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FABLES. 
5. 
The Shark, Te Tuatini, 
Ka mea atu te Tuatini ki te 
Ngarara, haere mai taua ki roto 
ki te wai. Ka mea atu te Nga- 
rara kahore. Ka mea atu te Tua- 
tini, akuanei au ka wakarongo 
mai ki a koe e murumuru ana ki 
te ahi rarauhe; Ka mea atu hoki 
te Ngarara, apopo hoki au waka- 
rongo rawa atu ki a koe e kuru- 
kurua ana koe ki te papa o te 
waka. 
and The Lizard, Ngarara. 
The Tuatini said to the Nga- 
rara, come, let us go together 
into the sea. But the Ngarara 
said, No. The Tuatini retorted, 
I shall hear you before long in 
the flames of the blazing fern. 
The Ngarara answered him again, 
to-morrow when I listen, I shall 
hear you dashed against the side 
of the canoe. 
This is spoken ironically. The Tuatini tells the Ngarara, Soon 
you will wish you had listened to me, when you are being consumed 
in the blazing fern ; and the Ngarara replies, You will soon wish 
that you had taken my advice, when you are caught by the fisher- 
man and killed against the side of his canoe. 
6 . 
The Bat, Kiore, and The Green Paroquet, Pouwhaitere. 
Pouwdaitere . — E kio e, ka 
piki taua ki runga. 
Kiore . — Ki te aha taua i 
runga ? 
Pouwhaitere . — Ki te kai pua 
rakau. 
Kiore . — E aha te pua rakau ? 
Pouwhaitere . — He miro, he 
kahikatea. 
Kiore . — E tama ra e — ko te 
waka rua rua i a taua ; e tama 
ra — e — e haere mai nei te tan- 
gata, e ronarona nei i te kaki 
torete te wai au, ti mau rawa. 
Pouivhaitere . — Okio (short for 
rat) let us climb up into the tree. 
Kiore . — What shall we do 
there ? 
Pouwhaitere .- — Eat the fruit of 
the trees. 
Kiore . — What kind of fruits ? 
Pouivhaitere . — That of the miro 
and kahikatea. 
Kiore . — My friend, both our 
tribes are diminishing ; man comes 
and twists your neck, torete te wai 
(the imitation of the bird’s cry of 
pain,) and as for me, I shall be 
caught in his snare. 
Moral — No escape from man’s power. 
