He wahine i ke aumoe ma ka moena puna hou ala ala, wehe ʻino i loko, hoa ʻupena: ʻaʻole maikaʻi.

E like me ka ʻōlelo ʻana, ʻaʻole maikaʻi nā waiwai liʻiliʻi, a ʻoi aku ka nui o nā poʻe e ʻimi nei i ka moʻolelo me ka liʻiliʻi o ke kālā e kūʻai i nā mea maikaʻi loa. Akā ʻo kēia ka hihia? ʻAʻohe hihia hoʻopunipuni? ʻO ka mea aʻe, ma muli o ka peni liʻiliʻi a hana i kahi manawa, e hele kāua e nānā iā ia! I kekahi lā, kūʻai hou ke kāne a ka wahine i kahi moena puna hou, ʻike ka wahine, hauʻoli loa, ʻōlelo ʻo ia i kekahi mau manawa ma mua o kou makemake e hoʻololi i kahi moena puna hou. ʻO ka wahine a me kāna kāne he moena puna hou ma luna o ka moena, ʻaʻole hiki iā ia ke kali e hiamoe i ka moena puna hou. Akā, ua pilau maoli ka moena puna hou, ʻike nā kāne i nā niho ma hope! I ke ahiahi, i ka wā e hiamoe ai ka wahine, hiki iā ia ke honi i kahi ʻala ʻē. ʻAʻole hiamoe ka ʻono, ʻo ka paʻakikī hoʻi ke hanu. Manaʻo nā wahine aia kekahi hewa me ka moena puna, a laila e kelepona i kāna kāne, e ʻae ke kāne e wehe i ka moena puna. Ua haʻi ke kāne i kāna wahine, no ke kūʻai ʻia ʻana o ka moena puna ma ka hale kūʻai, ʻike ʻo ia i kūʻai kūʻai ʻia, ʻo ka makaʻu i ka wili ʻana ua popopo! Akā,ʻaʻole hiki i ka wahine ke kū, ma hope o ka hoʻoholoʻana e wehe i ka moena puna, makemakeʻo ia e nānā i ka mea i loko, hiki ke honi e hoʻomaha iā ia. No laila, e ʻoluʻolu e lawe mai ka wahine i ka mea paahana, e ʻoki ʻia ka moena puna me kāna kāne. Ma hope o ka wehe ʻana i ka moena puna, makaʻu lākou, piha i ka corrosion. Akā, ulu ka ʻike ʻole he aha ka mea, maʻi maoli ke ʻano! E ʻike ma ʻaneʻi, e manaʻoʻiʻo mau paha ʻoe i ka moʻolelo o nā waiwai liʻiliʻi he maikaʻi? ʻO ka liʻiliʻi make up manaʻo, ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻoiai aia kekahi mea maʻalahi a maikaʻi hoʻi, akā ʻoiaʻiʻo he liʻiliʻi wale nō, a pono e hoʻolalelale i kou mau maka e nānā! ʻO nā mea hou aʻe kāu kumu, ʻōlelo ʻoe?