EKF :: Puke No'eau

Keoki Stender
Hanauma Bay, Oahu
http://www.coralreefnetwork.com/stender/fishes/surgeonfishes/surgeonfishes.htm

Wa&_macron; ‘Elua

Pala
Ka Makua

Ha&_macron;nau ka Pala,

ha&_macron;nau ke Kala i ke kai la&_macron; holo

Second Epic

Pala
The Parent

The Pala gives birth,

the Kala gives birth in the sea swimming

Ka Pala A me ka ‘o&_macron;pala

Na Keonaona Kapuni-Reynolds

I kekahi la&_macron;, e holo ana kekahi i‘a Pala i loko o ke kai me ka maka‘ala ‘ole i ka&_macron;na mea e ‘ai ana. ‘Ai wale ‘o ia i na&_macron; mea he nui wale a laila i kona hiki ‘ana i kekahi wahi ‘ike nui ‘ia o ka po‘e. Ua ho‘omaka ‘o ia e ‘oli‘oli a le‘ale‘a no ka mea maopopo ka Pala, ina&_macron; loa‘a ka po‘e e loa‘a pu&_macron; ana ka mea‘ai ia&_macron; la&_macron;kou. Holo ‘o ia i ‘o&_macron; a i ‘ane‘i e ho‘a&_macron;‘o ana e ‘ai i ka palaoa a me na&_macron; pi&_macron; a na&_macron; ka&_macron;naka e kiloi ana i loko o ke kai, eia na‘e ‘a‘ole i hiki ia&_macron; ia ke ‘ai i ho‘okahi mea ma muli o ka nui o ka i‘a.

‘Ike aku ‘o ia i kekahi pi&_macron; ho‘okahi e lana ana i loko o ke kai, aka&_macron; na‘e ‘a‘ole ‘o ia i ‘ike i ka ‘eke ‘ea e puni ana i ke&_macron;ia pi&_macron;. Holo aku ka Pala i ka ‘eke a ‘ai aku i ka pi&_macron; me ho‘okahi moni a laila ho‘omaka ‘o ia e ‘ike i kekahi ‘ano pilikia. ‘A‘ole i hiki i ka Pala ke hanu. I kona ‘ai ‘ana i ka pi&_macron; ua pa‘a ka ‘eke ‘ea e puni ana i ka pi&_macron; i loko o kona mau pihapiha a ‘a‘ole i hiki i ke kai ke kahe ma luna o kona mau pihapiha, a ‘a‘ole i hiki ia&_macron; ia ke hanu aku i ka ‘okikene mai loko mai o ke kai.

Holo aku ‘o ia ma ‘o&_macron; a ma ‘ane‘i e noi ana i na&_macron; i‘a like ‘ole no ke ko&_macron;kua, eia na‘e ‘a‘ohe i‘a e ko&_macron;kua aku ana ia&_macron; ia. ‘A‘ole wau ‘ike, no ke aha la&_macron;kou i ko&_macron;kua ‘ole aku ai ia&_macron; ia aka&_macron; i ko‘u mana‘o he pili paha ko la&_macron;kou ko&_macron;kua ‘ole i ka loa‘a ‘ole o na&_macron; i‘a i na&_macron; lima e huki aku i ka ‘eke ‘ea. He mea minamina a kaumaha loa ke&_macron;ia mea i hana aku ‘ia i ka pala. A ho‘omaka ‘o ia e pi&_macron;holo i loko o ke kai. A ‘ane‘ane pau kona ola ‘ana, le&_macron;kei ‘ia kekahi ‘upena ma luna o ka Pala a huki ‘ia a‘e ‘o ia i luna.

‘Ike ‘ia ka Pala me ka ‘eke ‘ea e ka lawai‘a a ‘ohi aku ‘o ia i ka i‘a a huki aku i ka ‘eke ‘ea mai loko mai o kona pihapiha. Ua nahae kekahi ‘a&_macron;pana o ka ‘eke ‘ea aka&_macron; ua hiki i ka Pala ke ola. Ma muli o ka makemake ‘ole o ka lawai‘a i ka i‘a ka&_macron;pulu, ua kiloi hou ‘o ia i ka i‘a i loko ke kai a no ka i‘a pala, ua ho‘omaopopo mau ‘o ia no ka ‘ai ‘ole ‘ana i na&_macron; mea like ‘ole a pau loa ma ke kai ma muli o ka loa‘a o kekahi ‘a&_macron;pana ‘eke ‘ea i loko o kona pihapiha.

He mana‘o ho‘i ke&_macron;ia ia&_macron; ‘oukou e na&_macron; keiki, mai kiloi wale i ka ‘o&_macron;pala i loko o ke kai. He ho‘oka&_macron;pulu a ho&_macron;‘eha ke&_macron;ia hana i na&_macron; mea i‘a o ke kai a he mana‘o hou a‘e ko‘u ia&_macron; ‘oukou, mai ‘ai wale i na&_macron; ‘ano mea like ‘ole no ka mea ‘a‘ole ‘oe ‘ike ina&_macron; he ‘o&_macron;pala ana ia mea.

The Pala and the Rubbish

By Keonaona Kapuni-Reynolds

One day a Pala fish was swimming in the sea not paying any attention to what he was eating. He was just eating and swimming all over the place and when he got to place that was known for all the people, he started to jump with joy because the Pala knew that where there are people they always have food. He ran all over the place trying to eat the bread and the peas that the people were throwing into the sea, however he couldn’t just eat one thing because of all the fish.

He saw one pea floating all by itself in the sea, but he didn’t sea the plastic bag that the pea was in. The Pala swam close to the plastic bag and ate the pea in one gulp and then he started to feel a problem. The Pala couldn’t breathe. When he ate the pea, the plastic bag that was around the pea was stuck in his gills and the ocean water couldn’t travel over his gills, and he also couldn’t breath in oxygen from the ocean.

He swam here and there asking the different fish to help him however no fish wanted to help him. I don’t know why they didn’t want to help him but I think they couldn’t help him because fish don’t have hands to pull out the plastic bag. It was a very sad thing that was done to the Pala. He started to drown into the deep sea. He was very close to death, when a net was cast into the water he was caught in the net and pulled up.

A fisherman then saw the Pala with a plastic bag in his mouth and he quickly pulled out the bag from his gills. A small piece of the bag broke and remained in his gills but he could still breath. Because the fisherman didn’t want a polluted fish he threw it back into the sea, and for the Pala fish, he always remembered not to eat any kind of rubbish in the sea because he always had that little reminder, which was the plastic bag stuck in his gills.

Here is another thought to you, children. Don’t just throw your rubbish in the sea. It pollutes and damages the fish that live there. Here is another thought to you guys. Don’t eat any kinds of food because if you don’t check it might be rubbish or something else.

Kekahi ‘ike hou a‘e

Inoa Hawai‘i: Maiko, Ma&_macron;ikoiko, Ma&_macron;ikoikoi, Pala

Inoa Peleka&_macron;nia: Whitebar Surgeonfish

Inoa ‘Epekema: Acanthurus leucopareius

Kona ‘ano: He kino ‘a&_macron;hinahina palaunu kona me na&_macron; kikokiko ‘ele‘ele ma ‘o&_macron; a ma ‘ane‘i o kona kino. He kaha ke‘oke‘o a kaha ‘ele‘ele kona ma waena o kona maka a me ka pewa o mua. Ma kahi o ka hi‘u he kaha ke‘oke‘o kona. Ulu ke&_macron;ia i‘a a 10 paha ‘i&_macron;niha.

‘Ikepili Hoihoi: ‘Ai ‘ia ke&_macron;ia ma hope o ka wehe ‘ana i ka ‘ili a me ka pu&_macron;lehu ‘ana i ke&_macron;ia i‘a. Like ka ‘ala o ke&_macron;ia i‘a me ka ‘ala o ka Palani.

More Information

Hawaiian Name: Maiko, Ma&_macron;ikoiko, Ma&_macron;ikoikoi, Pala

English Name: Whitebar Surgeonfish

Scientific Name: Acanthurus leucopareius

Description: Its body is silvery brown with black dots all over his body. The Pala has a white stripe between his eye and his front fins. Near the tail there is another white stripe. This fish can probably grow up to 10 inches.

Interesting Fact: This fish is eaten after the skin is removed and it is grilled. This fish smells just like the Palani.