ʻOi aku ka pololei, ke hoʻāʻo nei e pāʻani. He naʻaupō loa ka waiho ʻana i ka pēpē i loko o ka pā o ke aliʻi o nā holoholona.
"ʻO kā mākou Leona liʻiliʻi" - ʻo kēia ke kāhea aloha ʻana o kona mau mākua i ka pēpē ʻo Arie. A ʻaʻole kēia he inoa kapakapa, akā he inoa: Arie, i unuhi ʻia mai ka Hebera, ʻo ia hoʻi ke aliʻi o nā holoholona. ʻAʻohe mea kupanaha he lole liona liʻiliʻi kāna i kona kapa lole. A i ka hoʻoholo ʻana o ke akua wahine ʻo Arie a me kāna hoa aloha e lawe i kā lāua pēpē i ka zoo o Atlanta, ua lawe pū lākou i kēia lole.
"ʻOluʻolu ka lā a mehana ka lole," wahi a Kami Flamming. "A ʻūlū kona makuahine i kahi hoʻopiʻi e ʻaahu iā Arya inā loaʻa ʻo ia i ke anuanu."
Wahi a Kami, i ko lākou hōʻea ʻana i ka zoo, ʻaʻole i haʻalele nā liona i nā pā. Ua hele a puni ka ʻohana ma kahi o nā holoholona āpau a i ka hopena hoʻi i kā lākou hale paʻa.
"Ua ʻike au i nā liona e puka mai ana a hoʻoholo e ʻaʻahu iā Arye i kahi lole e paʻi kiʻi iā ia i mua o lākou," Wehewehe ʻo Kami.
Ke helu nei ka wahine ma kahi pana maikaʻi, akā ʻaʻole naʻe i manaʻo iki i ka mea e hiki mai ana ma hope. I ka mua, ua nānā nā liona i kahi pēpē mai kahi mamao. A laila hele kokoke lākou. Ua nānā mālie ʻo Arye i nā holoholona nui ma o ke aniani mānoanoa a hoʻāʻo e hoʻopā i ka "kitty". A ua lawe lākou iā ia no kā lākou iho! Ua hoʻāʻo nō hoʻi ka liona e hahau iā ia me kona wāwae. I kekahi manawa, ka lima liʻiliʻi o Arye a me ka wāwae o ka liona nunui i ka manawa hoʻokahi i kaomi i ke aniani ma nā ʻaoʻao ʻelua.
"E nānā, e Arie, like ʻo ia me ʻoe, nui wale nō," - Lohe ʻia ka leo o Kami iā mākou ma waho o ka pale.
ʻOiaʻiʻo ka wahine: ʻo kēia ka hoʻomanaʻo maikaʻi loa o ka hele mua me kāna akua.
"Ua paʻi mākou i kekahi mau kiʻi a haʻalele wikiwiki i ʻole e hoʻonui nui nā holoholona," i wehewehe ai ka makuahine akua. "Akā he mea kupaianaha ia."