Mary Allen
He wahi ʻōmaʻomaʻo ke kula kahi e ulu ai ka mauʻu a me nā mea kanu. Hiki ke ʻokoʻa loa nā meadows, noho ʻia lākou e nā holoholona like ʻole a ua ulu nui ʻia. Aia kēlā i ke ʻano o ka lepo a me ke aniau ma laila: aia nā māla pulu me ka nui o nā mea kanu ma nā awāwa muliwai a ma nā loko, akā ʻaʻole i ulu nui ʻia nā mauʻu ma nā pali mauna maloʻo.
He home nā meadows no nā holoholona a me nā mea kanu he nui: nui nā ilo, nā ʻōpala, nā ʻiole, a me nā mole e noho ana ma luna a ma lalo o nā māla. Hoʻohana nā manu nui e like me nā setorks a me nā herons i nā kula e ʻai ai. ʻO nā manu liʻiliʻi e like me ka skylark, hiki ke peʻe i loko o ka mauʻu, kūkulu pū lākou i ko lākou pūnana ma laila, ʻo ia hoʻi ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā māla i wahi e hānai ai.
ʻO ke ʻano o ka mauʻu a me nā mea kanu e ulu ana ma nā kula e pili ana i ka pulu a maloʻo paha, mehana a i ʻole ke anu, a me ka lā a i ʻole ka malu o ka māla. He mea nui hoʻi ka nui o nā meaʻai i loko o ka lepo a me ka maikaʻi o ka lepo e mālama ai i ka wai a me nā meaʻai. ʻO nā mea kanu maʻamau a kaulana loa ma ʻEulopa, ʻo ia nā daisies, dandelions, meadowfoam, yarrow, a me nā kīʻaha.
He aha ka mea e hoʻohana ai nā kānaka i nā meadows?
Ua hana ʻia nā meadows e nā kānaka no nā kaukani makahiki. Noho wale lākou ma nā māla no ka mea ʻoki mau ʻia. Ua kūpono ka mauʻu i ʻoki ʻia i mea hānai holoholona no nā bipi, hipa, a kao paha. No laila, loaʻa i nā holoholona ka meaʻai i ka hoʻoilo, i mālama pinepine ʻia. No ka laʻana, hoʻomaloʻo ʻoe i ka mauʻu a mālama iā ia no hope.
ʻAʻole hoʻohana wale ʻia ka meadows i kumu hānai i ka mahiʻai. Hoʻohana ʻia lākou e like me nā wahi hoʻopunipuni a me nā wahi leʻaleʻa ma nā paka, a i ʻole he kahua pāʻani no nā haʻuki e like me ka pôpeku a i ʻole ke kolepa. Inā ʻaʻole ʻoki ʻia ka ʻāina ʻōmaʻomaʻo akā hoʻohana ʻia e nā holoholona ʻai, ua kapa ʻia ʻo ia he ʻai.