24 Bcniicc P. Bishop Xluscuni — Bidlctin 



towards his home, he cried, "The presumptuous mortal has dared to enter 

 my cave. He will answer for this by his death!" 



Before entering his home the king unfastened his huge tongue and 

 hung it at the side of the cave. As soon as he stepped into the cave he 

 saw a woman lying on his bed. \'iolent anger possessed him. He tried 

 to seize her, but when he touched her he received a severe shock, almost 

 like a kick. The sacred pa-u was protecting Kaanaelike. Kuvvahailo knew 

 that this was no ordinary mortal. He looked closely at her and saw that 

 she was his own granddaughter. He cried, "Arise, my child. Why did 

 you come to visit me without my knowledge? I have always warned your 

 parents to inform me when to expect visits from you. Had I known you 

 were coming I would have cleaned my cave." 



Kaanaelike was angry and without replying she struck the side of the 

 cave with such force that all the hangings and decorations fell from the 

 walls. 



The king cried, "What an angry granddaughter I have here. See, you 

 have knocked from the walls the sacred bones of your ancestors." 



These words drove away anger from her heart, and Kaanaelike sat on 

 the sacred lap of her grandfather, who inquired what great object had 

 brought her to him. She told him that she had come to gain his permission 

 to marry the man who had come to her island from the sea. 



The king was silent for a few minutes before replying, "NeitBer you 

 nor your parents brought that man to your island. I sent him there. I 

 saw him swimming in the sea. The signs of a high chief were hovering 

 over him and I knew he would be a suitable husband for you. So I rolled 

 Ulukaa up to him. Therefore, go back and take him as your husband. 

 Do not make him work for you, for I shall take your life if you do." 



Kaanaelike answered her grandfather thus: ".All you say is good. I 

 shall obey all your commands. But I have power as well as you. If I 

 promise to obey you, you must likewise promise to obey me. You must 

 not eat any more people." "That is only fair, my granddaughter," 

 answered the king. 



At once he went to his guards and told them to release the victims 

 from the pot, to send them home, and then to go home themselves. Then 

 he returned to his granddaughter, who asked where the path to her island 

 lay. The king took his tongue from the side of the cave and fastened it 

 in his mouth. Taking her sacred pa-u with her, Kaanaelike sat on the 

 crook of the tongue, while the giant slowly lowered her to the Rolling 

 Island. As soon as she was safely home the tongue disappeared. 



Kaanaelike hastened to her parents to tell them the outcome of her 

 visit. She told them how her grandfather had rolled her island up to the 



