80 Bcrnicc P. Bishop Miisciivi — Bidlclin 



Ku-a-paakaa replied, "A storm will come. The wind will turn your 

 canoes around and bring you back. So far. the wind from Hawaii has 

 helped you. Soon an adverse wind will roughen tlie sea." 



Then Kua-a-paakaa recited the names of all the winds of Hawaii, and 

 also all the winds of Oahu and Kauai. When asked how he happened to 

 know all the winds he answered that all the boys knew them. 



To this one of the paddlers cried out, "That is not true. Only two 

 people know all the winds, my cousin, Paakaa, and I. Do you know where 

 Paakaa is? Is he on this island?" 



But the boy would not tell the hiding ])lace of his father, saying that 

 he had heard that it was on Kaula. 



When the prime minister asked who was in the Ixjw of his canoe the 

 boy replied, "That is m)- father who is deaf and does not hear your 

 words." 



All this delay was very annoying to the paddlers who were anxious 

 to be oflf, even though their king urged them to go ashore. They vowed 

 that if they ever reached Oahu safely, they would return and put the 

 impudent boy to death. 



The king was very much interested in the boy and asked his name. 

 "Come ashore and you shall hear my name," was the only answer he 

 received. 



In siMte of all his efforts the boy was unable to persuade the paddlers 

 to land. So he tried something more powerful than words. Opening his 

 calabash of winds he called, "Blow winds from Kauai against them. Blow 

 winds of Oahu and Hawaii from the side. Blow winds of Maui and Molo- 

 kai behind them." 



At once the clouds arose, the heavens became dark, the thunder roared, 

 the lightning flashed, and the sea became very rough. 



When the kii^g saw these signs of bad weather he was very angry 

 with his paddlers who had told him that clear weather would prevail. He 

 called out, "The wind is coming, the stones are rolling, a great storm is 

 at hand. I urged you to listen to the boy, but you only ridiculed him. Now 

 the deep sea will engulf us and we shall be lost. Would that we had gone 

 ashore." 



No sooner had he spoken than the storm struck the first canoes, cap- 

 sizing some of them and the strong current carried many of the sailors 

 away. Soon the sea filled all the canoes. As the king's canoes went to 

 the help of the smaller ones death came very near to the great king of 

 Hawaii. The sea washed away the food and fish and clothing. The men 

 and their king clinig to the canoes though they were chilled to the bone 



