20 Bcniicc P. Bishop Miisciiin — Bulletin 



The king, seeing the danger they were in, said, "I am the youngest 

 man here. Let me swim for the paddles, which are still close by. Then 

 we can go safely home." 



One of the men replied, "Do not jump into the sea. The big fish will 

 devour you." But the king heeded not and was soon swimming for the 

 paddles. Then the fishermen took out their hidden paddles and turned the 

 canoe towards land. 



The bewildered king called to them, "Come and save your king. If 

 I have done wrong I shall right it. You shall have lands. Come and get 

 me or I shall die." 



The fishermen paddled away as fast as they could. Then the king 

 looked about him and saw no signs of land. He wept bitterly, fearing that 

 he would never again see his parents. While the unhappy king was weep- 

 ing in great distress, the rainbow, the fine mist, and the red glow, all 

 signs that he was a high chief, hung over him. 



As Kaeweaoho was swimming, Kuwahailo, Kaanaelike's grandfather, 

 looked down from the sky and seeing the high chief signs hovering over 

 a swimmer knew that the man must be a very high chief or a king who 

 would make a suitable husband for his favorite granddaughter, who lived 

 on Ulukaa. So he decided to save the swimmer. 



At once a great storm arose on the sea, and Kuwahailo moved the 

 rolling island close to the young king. Kaeweaoho was alarmed when he 

 heard the big waves breaking on the land. He thought it was the big fish 

 coming to devour him. Just as his strength was failing a breaker rolled 

 him upon the soft sand where he lay as one dead. 



When life returned to him he was greatly surprised to find himself 

 on land. He tried to rise but was scarcely able to do so, as his limbs were 

 cramped from the many hours he had spent in the water. He fell back 

 on the warm sand and slept for many hours. At last the heat of the .sun 

 awakened him. He stood up and saw that the land was very beautiful. 

 As he was looking about hunger whispered to him, "Do not tarry to admire 

 the landscape. Walk on until you find something to eat." The king did 

 as hunger bade him and finding ripe bananas ate of them, and strength 

 returned to him. 



After Kaeweaoho had eaten he decided to go on to see if he could find 

 who inhabited this beautiful land. He had not gone far before he came 

 upon a large taro patch, the banks of which were covered with breadfruit, 

 sweet potatoes, sugar-cane, and bananas. The king eagerly partook of 

 food and his beauty returned like the beauty of the young banana leaf. 



Kaeweaoho saw no signs of any house. He wondered to whom such 

 a beautiful island belonged. While he was wondering, the queen of the 



