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is not proper for nie to come any nearer, for I am not fit for your company;'" I smell bad, 

 for I have had nothing else for food except the king's excrement, to this day." Kepa- 

 kailiula, however, called out to him : "Come here, don't be afraid or have any fear." 

 When Kukaea came up Kepakailiula asked him: "Open your mouth?" Kukaea then 

 opened his mouth and Kepakailiula poured water into his mouth and on his body and told 

 him to wash himself and be rid of the foul odor of his body. Kepakailiula then gave him 

 some kapas and a loin cloth, and set food and meat before him. Kukaea then sat down 

 and ate until he was satisfied. When he finished his meal, he turned and said to Kepa- 

 kailiula : "What shall I give you as payment for this great kindness ? Here I have lived 

 from my birth to this day with my king and have just completed the circuit of Kauai, 

 but no one has ever given me food to eat. I have at last found that food and meat are 

 indeed pleasant to the taste. Therefore here is what I shall give you in return for your 

 kindness. I will give you the answer to the king's riddle, for I am the only person that 

 knows the answer. The riddle is this : it is divided into two parts and therefore has 



two answers : 



Plaited all around, 

 Plaited to the bottom. 

 Leaving an opening. 



The men that stand, 

 The men that lie down. 

 The men that are folded. 



"The answer to the first part is 'house.' The house is plaited all aroimd and from 

 top to bottom and an opening is left, the door. The answer to the second half is also 

 'house.' The sticks are made to stand, the battens are laid down and the grass and cords 

 are folded. This is the answer to the king's riddle. On the approach of that day, 

 however, you come and stand in the presence of the people and when you see that the 

 oven is sufficiently heated, for I shall be the one who shall attend to it, when you see 

 that it is well heated, you give the answer to the first half. And when you see that the 

 stones are being flattened out and some are taken out and placed on the edge, you give 

 the answer to the second half, and then you take hold of Kaikipaananea and throw him 

 into the oven." Kepakailiula then said to the man: "You go home now, and when you 

 get hungry come down here and have something to eat." 



On the fourth day after the incidents related above, the people all gathered to- 

 gether at the king's palace, when Kepakailiula also came. 



When Kaikipaananea saw Kepakailiula, he called out to him, saying: "Say, 

 stranger, come here and join the contest. The sport today consists in the giving and an- 

 swering of riddles. Whoever shall find my riddle shall be spared from the oven of heated 

 stones; but if the answer shall be wrong, he shall be thrown to his death into the oven." 

 Kepakailiula then said : "Let the king give his riddle so that the people will know what 



"This story robs itself of the likelihood of any basis. king in laying plans for his riddle contests, or other 



To have been so offensive as to be an outcast from all orders, 



the people would have been none the less so to the 



