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When Kaiki])aananea was knocked down, however, the people shouted and yelled 

 of the great strength exhibited by Kepakailiula, and all said: "No man was ever fovind 

 strong enough to knock Kaikipaananea down and here you have gone and done it." 



After this Kepakailiula and his friend, Kaunalewa, proceeded home. On the next 

 day the two again went up to the grounds where the games were being held, and this 

 time they had a wrestling match in which both arms of Kaikipaananea'" were broken. 

 Three days after this encounter, Kaikipaananea sent out his servant Kukaea, to go and 

 notify everybody to come together at the king's palace to find the king's riddle. 



CHAPTER V. 

 Relating to Kukaea. 



Kukaea was the personal servant of Kaikipaananea; his food was the excre- 

 ment of Kaiki])aananea and the water he drank was the king's urine. Because of his 

 living on these things he was called Kukaea. This was the only food he ever tasted from 

 his birth until the day when he was sent out to make a circuit of Kauai, to make known 

 the king's decree. 



The proclamation was called out in the following manner: "All the people are 

 commanded to come to the king's palace and solve the king's riddle. If it is found he 

 will be saved from the oven of hot stones ; if it is not found he will be thrown to his 

 death into the oven. No man, woman, child or those weak from old age shall remain 

 at home; only those who do not wink when you poke your finger at their eyes"^ If any 

 one remains at home on that day, his house shall be burned down and the king's pun- 

 ishment shall be meted out to him, from the parents to the children, relations, and to the 

 last connection and even to a friend. "'^ This w'ill be the jumishment meted out to any 

 person who remains at home this day." 



In the course of the journey taken by Kukaea, to issue the king's decree, he came 

 to the house where Kepakailiula was living, still calling out the king's proclamation at the 

 top of his voice. 



When Kepakailiula heard the call he asked his friend: "Who is this man that is 

 making that call?" The friend replied: "It is Kukaea, the personal servant of Kaiki- 

 paananea. He is on his way calling everybody to come to the king's palace to solve the 

 king's riddle. If a person gives the right answer he will be saved, but if he makes a mis- 

 take he will be thrown to his death into the oven of hot stones." 



When Kepakailiula heard this, he said to his friend: "Then call him to come this 

 way." "But he is unfit to be seen; he smells bad, for he eats nothing but the king's ex- 

 crement." Kepakailiula, however, insisted, telling his friend: "You call him to come 

 here, for I wish to see him." Because of this wish Kaunalewa called out to Kukaea to 

 come. Kukaea then turned toward them and when at some distance away, he said: 'Tt 



"Repeating an earlier contest between Aukele and "Illustrating the abject power of ruler over subjects 



his brethren. in ancient times. 



"E.xenipting practically only those who are stone 

 blind. 



