He keiki mau nā kamaliʻi. ʻOiai ua lōʻihi lākou e hoʻomaha ana.
"Maikaʻi loa," ʻolokaʻa wau i koʻu mau maka ke nīnau aku ʻo Māmā inā ua lawa koʻu ʻaʻahu. He 70 makahiki o koʻu makuahine. ʻO wau nō, ma mua o 30.
"ʻAe, he aha kou makemake, noʻu he keiki mau ʻoe," wahi a koʻu makuahine a, me he mea lā i waena o nā manawa, e ʻike pono ʻaʻole wau e poina i ka lawe ʻana i kaʻu mau mīkina lima.
ʻAe, ʻaʻole pili ka makuahine i ka makahiki. Mau loa ia. Ua ʻike maopopo ʻo Ada Keating i kēia. Ua piha ʻo ia i 98 makahiki i kēia makahiki. He ʻehā keiki a ka wahine. Ua make ke kaikamahine muli loa, ʻo Janet, iā 13 wale nō ona makahiki. Ua ulu aʻe nā keiki i koe, aʻo, a hana i ko lākou mau ʻohana ponoʻī. Koe hoʻokahi. Noho ke keiki kāne a Ada a Tom i kahi mehameha. Ua hana ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻonaninani, akā ʻaʻole ʻo ia i hoʻomaka i kahi ʻohana. No laila, ʻaʻohe mea nāna e mālama iā ia ke paʻakikī loa iā Tom e kūlia i nā hana o ka hale. Ua koi ʻia kahi kāne 80 makahiki e neʻe i kahi home hānai.
"Pono kaʻu keiki e mālama. No laila pono wau e noho ma laila, "i hoʻoholo ai ʻo Ada. Ua hoʻoholo wau - ua ʻūlū wau i kaʻu mau mea a neʻe i ka home kahu hānai like i loko o kahi lumi ma ka puka aʻe.
'Saylelo nā limahana o ka hale he kaʻawale ka māmā a me ke keiki. Pāʻani lākou i nā pāʻani papa, makemake e nānā pū i nā hōʻike kīwī.
"I kēlā me kēia lā ke ʻōlelo nei wau iā Tom: 'Po maikaʻi', i kēlā me kēia kakahiaka hele mua wau iā ia a aloha iā ia i kakahiaka nui," i ʻōlelo ai ka nūpepa ʻo Ada. … ʻO ka wahine, ma ke ala, ua hana ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he kahu hānai kipa i kona ola a pau, no laila ua ʻike nui ʻo ia i ka mālama ʻana i ka ʻelemakule. - Ke hele au i ka mea lauoho, ke kali nei ʻo ia iaʻu. A e ʻapo mai ʻo ia iaʻu i koʻu hoʻi ʻana mai. “
Hauʻoli pū ʻo Tom me nā mea āpau. “Nui koʻu hauʻoli i ka noho ʻana o koʻu makuahine ma aneʻi. Mālama maoli ʻo ia iaʻu. I kekahi manawa lūlū ʻo ia i kona manamana lima a ʻōlelo iā ia e hana, ”ʻakaʻaka ʻo Tom.
"He pilina pilina ko Ada lāua ʻo Tom. Ma ka laulā, ʻike liʻiliʻi ʻoe i ka makuahine a me kahi keiki i ka home kahu hānai like. No laila, hoʻāʻo mākou e hana i nā mea āpau e hōʻoluʻolu ai iā lākou. A hauʻoli mākou makemake lākou i aneʻi, "wahi a ka luna o ka hale kahi e noho ai ka makuahine a me kāna keiki.
Ma ke ala, ʻaʻole ʻo lāua wale nō. Kipa mau ʻia lākou e nā kaikamahine a Ada - nā kaikuahine ʻo Tom, Barbara a me Margie. A hui pū me lākou nā moʻopuna a Ada e kipa i ka poʻe kahiko.
"ʻAʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke kāpae i ka lilo ʻana i makuahine," wahi a Ada.
"ʻAʻole hiki ke kaʻawale lākou," wahi a nā limahana ma ka hale mālama.