum was beating, up came a baldhead; had there only 

 been two, what a beautiful sight it would be." The ghost replied: "If that is what you 

 want, Lepe, you can have two." At this up came another baldheaded ghost. Lepe then 

 repeated what he had said, adding another ghost, until ten baldheaded ghosts stood on 

 the cliff. With this number, Lepe addressed them saying: "Say, you must be hungry?" 

 "Yes, we are hungry." Lepe again said: "Then wait here while I go home and bring 

 the remnants of my last meal." Lepe then returned to the house, took up the calabash 

 and excreted into it, then he urinated into the calabash and stirred up the mixture with 

 a stick. He then took up the coconut shell dish containing some salt and went back to 

 the place where the ghosts were waiting for him, carrying the calabash and the salt dish. 

 When Lepe came up to the ghosts, they took the calabash and stuck their fingers into it 

 and ate the food, and said : "Oh, my, how bad this food does smell and how awfully 

 bitter it is!" Lepe replied: "You see I am all alone by myself, and being alone, I eat my 

 food from the time it is fresh and sweet until it turns sour on me, before I finish it. If I 

 had such a large company as you are with me, why the food would be finished while it is 

 still fresh, and it would not turn sour in the calabash." With this the ghosts continued 

 on eating until the whole mixture in the calabash was finished. After the mixture had 

 been consumed, Lepe called out : "Serve you right, you have all eaten the dung of Lepe." 

 When the ghosts heard this, they all became angry with Lepe, and said: "We are going 



'A case of "heads I win, tails you lose." 



