Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume V, Number 16, 21 April 1866 — He Kumu Kula Hoopono. [ARTICLE]

He Kumu Kula Hoopono.

Ma kekahi wahi ma Veremoneta, e malama ana kekahi kumu kaikainahine he kula, me ke kokuaia hoi e kekahi haumana kula. 1 kekahi la, ua hahauia kekahi keiki kula nui me ka huipa, no ka hoolohe ole, a hooli. lo ike kula i mea ole. Ua hahauia ua keiki nei me ka ikaika. A iloko oia wa, nonoi ae la ua keiki nei, " Ea ! Ua pau ! E aloha mai oe ia'u." Alahope, mea iho ana ka makuakane o ua keiki nei e hoopii, a kauohaia ke Kauka e hele mai e nana i ua keiki nei, aka, ua hai mai ia, ua hahau nui ia no, aka, aole nae ia i manao e eha loa ana. lla hoao ia e hoopii imua o ke jure, aka, aole nae i loaa īaia ke kumu kupono e hoopii ai. Nolaila, hoopau wale ia ka hoopii a ua kanaka nei, a hookupu iho la na kanaka oia wahi, he puu dala nui loa, a uku aku la i ua kumu kaikamahine nei, Aole hoi oia wale, aka, haiwi wale aku la na wahine oia wahi he ptina dala, a »ne ka pahi-dala hamo waiubata, me ka hai ana aku, ua inahaio loa na wahine oia apnna i ua kumu kaikamahine la, no kona hoike una ma ke akea i kona pono kumu.