CHAPTER XII 
Now, Laieikawai became fascinated with the merry instrument 
upon which the girl played, so she bade her sound it again. 
Said the girl, “I can not sound it again, for it is now daylight, 
and this instrument is a kind that sounds only by night; it will never 
sound by day.” 
Laieikawai was surprised at these words, thinking the girl was 
lying. So she snatched the trumpet out of the girl’s hand and 
played upon it, and because she was unpracticed in playing the 
trumpet the thing made no sound; then the princess believed that 
the trumpet would not sound by day. 
Said Laieikawai to Kahalaomapuana, “ Let us two be friends, and 
you shall live here in my house and become my favorite, and your 
work will be to amuse me.” 
Said Kahalaomapuana, “O princess, you have spoken well; but 
it would grieve me to live with you and perhaps gain happiness for 
myself while my sisters might be suffering.” 
“How many of you are there?” asked Laieikawai, “and how did 
you come here?” 
Said Kahalaomapuana, “There are six of us born of the same 
parents; one of the six is a boy and five of us are his younger sisters, 
and the boy is the oldest, and I am the youngest born. And we 
journeyed hither with our brother, and because we failed to gain for 
him his wish, therefore he has abandoned us and has gone back 
with his favorite companion, and we live here in distress.” 
Laieikawai asked, “ Where do you come from? ” 
“From Kauai,” answered Kahalaomapuana. 
“And what is your brother’s name?” 
“Aiwohikupua,” replied the girl. 
Again Laieikawai asked, “ What are the names of each of you?” 
Then she told them all. . 
Then Laieikawai understood that these were the persons who came 
that first night. 
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