FABLES. 
137 
I. 
Kiore (Rat) and Pomvhaitere ( Green Parrot.) 
Pomvhaitere. —E lcio e, ka piki 
taua ki runga. 
Kiore. —Ki te aka taua i runga ? 
Pouwhaitere. —Ki te lcai pua ra- 
kau. 
Kiore. —E aha te pua rakau ? 
Pomvhaitere. —He miro, he kahi- 
katea. 
Kiore. —E tama ra e — kote waka 
rua rua i a taua; e tama ra—e 
—e haere mai nei te tangata, e 
ronarona nei i te kaki torete te 
wai au, ti mau rawa. 
Moral—Ho escape 
Pouwhaitere. —Okio (short for rat) 
let us climh up into the tree. 
Kiore. —What shall we do there ? 
Pomvhaitere. —Eat the fruit of the 
trees. 
Koire. —What kind of fruits ? 
Pouwhaitere. —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 he caught in his 
snare. 
from man’s power. 
The Ante and the Wliau. 
Whau. —Hei kona koe, tu ai hei Whau. —Here you arc decking a 
parepare. woman’s head. 
Ante. —Haere koe ki te moana hei Ante. —Go you to sea to make the 
whau kupenga, ka mutu hei net float, and when the fishing is 
pouto kupenga. over remain attached to it. 
The Whau (Entelia arborescensJ, a light wood used instead of cork. 
Ante, the inner hark of the Holieria populnea, used as ribbon. 
Moral—One office or business is as good as another. 
IIE TATA OR TIIIERU—A WATER SCOOP FOR A CANOE. 
