— No laila, ʻo ka manawa kēia e hoʻomākaukau ai a pono mākou e hoʻoholo i ka mokulele a mākou e koho ai. Ua kūʻai au i hale lole maikaʻi loa a pipiʻi, haehae ia mai koʻu puʻuwai.
– Auwe, ʻo kaʻu hale lole punahele kēia, mahalo nui iā ʻoe!
— Ka hope, aloha iwakālua tausani. No laila pehea ka lele, ma ke kaʻaahi a ma ka mokulele paha? No ka mokulele wau.
— E hoʻolohe mai, maopopo iaʻu iā ʻoe, ua koho mākou i ke Kai Keʻokeʻo?
- ʻAe! Aia kekahi mau manaʻo ʻē aʻe?
— A makemake au e hele i ke Kai ʻEleʻele. Pehea kou makemake i ka ʻeleʻele?
— ʻAʻole maoli, nā kānaka a puni. ʻO ka kamaʻilio, nā huakaʻi, kēia mau cafe, nā kebabs ʻino. He aha ke kumu? E hele kāua i ke keʻokeʻo. E hana wau i kahi barbecue maikaʻi, me kēia mau lima. He mea nui ia!
“ʻIke wau a ʻaʻohe kānalua. E maikaʻi ke kebab, a ua loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi hoʻomaha maoli. Ua maopopo iaʻu ua luhi ʻoe, ua hana ikaika ʻoe, ua inaina mua ʻoe i kēia poʻe, akā makemake wau e lawe ʻoe iaʻu i nā poʻe. Pehea e hiki ai iā mākou ke hana i kahi ala no ʻoe e hoʻomaha ai mai nā kānaka, a no mākou e ʻauʻau ai i ke Kai ʻEleʻele? Ke noʻonoʻo nei ʻoe i kēlā koho?
— Pono e noonoo.
— E noonoo nui kakou, makemake loa au e hooluu i ka la, a i kekahi manawa e hele nani i waho, aka i ka manawa hookahi, makemake au e hoomaha oe.
— Pono au e noho kanaka ole, i ole ai kekahi.
— ʻAe, ʻo ia hoʻi, ʻaʻohe kanaka, akā aia kekahi mau wahi ma ke Kai ʻEleʻele?
– Kherson? Odessa?
— ʻAʻole maopopo iaʻu, akā hiki iaʻu ke lawe iaʻu iho a nānā i kekahi mau koho e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke hoʻomaha e like me kou makemake, me ka ʻole o nā kānaka, akā ma ke Kai ʻEleʻele. I pumehana ma laila. A i kekahi manawa noʻu ka huakaʻi.
- E loaʻa iā ʻoe? E hele mai, e nānā i nā kumukūʻai, a hāʻawi mai iaʻu i kahi papa inoa, e nānā pū mākou ma hope.
"ʻAe, ehia nā koho āu i loaʻa?" ʻEhā?
— ʻEhā mau koho — maikaʻi loa!
Kūkākūkā: Ke noi aku nei au iā ʻoe e hoʻomaopopo i ka hoʻomohala maikaʻi ʻana o ka ʻenehana, ʻaʻole mākou i pāʻani i kēia manawa - me kēia ʻenehana mākou i hele ai i Turkey i ʻApelila, aʻu i makemake ʻole ai e hele. Ua'ōlelo au he nui loa ke kumukūʻai, ua loaʻa iā mākou kahi moraki, eʻoi aku ka maikaʻi inā mākou e hoʻokomo i kēia kālā i kahi moraki, a hāʻawiʻo Olya e nānā i nā koho. Ua ʻike ʻo ia i nā koho, kīkēkē ʻana i kahi hoʻemi, haʻi mai iaʻu i ke kumukūʻai, e hoʻomaka ana mai ka luna ... ʻOiaʻiʻo, i ka wā i kapa ʻia ai kā mākou kumu kūʻai hope ma ka hopena, ua ʻike mua wau i ke kūlana maʻamau.