I ka pau ʻana aʻe o ka ua ʻino, ua hele ke keiki me kona makuakāne e hele wāwae i ke ea malū. Makemake lāua e hele wāwae ma hope o ka ua. Ua noho mālie a maluhia mau.
I ko lākou hele ʻana, huli koke ke keiki i kona makua kāne a nīnau akula, "No ke aha i ʻokoʻa ai ka ʻili o kekahi poʻe?"
Ua pihoihoi iki ka makuakane. He ninau hikiwawe loa. He aha kāna e haʻi aku ai i kāna keiki? Noʻonoʻo ʻo ia no kekahi minuke, a hoʻomaha koke ʻo ia… Ua ʻike ʻo ia i kekahi mea ma kahi mamao.
Kukuli ʻo ia ma kekahi kuli a kuhikuhi i ke anuenue. Ua hoʻoholo ka makua kāne e nīnau i kāna keiki i kekahi nīnau. “Pehea inā hoʻokahi wale nō kala o ke ānuenue?”
Nānā ke keiki liʻiliʻi i ke ānuenue. I ka wā mua, ua ʻano piʻoloke ʻo ia a ʻōlelo ʻo ia "E kaumaha loa au inā hoʻokahi wale nō kala o ke ānuenue".
A laila ʻike akula ka makua kāne i ka ʻakaʻaka ma ka helehelena o kāna mau keikikāne a me ka ʻōlinolino o kona mau maka. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ke keiki me ka hauʻoli, "He akamai loa ke Akua e hoʻonani i ka honua."
A laila, ʻike ka makua kāne i kahi puʻupuʻu ma ke kua o kona ʻāʻī a me ka waimaka haʻaheo ma kona papalina hema. ʻO kāna keikikāne 7 makahiki i ʻike ʻole i ka mea a ka poʻe i hiki ʻole ke hoʻomaopopo.
Huli aʻela ʻo ia i kāna keiki, hamo ʻoluʻolu iā ia ma kona kua, honi i ka lae o kāna mau keikikāne a ʻōlelo wale aku "ʻAe ua akamai ʻo ia".
I ke kū ʻana o ka makua kāne i luna, hāʻule mālie kāna keiki i kona lima ma ka lima o kona makuakāne.
Hele pū lāua i ke ānuenue.
“He ānuenue mākou na ke Akua,
Aia kahi ʻokoʻa i laila ka nani”
Kevin Heath – More4kids International
He moʻolelo maikaʻi nō… mahalo no ka hāʻawi ʻana iā ia 🙂