“Elsie a me kāna mau keiki”

Ua hoʻokō kaʻu ʻīlio mua ʻo Elsie i ka hānau ʻana i 10 mau ʻīlio i kona ola, nani wale lākou a pau. Eia naʻe, ʻo ka mea hoihoi loa, ʻo ia ka nānā ʻana i ka pilina o kā mākou ʻīlio ʻaʻole me kāna mau keiki ponoʻī, akā me nā keiki hānai, a he nui nō hoʻi. 

ʻO ka "pēpē" mua ʻo Dinka - kahi pipi liʻiliʻi hina hina, ʻohi ʻia ma ke alanui e hāʻawi ʻia "i nā lima maikaʻi." I ka wā mua, makaʻu wau i ka hoʻolauna ʻana iā lākou, no ka mea, ma ke alanui ʻo Elsie, e like me ka hapa nui o nā ʻīlio, ke alualu nei au i nā pōpoki, ʻaʻole naʻe no ka huhū, akā no ka hoihoi haʻuki, akā naʻe ... Eia naʻe, pono lākou e noho pū no kekahi manawa, no laila ua hoʻohaʻahaʻa au i ka pipi i lalo a kāhea aku iā Elsie. Hoʻopiʻi ʻo ia i kona mau pepeiao, holo kokoke, honi i ka ea, holo i mua ... a hoʻomaka e palu i ke pēpē. ʻAe, a ʻo Dinka, ʻoiai ua noho ʻo ia ma ke alanui ma mua, ʻaʻole ia i hōʻike i ka makaʻu, akā ʻo ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana me ka leo nui, e kau ana ma luna o ke kapena.

A pela lakou i hoomaka ai e ola. Moe pū lāua, pāʻani pū, hele wāwae. I kekahi lā, uwē maila kekahi ʻīlio iā Dinka. Ua ʻāwili aʻela ka pipi a hoʻomākaukau e holo, akā ua hoʻopakele ʻo Elsie. Holo ʻo ia iā Dinka, palu iā ia, kū ma hope ona, a hele poʻohiwi lāua ma mua o ka ʻīlio pupule. Ma hope o ka hala ʻana i ka lawehala, huli aʻela ʻo Elsie, hōʻike i kona mau niho a ʻuhū. Ua hoʻi hope ka ʻīlio a hoʻi hope, a hoʻomau mālie kā mākou mau holoholona i kā lākou hele ʻana.

ʻAʻole i liʻuliʻu ua lilo lākou i poʻe kaulana kūloko, a ua lilo wau i mea hōʻike i kahi kamaʻilio ʻike. ʻO kekahi keiki, i ka ʻike ʻana i kā māua kāne e hele wāwae ana, hoʻōho ʻo ia me ka hauʻoli a me ke kahaha, huli aʻe i kāna hoaaloha:

Nana, ke hele pu nei ka popoki a me ka ilio!

ʻO kāna hoaaloha (he kamaʻāina paha, ʻoiai wau i ʻike pilikino iā ia no ka manawa mua) i pane mālie:

– A me keia? ʻAe, ʻo Dinka lāua ʻo Elsie e hele wāwae nei.

ʻAʻole i liʻuliʻu ua loaʻa iā Dinka nā mea hou a haʻalele iā mākou, akā aia nā lono aia ma laila ʻo ia he hoaaloha me nā ʻīlio a ʻaʻole makaʻu iki iā lākou.

I kekahi mau makahiki ma hope mai, ua kūʻai mākou i hale ma ke kuaʻāina ma ke ʻano he dacha, a hoʻomaka koʻu kupuna wahine e noho ma laila a puni ka makahiki. A ʻoiai ua pilikia mākou i nā ʻiole a me nā ʻiole, ua ala mai ka nīnau e pili ana i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka pōpoki. No laila ua loaʻa iā mākou ʻo Max. A ʻo Elsie, ua loaʻa iā ia kahi ʻike waiwai o ke kamaʻilio ʻana me Dinka, lawe koke ʻo ia iā ia ma lalo o kona ʻēheu. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻaʻole like ko lāua pilina me Dinka, akā hele pū lāua, mālama ʻo ia iā ia, a pono wau e ʻōlelo ua loaʻa i ka pōpoki kekahi mau hiʻohiʻona ʻīlio i ka wā kamaʻilio me Elsie, no ka laʻana, ka maʻa o ka hele pū ʻana me mākou ma nā wahi a pau, a akahele i ke kiʻekiʻe (e like me nā ʻīlio hoʻohanohano iā ia iho, ʻaʻole ʻo ia i piʻi i nā kumulāʻau) a me ka makaʻu ʻole i ka wai (i kona ʻau ʻana ma kahi kahawai liʻiliʻi).

A ʻelua makahiki ma hope mai ua hoʻoholo mākou e kiʻi i nā moa hoʻomoe a kūʻai aku i nā moa leghorn he 10 lā. I ka lohe ʻana i ke kani ʻana o ka pahu i loko o nā moa, ua hoʻoholo koke ʻo Elsie e ʻike iā lākou, akā naʻe, ʻoiai i kona wā ʻōpiopio he "moa" ʻoki ʻia ma kona lunamanaʻo, ʻaʻole mākou i ʻae iā ia e hoʻokokoke i nā pēpē. Akā naʻe, ua ʻike koke mākou ʻaʻole ʻo kona hoihoi i nā manu he ʻano gastronomic, a ma ka ʻae ʻana iā Elsie e mālama i nā moa, ua kōkua mākou i ka hoʻololi ʻana o ka ʻīlio hahai holoholona i ʻīlio kahu hipa.

ʻO ka lā a pau, mai ka wanaʻao a i ke ahiahi, aia ʻo Elsie i ka hana, e kiaʻi ana i kāna keiki hoʻomaha. Ua hōʻiliʻili ʻo ia iā lākou i loko o kahi ʻohana a mālama i ʻaʻohe mea e hoʻopōmaikaʻi iā ia. Ua hiki mai nā lā pōuliuli no Max. I ka ʻike ʻana iā ia i kahi hoʻoweliweli i ke ola o kāna mau holoholona aloha, poina loa ʻo Elsie i nā pilina aloha i hoʻopili iā lākou a hiki i kēlā manawa. ʻO ka pōpoki ʻilihune, ʻaʻole i nānā iki i kēia mau moa pōʻino, makaʻu e hele hou a puni ka pā. He mea leʻaleʻa ka nānā ʻana i kona ʻike ʻana iā ia, ua holo wikiwiki ʻo Elsie i kāna haumāna mua. Paʻi ka pōpoki i ka lepo, a hoʻokuke aku ʻo ia iā ia me kona ihu mai nā moa. ʻO ka hopena, ua hele ʻo Maximilian ʻilihune a puni ka pā, e kaomi ana i kona ʻaoʻao i ka paia o ka hale a nānā makaʻu.

Akā naʻe, ʻaʻole maʻalahi ia no Elsie. I ka wā i ulu ai nā moa, hoʻomaka lākou e māhele i ʻelua mau pūʻulu like o 5 mau ʻāpana i kēlā me kēia a hoʻoikaika mau e hoʻopuehu i nā ʻaoʻao like ʻole. A ʻo Elsie, me ka nawaliwali mai ka wela, ua hoʻāʻo e hoʻonohonoho iā lākou i hoʻokahi ʻohana, ʻo ia ka mea i kā mākou pīhoihoi, ua lanakila ʻo ia.

Ke'ōlelo lākou ua heluʻia nā moa i ka hāʻuleʻana, manaʻo lākou he mea paʻakikī loa, aneane hikiʻole ke mālama pono i ke keiki holoʻokoʻa. Ua hana ʻo Elsie. I ka hāʻule ua loaʻa iā mākou he ʻumi mau moa keʻokeʻo nani. Eia nō naʻe, i ka wā i ulu ai lākou, ua manaʻoʻiʻo ʻo Elsie ua kūʻokoʻa loa kāna mau puaʻa a ola a nalowale ka makemake iā lākou, no laila i nā makahiki ma hope mai ua mālie a kū ʻole ka pilina ma waena o lākou. Akā, ʻo Max, i ka hope, ua hiki iā ia ke hanu i ka ʻoluʻolu.

ʻO Alice ke keiki hānai hope loa a Elsin, kahi rabbit liʻiliʻi, ka mea i loaʻa i koʻu kaikuahine, me ke ʻano haʻahaʻa, i loaʻa mai kahi luahine ma ke ala, a laila, me ka ʻike ʻole i ka mea e hana ai me ia, lawe mai i ko mākou dacha a haʻalele i laila. ʻAʻole loa mākou i manaʻo i ka mea e hana ai me kēia mea ola aʻe, a ua hoʻoholo mākou e ʻimi i nā mea nona ka pono, ʻaʻole e ʻae i kēia mea nani no ka ʻiʻo, akā ma ka liʻiliʻi e waiho iā ia no ka hemo. Ua lilo kēia i hana paʻakikī, no ka mea, ʻo ka poʻe a pau e makemake ana, ʻaʻole ia he mau moho hilinaʻi nui, a i kēia manawa ua noho pū ka rabbit me mākou. No ka mea ʻaʻohe hale mālama nona, ua noho ʻo Alice i ka pō i loko o kahi pahu lāʻau me ka mauʻu, a i ka lā holo wale ʻo ia i ka māla. Ua loaʻa ʻo Elsie iā ia ma laila.

I ka wā mua, kuhi ʻo ia i ka ʻīlio he ʻīlio ʻē a hoʻomaka ʻo ia e mālama iā ia, akā ma ʻaneʻi ua hōʻino ka ʻīlio. ʻO ka mea mua, hōʻole loa ʻo Alice i ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i ka maikaʻi a pau o kāna mau manaʻo, a i ka wā i hele mai ai ka ʻīlio, ua hoʻāʻo ʻo ia e holo koke. A ʻo ka lua, ʻo ia, ʻoiaʻiʻo, ua koho mau ʻo ia i ka lele ma ke ʻano nui o ka lawe ʻana. A he mea huikau loa keia ia Elsie, no ka mea, aohe mea ola i ike ia ia e hana ana me keia ano e.

Manaʻo paha ʻo Elsie e hoʻāʻo ana ka ʻīlio e lele lele ma kēia ala, a no laila, i ka wā i lele ai ʻo Alice i luna, ua kaomi koke ka ʻīlio iā ia i ka honua me kona ihu. I ka manawa like, ua pakele ʻo Elsie i ka uē weliweli mai ka lapeti pōʻino a ʻo Elsie, me ka makaʻu i hōʻeha ʻole ʻia ʻo ia i ke keiki. A ʻōlelo hou nā mea a pau: lele - lele ʻīlio - ʻuā - ʻo Elsie weliweli. I kekahi manawa ua hiki no ia Alice ke hoopau iaia, a ia manawa, holo koke aku la o Elsie me ka weliweli, e imi ana i ka lakeke, a lohe hou ia na leo uwa.

ʻO ka hope loa, ʻaʻole hiki i nā aʻalolo o Elsie ke kūpaʻa i kēlā ʻano hoʻāʻo, a ua haʻalele ʻo ia i ka hoʻāʻo ʻana e hoʻolauna me kahi mea ʻē, nānā wale i ka lākeke mai kahi mamao aku. I koʻu manaʻo, ua ʻoluʻolu loa ʻo ia i ka neʻe ʻana o Alice i hale hou. Mai ia manawa, ua haʻalele ʻo Elsie iā mākou e mālama i nā holoholona a pau i hele mai iā mākou, a waiho wale iā ia iho i nā hana a kahi pale.