He nani ka wahine, akā nani ka hale. ʻAʻole i ʻike ʻia kahi koʻokoʻo nui o nā kauā, nā kiaʻi a me nā mea hoʻokele i ka hopena. A ma ka veranda me kahi mea aloha ʻaʻole hiki i kahi wahine waiwai ke hele i waho - e ʻike nā hoalauna! ʻO kēia mau wahine waiwai me nā mea aloha i loko o nā hōkele e hui ai, a i ʻole e hana i aloha i waena o nā limahana. I ʻole e huki nui iā lākou iho a pale i nā pilikia pono ʻole!
Ua hoʻohenehene ke kaikunāne, a ua huhū ke kaikuahine i kahi hoʻohenehene hala ʻole loa. A kiʻi ʻia i nā pōlele. ʻO ka liʻiliʻi loa ʻo ko lākou makuahine ka mea kūpono - ua waiho ʻo ia i kāna kaikamahine ma kona wahi. ʻOiaʻiʻo, e kukuli ʻo ia a omo - ʻike ʻo ia i kona hewa. ʻAe, i ka wā i hoʻomaka ai ke keikikāne e huki iā ia ma luna o kona puʻu me he wahine hoʻokamakama lā, ua ʻike ka makuahine ua pau kāna hana hoʻonaʻauao. I kēia manawa, aia hoʻokahi pipi i loko o ka hale.
He kāne ʻōpio hoihoi! Ua maopopo ma kā lāua kamaʻilio ʻana ua lōʻihi ko lāua noho ʻana. Akā naʻe, ke manaʻo nei au he nui ke kamaʻilio ʻana o ke kaikamahine, ʻo ia hoʻi, ʻaʻole ʻoliʻoli ʻo ia i ke kaʻina hana a ʻaʻole ʻae i kāna hoa e noʻonoʻo.