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KE ANO O KA OHIA IIA. 



O ke ano o keia ohia, he nui kona kino, he ohia paa loa keia, he ku na laau nui 

 iloko o ko ianei kino, ke kau kekahi lepo maluna oia laau, alaila, e ulu ana no kekahi 

 laau; he laau paakiki, ua like me ko ke aalii ano, ke nana aku; he laau hina ole nae i 

 ka niakani. Oia ihola no ke ano o keia laau i loaa ia'u. 



KE ANO O KA OHIA AHIHI. 



O ka ohia ahihi, ua like no ia me kekahi laau e ae a kakou i ike ai, oia hoi ka 

 maile hihia me ka huehue; he hopu hevva nae kekahi poe me ke kuhihewa nae i keia 

 laau he maile, aka aole no nae e nalo ko ia nei ano, he keokeo ka ili a he uaua no hoi. 

 O kahi nae i loaa mai ai keia laau, aole i maopopo ia'u, aka, ma ka noonoo ana, he laau 

 kanaka no paha keia, oia iho la nae ke ano o keia laau. 



NO KAHI I LOAA MAI AI KEIA MAU LAAU. 



Ke olelo nei kekahi poe, he laau kahiko no keia no Hawaii nei. Pela no paha, 

 vvahi a na moolelo kahiko o Hawaii nei, wahi hoi a kekahi poe, ua loaa mai keia laau 

 mai ka waha mai o Ukeke, he manu keia mai Kahiki mai, a nana i lawe mai a hiki i 

 Hawaii nei, aka, no Hawaii nei no. O kekahi hoi mai a Koea mai, kahi i loaa mai ai 

 keia mau laau, mailoko mai o ke kania-i o Waia ; keia laau nae, he laau huna ia e Waia 

 iloko o kona puu, aka, no ka nui o ka ukiuki o Koea no ka hakihaki mau o kana laau 

 e kii mau ai, nolaila, ui ae la ia ia Kawau ke kanaka kahiko: "Ea! owai la na laau ka- 

 hiko au i ike ai mai kou wa opio a elemakule?" Hai mai o Kawau: "He laau nokoe; 

 aole e loaa ana ia oe, no ka mea, he kanaka ikaika o Waia. he huna nae:" "A pehea 

 e loaa ai?" wahi a Koea. "Eia ke kumu e loaa ai, ina e hele oe, a i olelo mai keia ia 

 oe, alaila, pane aku oe; i hele mai nei au i mau laau na'u, pela oe e olelo aku ai." O 

 ka hele aku la no ia o Koea a ku ana i ke alo o Waia, pane mai o Waia: "Heaha mai 

 nei kau?" Pane aku o Koea: "I kii mai nei au i au mau laau, no ka mea, ua hoomaka 

 au e oki i na laau a pan, aole nae he paa, nolaila, ninau mai nei au ia Kawau a kuhi- 

 kuhi ia mai nei ia oe, oia ka mea au i hele mai nei i ou la." Pane mai o Waia: "He 

 mau laau no, i na e ae ana oe i ka'u." Pane aku o Koea: "Ae no au i kau." Ia wa 

 olelo mai o Waia iaia: "E paa oe i kuu imu, i paa auanei oe i kuu puu a ioihi, i puka 

 mai auanei he mau wahine, alaila hopu no oe a paa, alaila loaa ia oe ka jximaikai ; ina 

 i make au, o kuu puu kau mea malama." O ko ia nei hele aku la noia a i)aa ana i ka 

 l)uu Waia a Ioihi. Puka mai la ua mau wahine nei, o ko ia nei h(>])u aku la noia a 

 ])aa; a paa iho la no hoi keia i ka i)uu o Waia. Oia iho la kekahi kunui i loaa mai ai 

 keia mau laau mai loko mai o ka jmu o Waia. Aole i loaa aku ia'u na mea i koe aku. 



O na mea iho la no ia i loaa ia'u mai kekahi mai o na hoa. 



W. B. Kaupena. 



