CHAPTER XXII 
While Laieikawai was surfing ashore with Halaaniani, Waka’s 
supernatural gift was overshadowed by Malio’s superior skill, and 
she did not see what was being done to her grandchild. 
Just as Laieikawai came to land, Waka sent the birds in the mist, 
and when the mist passed off only the surf boards remained ; Laieika- 
wai was with Halaaniani in her house up at Paliuli. There Halaani- 
ani took Laieikawai to wife. 
The night passed, day came, and it was midday; Waka thought 
this strange, for before sending her grandchild to meet Kekalukaluo- 
kewa she had said to her: 
“Go, to-day, and meet Kekalukaluokewa, then return to the up- 
lands, you two, and after your flesh has become defiled come to me; I 
will take care of you until the pollution is past.” Now, this was the 
custom with a favorite daughter. 
Because Waka was surprised, at midday of the second day after 
Laieikawai joined Halaaniani, the grandmother went to look after 
her grandchild. 
When the grandmother came to them, they were both fast asleep, 
like new lovers, as if the nights were the time for waking. 
As Laieikawai lay asleep, her grandmother looked and saw that 
the man sleeping with her grandchild was not the one she had 
chosen for her. 
Then Waka wakened the grandchild, and when she awoke the 
grandmother asked, “Who is this?” 
Answered the grandchild, “ Kekalukaluokewa, of course.” 
Said the grandmother in a rage, “This is no Kekalukaluokewa ; 
this is Halaaniani, the brother of Malio. Therefore, I give you my 
oath never to see your face again, my grandchild, from this time 
until I die, for you have disobeyed me. I thought to hide you away 
until you could care for me. But now, live with your husband for 
the future; keep your beauty, your supernatural power is yours no 
longer; that you must look for from your husband; work with your 
own hands; let your husband be your fortune and your pride.” 
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