CHAPTER V 
When all the players on the boxing field saw how strong Aiwohi- 
kupua was to kill the man with just a push; 
Then Cold-nose’s backers went to him and said: “ Here, Cold-nose, 
I see pretty plainly now our side will never get the best of it; I am 
sure that the stranger will beat us, for you see how our man was 
killed by just a push from his hand; when he gives a real blow the 
man will fly into bits. Now, I advise you to dismiss the contestants 
and put an end to the game and stop challenging the stranger. So, 
you go up to the stranger and shake hands,?° you two, and welcome 
him, to let the people see that the fight is altogether hushed up.” 
These words roused Cold-nose to hot wrath and he said: “ Here! 
you backers of mine, don’t be afraid, don’t get frightened because 
that man of ours was killed by a push from his hand. Didn’t I do 
the same thing here some days ago? Then what are you afraid of? 
And now I tell you if you fear the stranger, then hide your eyes in 
the blue sky. When you hear that Cold-nose has conquered, then 
remember my blow called Zhe-end-that-sang, the fruit of the tree 
which you have never tasted, the master’s stroke which you have 
never learned. By this sign I know that he will never get the better 
of me, the end of my girdle sang to-day.” *° 
At these words of Cold-nose his supporters said, “ Where are you! 
We say no more; there is nothing left to do; we are silent before 
the fruit of this tree of yours which you say we have never tasted, 
and you say, too, that the end of your girdle has sung; maybe you 
will win through your girdle!” Then his backers moved away from 
the crowd. 
While Cold-nose was boasting to his backers how he would over- 
come Aiwohikupua, then Aiwohikupua moved up and cocked his 
eye at Cold-nose, flapped with his arms against his side like a cock 
getting ready to crow, and said to Cold-nose, “ Here, Cold-nose! strike 
me right in the stomach, four time four blows! ” 
When Cold-nose heard Aiwohikupua’s boasting challenge to strike, 
then he glanced around the crowd and saw someone holding a very 
little child; then said Cold-nose to Aiwohikupua, “I am not the man 
to strike you; that little youngster there, let him strike you and let 
him be your opponent.” 
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