The Legend of Ilio Point

From "Kalai o ka Ilio (The Legend of Ilio Point)" from Legends of Moloka‘i by Harriet NE.

Retold here by Mariah

INTRODUCTION:

You are hearing this conversation reported from a new student that has transferred here at Kamehameha Middle School and is on the Lehua team. A student for Kamehameha’s Pu‘ulu Koa that was overheard while Mariah of seventh grade was passing Kalama Dining Hall. It went a little something like this:

Koa student, “Eh you!”

Lehua student, “Who? Me!”

Koa student, “Ya you!!! You ever heard about the shark gods in the old Hawaiian days?”

Lehua student “Um.. ah…..No.” “But what is this shark god you speak about?”

Koa student “No cuz brah in da old Hawaiian kine days, when the native Hawaiians used to be. They went believe that every district that was by the ocean should have their own shark god. So anyways had dis shark god of Kainalu and he had one ancestor that went die and den da bones was washed ashore on the beautiful island of Moloka‘i. And the people of that area went make one shrine with da bones of the dead ancestor. Now the shark god of kainalu after hearing about that he wanted to visit the shrine to pay his respects.”

Ring…Ring…Ring!! It was the passing bell.

Koa student, “Aw man we ran out of time I go try for tell um to you lattah when I see you I gotta go to my next class k den sista talk to you lattah mahaloz!!!!!!”

Lehua student, “Oh but you didn’t finish the story.”

So now it is up to us to help complete the story for the new student who was so curious about how it ended. So Mariah made a audio type of the whole legend. So listen to it and enjoy!