He ʻīlio mālie a palupalu ka Tosa i kūpaʻa i kāna kanaka. ʻO kona paepae kiʻekiʻe e lilo ia i ʻīlio ʻohana kūpono loa. Hoʻomanawanui loa ʻo ia i nā keiki a ʻae i nā keiki ʻē. ʻAʻole manaʻo ʻo ia i ka poʻe mākua ma waho o kāna ʻeke.
He pilina paʻa loa ka holoholona kūpaʻa me kāna kanaka. Ua kūpaʻa ʻo ia i kāna ʻeke a mau kona aloha i ke ola. Pono ka ʻīlio ikaika i kahi kanaka ʻike a hoʻomaha i hiki iā ia ke loaʻa ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa kūpono a kūkulu i ka hilinaʻi.
Ua ʻike paha ʻoe ua ʻike ʻia ʻo Tosa Inu ʻo ka samurai ma waena o nā ʻīlio ma muli o kona ʻano ʻano?
ʻO kona wiwo ʻole a me kona wiwo ʻole e lilo ia i ʻīlio kiaʻi maikaʻi loa. ʻOiai ʻaʻohe ikaika o ka hopu holoholona i ka Tosa, hiki i ka pāʻani ke pique i kona hoihoi. I ka hana ʻana me nā ʻīlio ʻē aʻe, ua helu ʻia ʻo ia he paʻakikī a ʻo kāna ʻano i nā holoholona ʻē aʻe e hilinaʻi nui ʻia i ke kūlana.