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I ka wā ma mua, aia kekahi keiki aliʻi i makemake e mare i ke kamāliʻiwahine; akā, pono ʻo ia e lilo i kamāliʻiwahine maoli. Ua huakaʻi ʻo ia a puni ka honua e ʻimi i kekahi, akā, ʻaʻole hiki iā ia ke loaʻa i kāna mea i makemake ai. Ua nui nā kamāliʻiwahine, akā, ua paʻakikī ke ʻike inā he mau kamāliʻiwahine maoli lākou. Aia mau kekahi mea e pili ana iā lākou i kū ʻole i ka mea e pono ai. No laila, hoʻi hou mai ʻo ia i ka home a kaumaha, no ka mea, makemake nui ʻo ia e loaʻa i ke kamāliʻiwahine maoli.

I kekahi ahiahi, ua hiki mai kahi ʻino weliweli; ua hekili a me ka uila, a ua nui ka ua. Ua lohe koke ʻia ke kīkēkē ʻana ma ka puka o ke kūlanakauhale, a hele akula ke aliʻi ʻelemakule e wehe.

He aliʻi wahine ia e kū ana ma waho i mua o ka puka pā. Akā, aloha nui! He nani maoli ka nānā ʻana o ka ua a me ka makani iā ​​ia. Ua kahe ka wai mai kona lauoho a me kona lole; ua kahe i lalo i loko o nā manamana wāwae o kona mau kāmaʻa a puka hou i waho ma nā kuʻekuʻe wāwae. Akā naʻe, ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia he aliʻi wahine maoli ʻo ia.

"ʻĀ, e ʻike koke kākou i kēlā," i manaʻo ai ke aliʻi wahine kahiko. Akā, ʻaʻohe ona ʻōlelo iki, komo akula i loko o ka lumi moe, wehe aʻela i nā mea moe a pau mai luna mai o ka moena, a waiho ihola i ka pī ma lalo; a laila lawe aʻela ʻo ia i iwakālua mau moena a kau ihola ma luna o ka pī, a laila, iwakālua mau moena ʻeleʻele ma luna o nā moena.

Ma kēia mea, ua pono ke kamāliʻiwahine e moe i ka pō a pau. I ke kakahiaka, ua nīnau ʻia ʻo ia pehea ʻo ia i hiamoe ai.

“Auē, ʻino loa!” wahi āna. “ʻAneʻane ʻaʻole au i pani i koʻu mau maka i ka pō a pau. ʻO ka lani wale nō ka mea i ʻike i ka mea ma luna o ka moena, akā, ua moe au ma luna o kahi mea paʻa, a ua ʻeleʻele a uliuli koʻu kino a puni. He mea weliweli!”

I kēia manawa ua ʻike lākou he kamāliʻiwahine maoli ʻo ia no ka mea ua hoʻopā ʻo ia i ka pī ma waena o nā moena he iwakālua a me nā moena he iwakālua i hana ʻia me ka eider down.

ʻAʻohe mea ʻē aʻe i ʻole he kamāliʻiwahine maoli e like me ia.

No laila, ua lawe ke keiki aliʻi iā ia i wahine nāna, no ka mea, ua ʻike ʻo ia he aliʻi wahine maoli kāna; a ua waiho ʻia ka pī i loko o ka hale hōʻikeʻike, kahi e ʻike ʻia ai, inā ʻaʻohe mea i ʻaihue.

Eia, he moʻolelo ʻoiaʻiʻo kēlā.