‘Alekoko

From "'Alekoko"

Retold here by Hanaike

INTRODUCTION:

Have you ever wondered what someone was working on? Did you find out? Well, listen to this story!!! Has someone ever lied to you? Well, try and listen to this story about a boy, his sister, and about the menehune who tried to help them build a fishpond.

This brother and sister wanted more food and they complained to a menehune to help them to build their fishpond. Would you be so curious if someone was working on something and there was no sound that could bother him or her would you want to try and peek to see why they need some silence to work on the project that they need to work on? Would you want to be disturbed if you are working on something really hard?

The brother and sister would bet on who could ride a wave father and longer than the other. They called the brother Mano because he could cut through the water as swiftly as a shark and they called his sister Hahalua for she could swim with dignity and ease of the great manata rays that often swam in the bay.The chief agreed to Mano and Hahaluas wishes. Try and find out if the chief and the menehunes keep their promise to both of the brother and the sister.