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Keonaona Kapuni-Reynolds
Ma'alaea, Maui, Hawai'i
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Wa&_macron; ‘Elua

Lupe
Ke Keiki

Ha&_macron;nau ka Pe‘a,

ha&_macron;nau ka Lupe i ke kai la&_macron; holo

Ka mo‘olelo ‘o Mikololou

Second Epic

Lupe
The Child

The Pe‘a gives birth,

the Lupe gives birth in the

sea swimming

Ka mo‘olelo ‘o Mikololou

Ha‘i hou ‘ia e Keonaona Kapuni-Reynolds

‘O Mikololou he Mano&_macron; mai Ka‘u&_macron;, Hawai‘i. I kekahi la&_macron; ua ho‘oholo ‘o Mikololou la&_macron;kou ‘o Kua, Kealiikauaokau, Pakaiea a me Kalani e kipa aku ia&_macron; O‘ahu. I ka hele ‘ana i laila ua hui la&_macron;kou me kekahi mau Mano&_macron; ‘ai kanaka. I ko la&_macron;kou hiki ‘ana i Pu‘uloa ma O‘ahu ua hui la&_macron;kou me Kaahupahau. ‘O Kaahupahau ke kia‘i o Pu‘uloa a ma&_macron;lama ‘o ia i na&_macron; ka&_macron;naka o ia wahi. Ke ‘ike ‘ia kekahi ‘ano Mano&_macron; ‘ai kanaka ho‘ololi ‘o ia i kona kino i ‘upena a ka&_macron;hea aku i na&_macron; lawai‘a e hele mai a pepehi i na&_macron; Mano&_macron; ‘ai kanaka. ‘O Kahi‘uka&_macron; kona kaikuna&_macron;ne a ‘o ia ka mea na&_macron;na i ku‘i aku i na&_macron; Mano&_macron; me kona hi‘u ikaika a lo&_macron;‘ihi.

I ka hui ‘ana me Ka‘ahupahau ua ‘o&_macron;lelo aku kekahi o na&_macron; Mano&_macron; ‘ai kanaka, “Hu&_macron; ka ‘ono o ke&_macron;la&_macron; mau Pa&_macron;pa‘i o laila.” ‘O ka Pa&_macron;pa‘i ko ka Mano&_macron; ‘ai kanaka inoa no na&_macron; ka&_macron;naka no laila ua ‘ike ‘o Kaahupahau he mau Mano&_macron; ‘ai kanaka kekahi o la&_macron;kou.

Ma muli o kona hiki ‘ole ke ‘ike i na&_macron; Mano&_macron; maika‘i a me na&_macron; Mano&_macron; ‘ai kanaka ua hopu ‘ia na&_macron; Mano&_macron; a pau ma ka ‘upena.

Ua ho‘ololi ‘o Keali‘ikauaoka‘u&_macron; ia&_macron; ia iho i i‘a Pa&_macron;o‘o a lele a‘ela ‘o ia mai ka ‘upena mai. Ua ho‘ololi ‘o Kua ia&_macron; ia iho i Lupe a ua ho‘okaumaha ‘o ia i ka ‘upena i ha‘alele ka&_macron;na keiki ka&_macron;ne ‘o Kalani a me ka&_macron;na hanauna keiki ‘o Pakaiea mai ka ‘upena mai. He mau Mano&_macron; hapa kanaka la&_macron;ua. Eia na‘e ma mua o ke ko&_macron;kua ‘ana ia&_macron; Mikololou, ua huki ‘ia ka ‘upena i ka ‘a&_macron;ina, a ma laila i waiho ‘ia ai ‘o Mikololou me na&_macron; Mano&_macron; ‘ai kanaka e make i ka wela o ka la&_macron;.

Ua make koke la&_macron;kou a pau koe ‘o Mikololou a ‘oiai ua hala kona kino ua mau no&_macron; ke ola o kona po‘o, a i na&_macron; manawa a pau i ka‘alo aku ai ka po‘e, ua hahai kona mau maka ia&_macron; la&_macron;kou me ka ue&_macron; pu&_macron;. Ma hope o kekahi manawa ua ha&_macron;‘ule kona alelo a ua kiloi kekahi mau keiki i ia alelo i loko o ke kai a ua ola hou kona kino Mano&_macron; mai ke alelo mai. I ke&_macron;ia mau la&_macron; ‘o&_macron;lelo ‘ia, “I ola ‘o Mikololou i ke alelo.” Me ka mana‘o, ‘oiai nui ‘ino ka pilikia o kekahi kanaka, e ‘ike ‘ia ana kekahi ‘ano ko&_macron;kua.

The Story of Mikololou

Retold by Keonaona Kapuni-Reynolds

Mikololou is a shark from Ka‘u&_macron;, Hawai‘i. One day Mikololou, Kua, Keali‘ikauaoka‘u&_macron;, Pakaiea and Kalani decided to visit O‘ahu. When they were on their way there they met with man-eating sharks. When they reached Pu‘uloa, O‘ahu they met with Ka‘ahupahau. Ka‘ahupahau is the guardian of Pu‘uloa and she takes care of the people of that area. When a man-eating shark is seen she changes her body into a net and calls the fishermen to beat the sharks in the net.

Kahi‘uka&_macron; is her brother and he is the one that hits the sharks with his long tale.

When they met with Ka‘ahupahau one of the man-eating sharks said, “Hu&_macron;, those crabs look delicious.” Crab is what the sharks call people so Kaahupahau knew that some of those sharks were man-eaters.

Because she couldn’t tell who were the good sharks and who was the man-eaters she caught all the sharks in her net.

Keali‘ikauaoka‘u&_macron; changed into a Pa‘o‘o fish and jumped out of the net. Kua changed himself into a sting-ray and weighed down the net so that his son Kalani and his nephew Pakaiea could come out. They are half-human sharks. However before Mikololou could be helped, the net was pulled to land, and Mikololou and the other man-eating sharks were left to die in the heat of the sun.

They all died quickly except for Mikololou and although his body was dead his head was still alive, and every time the people would pass he would follow the men with his eyes with tears falling. After awhile his tongue fell out of his head and some children threw it back into the sea and his tongue turned into a shark body. Nowadays it is said, “Mikololou lived through his tongue,” meaning that however much trouble you are in there is always an escape.

 

Nopu hiwa i ka ua ka pali ‘o kahiwa

Mai loko mai ‘o Na&_macron; Mele ‘Aimoku, na Hawaiian Historical Society

Nopu hiwa i ka ua ka pali ‘o Kahiwa,
Hiwahiwa po&_macron;‘ele‘ele Papalaua
Me he ku&_macron; na ke ho‘olu‘u lupe kolo la&_macron; e&_macron;,
Kokolo maulihilihi maka iki ke ala,
Ala nihinihi o ke ala o ka ‘i&_macron;lio,
He alanui hopohopo na ka malihini.

Nopu hiwa i ka ua ka pali o kahiwa

From Na&_macron; Mele ‘Aimoku, by Hawaiian Historical Society

The Kahiwa cliffs are dark swells in the rain,
Papalaua is the darkness that is favored,
Resembling a submerged gently-moving ray,
The path marked by impressions of crawling,
The bordered path, the path of the dog,
A pathway that is feared by the foreigners.

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