Mary Allen
He ʻano manu ka peacock. Pili loa lākou i nā moa. ʻO ka mea kaulana loa, ʻo ia ka peacock polū, mai India a me kona mau ʻāina kokoke. Noho ka peacock uliuli ma ka hikina: mai Bangladesh a Malaysia.
ʻO ke kāne hoʻi ka moa o ka pīkī. He huelo lōʻihi kona i kapa ʻia he kaʻaahi. Aia ma kahi o 150 mau hulu, ʻo kēlā me kēia me ka "maka". Me kēia, makemake ka peacock e kipaku aku i nā ʻenemi a hoʻohauʻoli i nā wahine ke hana ʻo ia i ke kaʻa kaʻa. ʻO nā wahine nā moa. ʻAʻahu wale lākou i nā kala kaohi. ʻO ka pōmaikaʻi: ʻAʻole lākou i ʻike ʻia a no laila ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka pale ʻana i ka wā e ʻō ai kā lākou mau hua.
ʻAi nā peacocks i nā mea a pau a ka moa e ʻai ai: nā kīʻaha, nā mea kanu, nā ilo, akā nā nahesa liʻiliʻi. Ma nā ʻāina i hānau ʻia, he liʻiliʻi ka liʻiliʻi o nā peacock ma mua, akā ʻaʻole lākou e pōʻino. ʻO kā lākou ʻenemi nui he tigers a me nā leopadi.
Ma kahi o 4000 mau makahiki i hala aku nei, lawe mai nā kānaka i nā peacocks i nā ʻāina a puni ke Kai Mediterranean. ʻAi lākou i ka ʻiʻo peʻa. Ua mālama ʻia nā holoholona i mea hoʻonani ma nā pāka. No ka mea ʻaʻole lākou e holo, maʻalahi loa. Hiki i nā peacocks ke lele, akā ʻaʻole mamao. Hiki iā ʻoe ke hānai iā lākou i ka moa a i ʻole ka hānai kuihi.
ʻO ka ʻohana peacock he moa, he mau moa, a me nā ʻōpiopio. Ma hope o ka male ʻana, kūkulu nā moa i pūnana, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma ka lihi o ka ululāʻau me nā lāʻau paʻa. Hāʻawi lākou i ʻehā a ʻeono mau hua. Hoʻomoʻa nā moa i nā hua iā lākou iho. ʻEhā pule paha kēlā. Ma hope o hoʻokahi mahina, loaʻa ka lei i nā moa. I ka makahiki ʻekolu, loaʻa i nā kāne ko lākou ʻulaʻula nani. Akā, ua oʻo mua lākou i ka moekolohe.