I kekahi lā, hele maila kekahi mau kāne iaʻu: he kauka ʻo ia a he kahu hānai kāna wahine. Ua hopohopo nui lākou no kā lāua keiki kāne ʻeono makahiki, ka mea hoʻohui i ka omo ʻana i kona manamana lima.
Inā waiho wale ʻo ia i kona manamana lima, hoʻomaka ʻo ia e nahu i kona mau kui. Hoʻopaʻi kona mau mākua iā ia, hahau iā ia, hahau iā ia, waiho iā ia me ka ʻai ʻole, ʻaʻole i ʻae iā ia e ala aʻe mai kona noho ʻana i ka wā e pāʻani ana kona kaikuahine. ʻO ka hope, hoʻoweliweli lākou e kono aku i ke kauka nāna e mālama i ka poʻe pupule.
I koʻu hōʻea ʻana aku i ke kelepona, hoʻokipa mai ʻo Jackie iaʻu me nā maka ʻōlinolino a me nā lima lima. “E Jackie,” i ʻōlelo aku ai au iā ia, “ke noi mai nei kou makuakāne a me kou makuahine e hoʻōla iā ʻoe i ʻole ʻoe e omo i kou manamana nui a nahu i kou mau kui. Makemake kou makuakāne a me kou makuahine e lilo au i kauka nau. I kēia manawa ke ʻike nei au ʻaʻole ʻoe makemake i kēia, akā e hoʻolohe mau i kaʻu e ʻōlelo aku nei i kou mau mākua. E hoolohe pono.»
Huli au i ke kauka a me kāna wahine kahu hānai, ʻōlelo wau, “ʻAʻole maopopo i kekahi mau mākua i nā mea e pono ai nā pēpē. Pono kēlā me kēia keiki ʻeono makahiki e omo i kona manamana nui a nahu i kona mau kui. No laila, e Jackie, e omo i kou manamana nui a nahu i kou mau kui i kou puʻuwai. A ʻaʻole pono kou mau mākua e koho iā ʻoe. He kauka kou makuakāne a ʻike ʻo ia ʻaʻole keakea nā kauka i ka mālama ʻana i nā maʻi o nā poʻe ʻē aʻe. ʻĀnō, ʻo ʻoe koʻu ahonui, ʻaʻole hiki iā ia ke pale iaʻu mai ka hana ʻana iā ʻoe ma koʻu ʻano ponoʻī. ʻAʻole pono ke kahu hānai e hoʻopaʻapaʻa me ke kauka. No laila, mai hopohopo, Jackie. Omo i kou manamana nui a nahu i kou mau kui e like me na keiki a pau. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ke lilo ʻoe i keiki makua nui, ʻehiku paha makahiki, a laila, ʻo ka omo ʻana i kou manamana nui a nahu i kou mau kui, he mea hilahila iā ʻoe, ʻaʻole kēlā makahiki.
A i loko o ʻelua mahina, ua manaʻo ʻia he lā hānau ʻo Jackie. No kahi keiki ʻeono makahiki, ʻelua mahina he mau loa. I ka manawa hea kēia lā hānau, no laila ua ʻae ʻo Jackie me aʻu. Eia naʻe, makemake nā keiki ʻeono makahiki e lilo i kanaka makua nui i ʻehiku makahiki. A ʻelua pule ma mua o kona lā hānau, ua hoʻōki ʻo Jackie i ka omo ʻana i kona manamana lima a nahu i kona mau kui. Ua hoʻopiʻi wale au i kona manaʻo, akā ma ke ʻano o kahi kamaliʻi.