He ʻohana, e haʻi aku wau iā ʻoe! ʻO Māmā, i ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻana, ʻike ʻo ia i kāna keiki i kūkulu kakahiaka. He mea ma'amau no ia makahiki. Ma mua o ka hoʻohālike ʻana ʻaʻohe mea i hana ʻia, ua kāhea ʻo ia i kāna kaikamahine brunette a noi iā ia e kōkua i kona kaikunāne. I ka hopena, ua māʻona lāua, a hauʻoli ka makuahine no ka noho aliʻi hou ʻana o ka maluhia ma ka ʻohana.
He ʻelemakule kēia lede, akā he kino maikaʻi kona! Nui kona ʻike. Manaʻo wau pehea i loaʻa ai kēlā ʻeha ʻokoʻa ma kona ʻūhā. Ua huki ikaika paha kekahi iā ia i kekahi lā a ʻelua paha i hala. ʻIke pinepine ʻia kēlā ʻano ʻeha i hoʻokahi lā a ʻelua paha a pili pono i ka lima o ke kanaka.
ʻO wau ʻaʻole ʻoluʻolu loa ka lede i kēia ʻano moe kolohe! ʻAʻole i hōʻike ʻia ka hiʻohiʻona o kona helehelena i kona makemake. Manaʻo wau e hauʻoli ʻo ia inā lawelawe ʻo ia i nā kāne i kēlā me kēia manawa. A hānau wale lāua iā ia. Ua hauʻoli ka lede iā ia iho? ʻAʻole wau i manaʻo ua hana ʻo ia.
Ua haʻi aku kekahi ʻAsia i kāna wahine me kahi hoaaloha i hiki iā ia ke mahalo i kāna mau hiʻohiʻona. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ua ʻike mua ʻo ia i kāna hoaaloha ma ka hui, akā eia ʻo ia e ʻike i kāna hua i loko o kāna hoki - no ka manawa mua. A hiki i kekahi ke manaʻo ua makemake ʻo ia iā ia, ma ke ʻano he wahine.