Rice — Ha-a'ciiian Legoids 95 



words : "The sea divides Hawaii from Alolokai, where the wife you are 

 weeping for is held a prisoner in the strong fortress of Haupu." 



This answer made the king angry with Niheu whom he taunted because 

 of his size. Niheu showed that even though he was small he was very 

 strong. He jumped to the top of his house and, seizing the rafters, pulled 

 the building down. Then he beat the ground with his stick and formed 

 eight valleys with precipices so high that only the koac, the huge white 

 tropic birds, could fly to their summits. 



After he had done these things he said to his father, "Now you have 

 seen what strength I have. But, alas, my strength is great only on this 

 island. If my mother were on Hawaii I could get her for you, but she 

 is on Molokai." 



One day when Uli and her grandson, Kana, were working in their 

 garden in the mountains they heard a great shouting coming from the 

 seashore. Uli said that Kana's brothers were trying to lift the large ulua. 



When Kana heard what his brothers were doing he was very anxious 

 to test his strength with them. So he waited until his grandmother was 

 busy, and then, after having shortened his body, he secretly hurried to- 

 wards the spot where the boys were trying to lift the fish to their shoulders. 



As he neared the pond of Waiakea, Kana asked the children why there 

 was such a great noise. They replied that the chiefs were trying to lift 

 the big fish, but only the smallest chief could do it. 



Kana was greatly surprised that his tall brothers could not lift the 

 fish, and said to the children, "Those men must be very weak if they can- 

 not lift that fish." 



One of the children told the chiefs that an unknown boy was making 

 fun of their strength. He was led before them and one of the brothers 

 asked, "Did you say that we were weaklings because we could not carry 

 this fish? Try to lift the fish yourself, if such strength belongs to you." 



Kana at once jumped into the pond and turned the head of the fish 

 towards the deep water. As the fish swam into the sea Kana held on to 

 its tail and was carried to Keahua and then back to the pond again. There 

 he easily lifted the fish to his shoulder, and walked away with it. 



When the astonished crowd saw this demonstration of strength, they 

 cried, "This is the strongest boy of all." 



These words angered the older chiefs, who felt that their strength had 

 been ridiculed in the eyes of the people, for strength was possessed by 

 those of high birth only, and to have a boy of unknown parentage surpass 

 them was a great insult. 



So Niheu cried that the boy was carrying the fish, belonging to the 

 chiefs, to his heiau, where he would sacrifice it in gratitude for his strength. 



