Mary Allen
ʻO kahi dune he puʻu one. Manaʻo kekahi i nā puʻu one nui ma ke ʻano, no ka laʻana ma ka wao nahele a i ke kahakai paha. Kapa ʻia nā puʻu liʻiliʻi he ripples.
Hana ʻia nā puʻu e ka makani e puhi ana i ke one i puʻu. I kekahi manawa ulu ka mauʻu ma laila. ʻO ia nō ka lōʻihi o ka lōʻihi o nā dunes. Ke hoʻololi mau ʻia nei nā puʻupuʻu neʻe a hoʻokuke ʻia e ka makani.
Ua ʻike ʻia kahi ʻāina dune ma Kelemania, ʻoi aku ma ke kahakai ʻo North Sea. Aia ma laila nā puʻu he wahi haiki ma waena o ke kai a me uka. Hele kēia laina mai Denmark ma o Kelemānia, Netherlands, a me Pelekiuma a hiki i Farani. ʻO nā mokupuni ma ke Kai Wadden ka nui o nā wahi dune.
Akā, aia kekahi mau puʻuhonua ma uka o Kelemānia. ʻAʻole he wao akua ma laila, akā he wahi one. Ua kapa ʻia nā puʻupuʻu i loko o uka, ua kapa ʻia nā wahi he one shifting fields. Aia lākou ma kahi kokoke i nā muliwai, akā, no ka laʻana, ma Lüneburg Heath, a ma Brandenburg.
No ke aha i ʻae ʻole ʻia ke komo ʻana i kekahi mau puʻu?
He mea koʻikoʻi nā puʻu kahakai no nā kumu he nui. No laila, ʻo nā ala haiki wale nō e alakaʻi i nā puʻu mai ka ʻāina a i kahakai. Pono nā malihini e noho ma ke ala. Hōʻike pinepine ka pā i kahi i ʻae ʻole ʻia e hele.
Ma kekahi ʻaoʻao, mālama nā dunes i ka ʻāina mai ke kai. I ke kai kiʻekiʻe, piʻi wale ka wai i nā puʻu, e hana ana me he pā a he pā paha. ʻO ia ke kumu e kanu ai ka poʻe ma laila, ka mauʻu kahakai maʻamau, ka mauʻu dune, a i ʻole ke kahakai rose. Hoʻopaʻa nā mea kanu i nā dunes.
Ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe, ʻo ka wahi dune kekahi ʻano ʻāina kūikawā iā ia iho. Nui nā holoholona liʻiliʻi a nui ma laila, ʻo ka dia a me nā alopeke. ʻO nā holoholona ʻē aʻe he moʻo, nā lapeti, a me nā ʻano manu he nui. ʻAʻole pono e huki i nā mea kanu a ʻaʻole hoʻi e hoʻopilikia i nā holoholona.
ʻO nā kumu ʻē aʻe ka palekana o nā ʻōnaehana bunker. I ka wā o ke Kaua Honua II, kūkulu nā pūʻali i nā hale a me nā pale. I kēia lā, he mau kiaʻāina lākou a ʻaʻole pono e hōʻino ʻia. Eia kekahi, loaʻa ka wai inu ma kekahi mau wahi dune.
Inā hele ka poʻe ma laila a kūkulu paha i hale lole, hehi lākou i nā mea kanu. A i ʻole, komo lākou i loko o nā pūnana manu. ʻAʻole ʻoe makemake e haʻalele ka poʻe i nā ʻōpala a puni nā dunes. ʻOiai ka hoʻoweliweli o ka hoʻopaʻi, nui ka poʻe i mālama ʻole i nā pāpā.