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Wapuku . — Momona a hiku, Wapuku . — I am good in my 
momona a tara ; ka kake i te tail, and good in my fins : if you 
kakenga i a Tumatua ka noho- climb to the top of Tumatua, you 
noho tau tokorua. may sit two together. 
The Wapuku again asks the Tuna which is its fattest part. The 
Tunu looks significantly at its tail, and refers the question back to 
the Wapuku, who, in his turn, opens his eyes wide, signifying that 
his head was the fattest part of his body. 
8 . 
The Guana, Tuatara, and The Kock-cod, Kumukumu. 
Tuatara . — E te Kumukumu, 
ka haere taua ki uta. 
Kumukumu . — Kahore ; haere 
koe ki uta. 
Tuatara. — E, haere mai, ka 
pau koe i te tangata. 
Kumukumu. — Kahore ; ekore 
au e pau : ko koe anake te pau. 
Tuatara .— E kore au e pau ; 
tuku aku tara, rarau aku pe- 
ke, mataku te tangata, oma 
ki tawiti. 
Tuatara. — Kumukumu, let us 
go inland. 
Kumukumu . — No ; go yourself. 
Tuatara . — Come, lest you be 
destroyed by man. 
Kumukumu . — No ; I shall not 
be destroyed : it is you that men 
will destroy. 
Tuatara . — I shall not be des- 
troyed ; I will set up my spines, I 
will stick out my claws, it is man 
that will be afraid, and run away. 
4. 
The Pine tree, Kauri , and The Whale, Tohora. 
Toliora . — E te Kauri, haere 
mai taua ki tai nei. 
Kauri . — Teka ra. Ko konei 
ra au ko taku wahi. 
Tohora . — Taua ra ka hoko 
kiri : meake koe tuakina e te 
tangata, a ka haua koe hei 
waka. 
Tohora. — Kauri, come to sea 
with me. 
Kauri. — No, I prefer my own 
element. 
Tohora . — Then let us change 
skins ; for you are in danger of 
being cut down by man, and made 
into a canoe. 
They accordingly exchanged skins. This is the reason assigned 
for the bark of the kauri being so thin and as full of resin as the 
whale is of oil. 
