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Wā ‘Elua ‘Ama‘ama Hānau ka ‘Ama‘ama, hānau ka ‘Anae i ke kai lā holo |
Second Epic ‘Ama‘ama The ‘Ama‘ama gives birth, the ‘Anae gives birth in the sea swimming |
‘O Kahiapo ka Mahi‘ai akamai Na Keonaona Kapuni-Reynolds ‘O Kahiapo kekahi o nā kānaka mahi‘ai akamai loa o Hawai‘i nei. Inā he pilikia ko kekahi me ka mahi‘ai, hele lākou iā Kahiapo no ke kōkua. I kekahi lā, iā Kahiapo e ‘ohi ana i ka ‘uala no ka ‘āina ahiahi, ‘ike ‘o ia i kekahi mau kanaka e pi‘i ana i kona hale. “Aloha e nā hoa,” wahi a Kahiapo i kāhea aku ai. “He aha ka
pilikia?” i pane mai ai kekahi o nā kānaka, “Auē, he pilikia nui kēia.” Huli hou ‘o Kahiapo i kekahi o kona mau lo‘i kalo a ‘ike ‘ia ka pilikia like. Ua maika‘i ka wai i kēia kakahiaka. He aha lā ka pilikia? ‘Oiai ‘a‘ole i ‘ike ‘o Kahiapo i ke kumu o kēia ulu ‘ana o ka limu, ua huli ‘o ia i ka ho‘oponopono. No kekahi mau lā, ua huaka‘i ‘o Kahiapo a puni o Hawai‘i akā, ‘a‘ole hiki i kekahi kanaka ke ho‘oponopono i kēia pilikia. No laila ua kipa aku ‘o Kahiapo i ke kauhale o kona ‘aikane lawai‘a ‘o Kanahā a ma laila ‘o ia i ‘ike ai i ka ma‘ema‘e o ka loko i‘a. “Ē, Kanahā! Pehea i ma‘ema‘e loa ai kou loko i‘a?” wahi a Kahiapo. Pane akula ‘o Kanahā, “‘Ai nā ‘Ama‘ama i ka limu a me ka lepo i ma‘ema‘e ka loko i‘a.” “E kōkua paha kēia mau i‘a i ka pilikia ma ko‘u lo‘i kalo?” i nīnau ai ‘o Kahiapo. “E kōkua nō paha!” A me kēlā ua hā‘awi aku ‘o Kanahā i nā i‘a ‘Ama‘ama iā Kahiapo. Ho‘i ‘o Kahiapo i ka hale me nā ‘Ama‘ama a ho‘okomo i loko o ka lo‘i kalo a ho‘i ‘o ia i ka hale. I kekahi lā a‘e ua ho‘i ‘o Kahiapo i ka lo‘i a ‘ike anei ‘oe i kāna mea i ‘ike ai? Ua ‘ike ‘o ia i ke kalo, a me nā i‘a ‘Ama‘ama, ‘a‘ole ‘o ia i ‘ike iki i ka lepo a me ka limu ma kona lo‘i. I ia lā like ua ha‘i ‘o ia i nā mahi‘ai ‘ē a‘e no ka maika‘i o ka ‘Ama‘ama ma ka lo‘i a ‘o ia paha ke kumu i ‘ike ‘ia ai ka ‘Ama‘ama ma nā lo‘i kalo. |
Kahiapo The Smart Farmer By Keonaona Kapuni-Reynolds Kahipo is one of the smartest farmers in Hawai‘i. If there is
any problem with farming, they go to Kahiapo for help. One day,
as Kahiapo gathered sweet potato for dinner, he saw some men coming
up to his house. One of the men answer, “There is a seaweed growing in our taro patches and there is no place for the taro to grow!” “Oh no, that is a big problem.” Kahiapo turned and looked at his taro patches and saw the same problem. The water was fine this morning. What could be the problem? Since Kahiapo didn’t know why the seaweed was growing in the taro patch, he went to find out how to fix it. For some days, Kahiapo traveled around Hawai‘i, but no one knew how to solve his problem, so Kahiapo visited the home of his best fisherman friend, Kanahā and that is where he saw Kanahā’s clean fishponds. “Eh Kanahā! How is it that your fishponds are so clean?” said Kahiapo. Kanahā answers, “The ‘Ama‘ama eat the seaweed and the silt so that my pond is very clean.” “Maybe these fish can help the problem in my taro patches?” asked Kahiapo. “Maybe they will!” and with that Kanahā gave some of the fish to Kahiapo. Kahiapo returned home and put the ‘Ama‘ama in his taro patches and went home to rest. The next day Kahiapo returned to his patch and you know what he saw? He saw his kalo, and the ‘Ama‘ama fish, and he didn’t see any sign of the limu that was plaguing his taro patch. That very same day Kahiapo told all the farmers about the ‘Ama‘ama in the patches, and that is why there are fish in taro patches. |
‘Ama‘ama Mai loko mai ‘o http://www.huapala.org, na Sam Alama He aloha ē ka i‘a lā, |
‘Ama‘ama From http://www.huapala.org, by Sam Alama I love fish |
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