560 Pflniaiidcr Collection of llircvaiiau Folk-lore. 



Life for me until I walk with a staff: 

 That is your life. O god! 



\Mien they had learned it by heart the father ate by himself; for it is the father 

 who eats; the child only made a pretense of eating; that was what was done when he 

 asked anything of his parents. When the father had finished eating, the child called 

 for the second kind of food, that was the tobacco. After smoking the tobacco the 

 child returned to the woml) of the mother. The womb of Kapoiliili became as large 

 as it was formerly. The wife said, "I think i)erhaps the child has returned to my 

 womb." "Whv so?'" asked the husband. "1 am swelling," replied the wife. "Do not 

 wonder, because he is satisfied; he has returned to rest, and when his fullness is les- 

 sened he will go about his bvisiness of sightseeing." 



The wife was no longer afraid; perha])s she was a little fearful of her husband. 

 And when it was nearly morning the child went off again as usual. T will leave this 

 ])art until later. I wish to speak of the [number of] months this child was in the 

 womb of his mother, and the cause of its going about while still in the womb. This 

 child had been thirteen months in the womb when it acted in a ghostly manner to his 

 mother, as stated heretofore. They (the parents) had wondered why the child was 

 not delivered, because the time for the deli\-ery of the child, twelve months, had 

 passed. With their child there was no birth. In this matter they were greatly in 

 suspense [and were surprised], because it walked about while still in the womb; its 

 face was not seen; it talked as if it were a shadow at a distance. 



[unfinished.] 



A STORY CONCERNING THE FIRE. 



This is the wav the fire was obtained, according to some people. Maui took 

 to wife Hina and begat Mauimua,^ Mauihope,- Mauikiikii'' and Mauiokalana ;^ they 

 were all boys. The occupation of these boys was fishing. This was their practice 

 in fishing while living at Kaupo, Maui: Mauiokalana wished to go fishing; he said to 

 his elder brothers: "Say, this is a calm day; shouldn't we sail the sea? for this is a 

 good day, the sea is calm; this is a day when the tide is not strong in its opposition 

 for it is flowing in one direction." When he had finished speaking, Mauimua an- 

 swered: "Let us not sail, for this will be a tempestuous day; this calmness which we 

 see is only in the morning; when the sun rises you will see the waves rise, the wind 

 will increase, and in a short time we will be obliged to return. Put off your fishing 

 until a calm day." Then Mauiokalana spoke again: "Why, I thought because you 

 are the first-born you knew the signs of the sky, but I see you do not! Your yellow 

 teeth signify nothing." Then Mauimua, displeased, answered: "Say, my younger 



'Mauimua, first-born, or elder Maui. to paint the Iiair over the forehead white received this 



^Mauihope, last, or after Maui. dehnitioii. 



=Mauikiikii, ••Swollen, or hair-drcsscd Maui-; the 'Mauiokalana, "Maui of the float" ; buoyant Maui, 



word kiikii havitm- these two meanini?s. In ol.len time This, the younocst of the brothers, is the famed Maui 



of Polynesi.-m tra<hlioii. 



