He mea leʻaleʻa loa ia - ke hoʻāʻo nei ke kanaka i hoʻomake maikaʻi ʻia, a ua uhi ʻia ka maka o ka lede me kahi ʻano ʻano ʻē. Ma ka laulā, ʻaʻole maopopo - inā makemake ʻo ia i ka moekolohe a i ʻole hana i kahi hana maikaʻi ʻole! A ʻo ke kino o ka lede, ʻaʻole ia e ʻōlinolino, a ʻo kona umauma a ʻaʻohe mea ʻole!
Inā pilikia ke kāne i ke kālā, laki ʻo ia i ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi hoaaloha. Hiki paha iā ia ke hele home ʻole. Akā naʻe, ʻo ka haʻihaʻi ʻana me kāna hoaaloha e like me kēlā, no ke kālā, a paheʻe i kāna hoaaloha. ʻAe, pupule ke ʻano o kona nānā ʻana iā ia i ka maka ma hope, ke pilikia ʻole ke kālā. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā mea a pau i hahau iaʻu i ka lawe ʻana o ke kaikamahine i ka hua a kēia hoa waiwai. I kēlā manawa ua noʻonoʻo wau inā makemake ʻo ia i kāna keikikāne.
Kristina Cogol