The Girl Who Lived With The Mo‘o

retold here by "Kaniela Kaneshiro" adapted from Tales Of The Menehune by Caroline Curtis

A bored little girl wanted somebody to play with her but her parents refused because they were too busy working. The girl decided to go live with the mo‘o who lived on the mountain because the mo‘o would play with her and wouldn’t be too busy to play with her. When night came the parents waited for their daughter to return home but she did not return. The parents went out to look for their daughter and they found her ssleeping next to the mo‘o. They called their daughter but she and the mo‘o ran away and hid in a cave. The parents attempted to catch their daughter many times but never succeeded until one day they trapped her in a net. Their daughter grew up to be a great athlete and a hard worker.