Lawe pinepine ʻo Patrick Parker i ke keiki kāne a Ian i ka Zoo Nashville. Eia kekahi, ʻaʻole like mau nā holoholona ma laila. I kekahi manawa hele mai nā malihini mai nā zoo ʻē aʻe o ka ʻāina e kipa i ke kūlanakauhale. I kēia manawa ua lawe mai lākou i nā bea Andes - aia wale nō he 38 o lākou ma ʻAmelika. Kākaʻikahi! ʻOiai, ʻaʻole hiki iā Patrick a me kāna pēpē ʻelima mau makahiki ke haʻalele i kēlā hanana.
A eia ʻo ia, he pā me nā bea. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻaʻole wikiwiki nā bea e hoʻokokoke. ʻOi aku ka hoihoi o lākou e noho ma nā pōhaku ma ka wai ʻauʻau ma mua o ka ʻauʻau ʻana i ka pā pono. ʻAʻole māʻona ʻo Iyen i kēia kūlana o nā hihia. Ua hoʻoholo ʻo ia e ʻumeʻume i ka manaʻo o ka wāwae wāwae a hoʻomaka e lele pono ma ka pale.
ʻAʻole i makehewa nā hana a Ian. Ua hoihoi kekahi o nā bea i ke ʻano o nā ʻano hana a kēia keiki ma laila, lele i loko o ka wai a ʻau aku i ke keiki. Maʻaneʻi e hoʻopaʻa inoa ai mākou: ua hana ʻia ka pale i ke aniani kūpaʻa a me ka hilinaʻi i hoʻokaʻawale ʻia i ka hale manu mai nā alaloa kahi a nā malihini i ʻauana ai. Mahalo iā ia, ua hiki ke hiki ke hōʻike ʻia e kēia kāne - he bea a me kahi keikikāne.
Ua hauʻoli loa ʻo Ian i ka nānā ʻana o ka bea iā ia ua hoʻomau ʻo ia i ka lele. A ʻo ka wāwae wāwae, e kū ana i ka pūhaka i loko o ka wai… ua hoʻomaka e kope ia! Ua lele wau i hoʻokahi manawa, ʻelua. A laila hoʻomaka lākou e lele lōkahi - i ka hauʻoli o ka makuakāne o ke keiki a me nā mea ʻē aʻe āpau.
Ua kau ʻo Patrick i ke wikiō ma kāna Facebook. Ma kahi o 3 miliona mau kānaka i nānā i ka wikiō ma kāna ʻaoʻao wale nō - he pule kēia! Nā ʻōlelo he kakini, aneane 50 tausani repost. Maliʻa paha, ʻano like ka nani me kēia.