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i ka ai i ka ia, i na wahine, pakahi. palua, pakolu a na hoewaa, palima hoi ka ke 'Hi o 

 makou ka Kahaookamoku. I niai o Hanaaumoe, ke pii mai nei no, he loihi o Ewa, he 

 pah o Nuuanu, he kula o Kulaokahua, nolaila, he hiki koe. 



A hoi o Hanaaumoe, noonoo iho la o Kaneopa, e make ana lakou. He hoopuni- 

 puni o Hanaaumoe. A aumoe, a huh ke kau o ka po, hiki hou mai la o Hanaaumoe, a 

 olelo hou e like me mamua. Alalia, maopopo loa ia Kaneopa, e pau ana lakou i ka make. 

 Nolaila, imi iho la i wahi nona e pakele ai, a loaa malalo o ka paepae o ka puka. Kohi iho 

 la ia, a loaa kona lua ma laila, pee iho la ia. 



A kokoke e kani ka moa mua, ku ana o Hanaaumoe, a kahea mai la penei: 



Halahala kau e ! 

 Halahala kau e ! 

 Ua moe oukou? 



Ache walaau aku, aohe pane leo. Ia wa olelo iho o Hanaaumoe : 



A haha ! 



Lawe ia mai ka nioe a Oahu nei, 



I hea la ka moe, moe aku i Kauai, 



Lawe ia mai ka ka moe a ka moku akua. 



Make a o e ola ia Halalii. 



Pau ka io, pau ka iwi. a o e koe. 



A pau ka olelo ana a Hanaaumoe, hoi aku la ia, e kii ana ia Halalii a me na akua 

 a pau loa. A hiki o Hanaaumoe, ninau mai la o Halalii, pehea ua moe? Ae mai la o 

 Hanaaumoe. Ia wa, hele mai la lakou a hiki i ka hale o Kahaookamoku ma e moe ana. 

 Ua pauhia loa lakou i ka hiamoe. Noho iho la o Halalii i luna o ka paepae o ka puka, 

 kahi a Kaneopa e pee ana. No ka mea, ua noonoo o Kaneopa, oia kahi a ke "Hi e noho ai, 

 a nolaila, manao iho la ia ma laila e pee ai, i loaa ole i ka poe akua e hull ana. 



Ia wa, pau loa o Kahaookamoku ma i ka ai ia e ke 'kua. A hull ia o loko o ka 

 hale, a koe ka paepae o ka puka, kahi a Kaneopa e pee ana. 



A ao ae la, hoi aku la ke 'kua i ko lakou wahi, nolaila, nee aku la o Kaneopa a ka 



