Rice—Haicaiiaii Legends 81 



by the cold rain. Then the king in anger called for Paakaa, his beloved 

 servant, the only person who could take him safely on a journey. 



As soon as Paakaa sav^f the sad plight of the king he ordered his son 

 to close the calabash of winds. At once the sea became calm. The sun 

 shone brightly. The sailors swam back to their canoes and began to bail 

 out the water. 



The king looked about and seeing that Molokai was the only land near 

 them, he ordered the canoes to return to the place where the boy was 

 fishing. 



As the canoes approached, Paakaa told his son to say that the entrance 

 to their harbor was very crooked. If they would enter it safely they must 

 follow him. 



Reaching the boy the king called out. "It came to pass as you said. 

 The storm rose and our canoes were badly damaged. Now we have come 

 back to you for help." 



Remembering his father's warning Ku-a-paakaa replied, "If you had 

 come into the harbor when I warned you there would have been no dan- 

 ger. Now the tide is high and we must go carefully or your canoes will 

 be cast on the rocks and you will have none with which to find Paakaa or 

 to return to Hawaii." 



So they followed the boy, and the first canoes safely reached the sandy 

 beach. 



No sooner had Paakaa's canoe touched land then he jumped ashore 

 and ran as quickly as possible to the house where he had stored the food, 

 for he hoped to hide himself there. It happened that Lapakahoe saw him 

 running and noticed how much he resembled Paakaa. 



By evening of this day all the canoes had returned and were safely 

 landed. The king sat on the pola. wet and unhappy, for all his clothing 

 had been lost. 



Seeing the king's sad state Ku-a-paakaa hurried to his father and told 

 him. Paakaa sent the king's own clothing, which he had brought with 

 him from Hawaii, to the unhappy king who was surprised to see clothing 

 which so much resembled his own. He gave the boy his wet nuiio which 

 he carried to his father. Paakaa hung it over the door, so that no one 

 would dare to enter the room made kapit by the king's clothing. 



Paakaa also sent to his king the tapas he had brought from Hawaii, 

 telling his son to say that his mother had made them and scented them 

 with sweet smelling herbs. 



As vi'ith the inalo the king thought that the tapa looked familiar and 

 remarked, "Only on Hawaii is this tapa made. Paakaa always took care 

 of my tapas. Can he be on this island?" 



