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Fornander collection of Hawaiian antiquities and folk-lore… (1917)

Hai mai o Kawau: “He laau no koe; aole e loaa ana ia oe, no ka mea, he kanaka ikaika o Waia, he huna nae.” “A pehea e loaa ai?” wahi a Koea. “Eia ke kumu e loaa ai, ina e hele oe, a i olelo mai kela ia oe, alaila, pane aku oe; i hele mai nei au i mau laau na’u, pela oe e olelo aku ai.” O ka hele aku la no ia o Koea a ku ana i ke alo o Waia, pane mai o Waia: “Heaha mai nei kau?” Pane aku o Koea: “I kii mai nei au i au mau laau, no ka mea, ua hoomaka au e oki i na laau a pau, aole nae he paa, nolaila, ninau mai nei au ia Kawau a kuhikuhi ia mai nei ia oe, oia ka mea au i hele mai nei i ou la.”
Source: Gutenberg

Fornander collection of Hawaiian antiquities and folk-lore… (1917)

Olelo mai la: “E! mai olelo aku oe ia Ihuanu, o ko Kohala oi no kela, aohe puko momona ia ia.” Ia wa, huli ae la o Aiohikupua a papale ae la. Ia wa no make loa ua kanaka ala. Hele mai la kekahi mau koa a ma ke kua o Ihuanu, a olelo mai la: “E Ihuanu, ke ike nei makou, aole e lanakila ana ko kakou aoao i keia la. Ma kuu manao paa, o ka malihini ke lanakila ana. No ka mea, ua make ko kakou kanaka, i pale wale ia mai nei no, o ka make ia. Nolaila, ke noi aku nei au e hui ka aha, e pau ka mokomoko ana, a me kou aa ana i ka malihini, a e aloha olua me ka lulu lima ana, alaila oe ola.”
Source: Gutenberg

Fornander collection of Hawaiian antiquities and folk-lore… (1917)

Olelo aku o ua Kawelo: “O olua wale no nae paha kai luna nei e kiai ai ia’u. Aohe he mea e?” Hai mai ka wahine: “Ae, o maua wale no. He manao ole no ko’u e kiai ia oe, aole hoi e hihi o kuu ike ana he mea ponoi oe no’u, nokamea o ke kaikuaana o ko’u makuakane, oia kou makuakane. Nolaila i kupu mai ai ko’u aloha nou, a olelo aku au i ke ’lii na’u e malama a hiki i ko wa e helelei ai, alaila kii ia mai oe a holehole ia ko mau iwi.” Olelo mai o Kawelo: “Aohe kauoha hou ae a ke ’lii ia oe?”
Source: Gutenberg

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