Kaao no Kepakailiula. 



MOKUNA I. 

 HuLi NO KA Wahine Kupono. 



OIA KEKAHI o na keiki ikaika o Hawaii nei, nana i hele mai Hawaii, Maui, 

 Oahu, Kauai. K hiki ia ia ke ku i niua o ka lehulehu a hakaka, a pepehi, a 

 lanakila nialuna o kona poe enemi. He huanioa o Kepakailiula, o Keaau i Puna, 

 Hawaii, ka aina hanau. O Ku, ka niakuakane, o Hina, ka makuahine, o Kiinoho a me 

 Kiihele na kahu hanai o Kepakailiula. O Paliuli ka aina i hanai ia ai o Kepakailiula, a 

 nui. 



A hiki kona mau niakahiki i ka iwakalua, he kanaka maikai loa o Kepakailiula ma 

 kona kino. Aohe ona kina mai ka manea o kona wawae a kona piko poo. A no kona 

 kanaka maikai loa, kena aku o Kiinoho ia Kiihele, e hele ma Hawaii a puni, e imi i wa- 

 hine na Kepakailiula. 



He kanaka mama loa o Kiihele, ekolu puni o Hawaii i ka la hookahi ia ia, holo 

 mai la ia mai Paliuli mai a Hilo, loaa o Kukuilauania he wahine maikai, hookahi kina o 

 ka ]mu o na niaka, haalele o Kiihele. Haalele aku la o Kiihele ia Hilo, hele mai la ia a 

 hiki i Hamakua. Malaila mai a Waimea, a Kohala, hoi hou a hiki i Paliuli, ma Puna. 

 Ninau mai kona kaikuaana o Kiinoho: "Pehea aku la kau huakai?" "Aohe 

 loaa o kau wahine i imi aku nei?" "Aole," wahi a Kiihele. I mai o Kiinoho: "E hele 

 oe e imi i wahine ma ka hikina a ka la, ma Puna aku nei." Ae mai la o Kiihele. O keia 

 hele ana, eia no i ka la hookahi. 



Hiki aku la o Kiihele i Puna e noho ana i laila, he wahine maikai o Kahala ka inoa. 

 He nani no, he onaona na maka, a he maikai ka oiwi, hookahi hewa, o ka puupuu o ka 

 lemu, e like me ke ano o ka hala a hiki i keia la. Haalele ia ia Puna, hiki aku la i Kau, 

 e noho ana o Manienie, he wahine maikai, a hookahi hewa o ka panainai o ke kikala, he 

 nee i lalo e like me ke ano o ka manienie e ulu nei i keia wa. Haalele ia ia Kau, hele mai 

 la a hiki i Kona. Loaa o Makolea, he wahine maikai loa ke nana aku, aohe puu, aohe 

 kee, pali ke kua, mahina ke alo. 



He mau makua ko Makolea. O Keauhou, ka makuakane, o Kahaluu ka makua- 



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