ʻO kēlā me kēia o mākou e moeʻuhane i ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi hoaaloha hilinaʻi a kūpaʻa kokoke, ʻaʻole hiki iā ia ke kumakaia, hoʻopunipuni. Laki wau, he mau hoaaloha a he ʻohana maikaʻi koʻu. I loko o kēia ʻohana, me ka noʻonoʻo ʻole ʻelua, lawe mākou i kahi ʻīlio ma 2008 a kapa ʻia ʻo ia ʻo Manya.
Ma ka laulā, ua koho ʻo ia i kēia inoa nona iho. I ka makahiki 2008, ua hana ko'u kaikuahine ma ke alanui Gursky (ua ike kela a me keia o kakou i keia alanui), ua laweia mai he 5 mahina (he kaikamahine) ia lakou. Ua kāhea koʻu kaikuahine a nīnau mai inā makemake wau i ʻīlio. Me ka noʻonoʻo ʻole, ʻōlelo wau ʻae. ʻAʻole hiki iaʻu ke kōkua i nā mea he nui (ʻoiai ua hānai mau wau iā lākou - nā holoholona home ʻole), akā hiki ke hoʻopakele ʻia kekahi. I koʻu ʻike ʻana i kēlā mau maka, ua maopopo iaʻu nā mea a pau: ʻo kaʻu ʻīlio kēia, he lālā o ko mākou ʻohana. Hoʻomaka mākou e papa inoa i nā inoa, makemake ʻo ia i ka inoa ʻo Manya, ua lilo koke ʻo ia i mea hauʻoli, holo ka huelo. He 9 mau makahiki mākou, ʻike mākou i nā hui āpau. He ʻīlio akamai a lokomaikaʻi ʻo Manya, makemake ʻo ia e hele i ka hale kūʻai holoholona no "nā meaʻai". I ka wā mua he paʻakikī: ʻohi mākou i nā mea a pau e waiho maikaʻi ʻole ana ma ke alanui. He ʻuʻuku lākou. ʻAi i ka ʻaʻahu o ka sofa. Akā i kēia manawa, hauʻoli mākou a pau, loaʻa iaʻu kahi Manya lokomaikaʻi, aloha nui wau iā ia. E nā makamaka heluhelu, inā he kāne ʻoe a loaʻa iā ʻoe ka ikaika e hānai i ka ʻīlio a i ʻole ka pōpoki, e lawe i holoholona nou! E lilo koke ʻoe i mea aloha a ʻoi aku ke kuleana. I ka poʻe ʻaʻa, hiki iaʻu ke makemake i ka pōmaikaʻi a me ke ahonui. Ua kiʻi ʻia nā kiʻi e Tatyana Prokopchik no ka papahana "ʻElua wāwae, ʻehā mau wāwae, hoʻokahi puʻuwai".