BECKWITH] TEXT AND TRANSLATION 501 
A o ua Halaaniani nei, ke kaikunane o Malio, he keiki kaulang ia 
ma Puna no ke kanaka ui, he keiki hoaka nae. 
JT ka eha o na la hoomalu o Laieikawai, he mea hoohuoi ia 
Halaaniani ka nalo ana o Laieikawai, aole i hiki hou ma Keaau. 
Ta Halaaniani i hookokoke mai ai ma kahi o na kamaaina o 
Keaau, lohe iho la oia, e lilo ana ua Laieikawai nei ia Kekaluka- 
Juokewa. 
Ta manawa, hoi wikiwiki aku la oia e halawai me kona kaikuahine 
ine Malio. 
Olelo aku la kona kaikunane, “ E Malio, 1 pii mai nei wau ia oe 
e kii oe i ko’u makemake. No ka mea,i na la a pau a’u e nalo nei, 
ma Keaau no wau, no ko’u ike mau i keia wahine maikai, nolaila, 
ua hookonokonoia mai wau e ke kuko e hele pinepine e ike i ua 
wahine nei. A ma keia la, ua lohe aku nei wau e lilo ana i ke Alii o 
Kauai i ka la apopo; nolaila, o ko mana a pau maluna iho ia o 
kaua like e lilo ia’u kela kaikamahine.” 
I mai la kona kaikuahine, “Aole na he wahine e, o ka moopuna na 
a Waka, o Laieikawai, ua haawi ae la ke kupunawahine i ke Alii 
nui o Kauai, popo hoao. Nolaila, a e like me kou makemake, e hoi 
nae oe a kou wahi, a ma ke ahiahi poeleele pii hou mai, a mauka nei 
kaua e moe ai, ola ka manawa o kaua e ike aii ko nele a me ka loaa.” 
Mamuli o ke kauoha o Malio 1 kona kaikunane, hoi mai la o 
Halaaniani a ma kona hale noho ma Kula. 
A hiki i ka manawa i kauohaia nona e hele aku i kahi o kona 
kaikuahine. 
Mamua o ko laua manawa hiamoe, olelo aku la o Malio ia 
Halaaniani, “Ina e moe kaua i keia po, a i loaa ia oe ka moeuhane, 
alaila, hai mai oe ia’u, a pela no hoi wau.” 
Ta laua e moe ana, a hiki paha i ka pili o ke ao, ala ae la o 
Halaaniani, aole i loaa he moe ia ia, a ala mai la no hoi o Malio ia 
manawa no. 
