Mary Allen
He pōpoki kāu? A laila, maʻa mau kēia mau ʻōlelo iā ʻoe a e hoʻomaka mau ai ka ʻōwili maka.
He mea kupanaha ke ola me ka pōpoki: i kēlā me kēia lā aia kahi mea e ʻakaʻaka ai, e aloha ai, a e ʻoluʻolu pū me kāu hoa palahalaha huluhulu. Akā, pehea lā e ʻike ai kēlā poʻe ʻaʻole i loaʻa ka pōpoki? (ʻAe, ke ola maoli nei kēlā poʻe! ) Ma ke ʻano he mea nona ka pōpoki, lohe pinepine ʻoe i kēia mau ʻōlelo:
"He ʻuʻuku a heʻe nā pōpoki!"
Inā ʻaʻole ʻoe ʻike i nā pōpoki, ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke heluhelu i kā lākou ʻōlelo kino. No laila, ʻike ʻia nā hana he nui o ka velvet paw, ʻaʻole i manaʻo ʻia e ka poʻe naʻaupō.
He mea maʻamau kēia kūlana: Paʻi kekahi i ka pōpoki, ʻūlū nui ia, a laila hikiwawe a ʻike ʻia no ke kumu ʻole o ka hahau ʻana i ke kanaka. Akā, ma mua o ka huhū a hilinaʻi ʻole paha i nā pōpoki mai kēia manawa aku, pono e hoʻomaopopo kekahi he holoholona nā pōpoki. Hana mau lākou e like me kā ke ʻano e ʻōlelo ai iā lākou. ʻO ka hana a ke kanaka ke ʻike mua i nā hōʻailona a hana e like me ia.
"Ke hiki mai ka pēpē, pono e hele ka pōpoki."
He kuhi hewa maʻamau kēia e mau nei. He ʻoiaʻiʻo ma ke ʻano he mea mālama pōpoki pono ʻoe e hoʻolohe i kekahi mau mea, ʻoi aku ka wā o ka hāpai ʻana. ʻO kahi kumu hikiʻole ke haʻalele i kāu holoholona aloha ʻaʻole ia he hoʻohui i ka ʻohana.
“Hiki nā pōpoki i ke keʻena holoʻokoʻa!”
Ma ke ano o ka popoki ka maiuu a me ka hoohana ia mau mea. Akā ʻo kēlā me kēia pōpoki i loko o ke keʻena e huhū a ʻokiʻoki i ka moena, ka papaʻaina, a me ka pepa pepa pepa he mea lapuwale.
Inā hāʻawi ʻoe i kāu pōpoki i ka hana nui, hāʻawi i ka hoʻonaʻauao a laila hana pū i nā wahi ʻoki ʻae ʻia (e laʻa me kahi kihi ʻokiʻoki), aia ke kūlana kiʻekiʻe loa ʻaʻole pono ʻoe e hoʻopiʻi e pili ana i nā lako i kālai ʻia.
"Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi pōpoki i loko o ka hale, he lauoho pōpoki kou ma nā wahi āpau!"
ʻAʻole pololei kēlā. ʻO kaʻoiaʻiʻo, he huluhulu ka velvet paws, ʻoiaʻiʻo hoʻi i hoʻololi ʻia. Inā ʻaʻole ʻoe e mālama i kahi pōpoki lauoho ʻole, ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke pale i ka nānā ʻana i ka lauoho o ka kitty.
Akā inā ʻoe e hoʻoikaika ma ʻaneʻi, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻemi i ka lauoho lele a puni ke keʻena i ka liʻiliʻi. Hoʻopili ʻia kēia me ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe maʻamau, i ka wā e wehe ʻia ai ka lauoho pōpoki ma ke ʻano kaohi.
A inā ʻike ʻoe i kekahi mau hana hoʻopunipuni no ka wehe ʻana i ka lauoho pōpoki mai ka moena a me nā lole, hiki iā ʻoe ke nānā i mua i kahi keʻena lauoho ʻole me kāu hoa aloha ʻehā wāwae.
“Hoe, ʻai, a hele paha nā pōpoki. He aha kāu makemake me kēlā?"
He ʻoiaʻiʻo he poʻo hiamoe maoli nā pōpoki. ʻAi lākou a hiki i 16 mau hola i ka lā. He holoholona nocturnal nō hoʻi lākou. No laila he mea maʻamau ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke manaʻo e hoʻoikaika mau kāu paw velvet mai 8 i ke kakahiaka a i 8 i ke ahiahi.
Inā ma waho ka pōpoki, aia nō ka ʻike ʻoi aku ka nui o waho ma mua o ka hale. No laila ua maopopo ke hoʻomaha nei ʻo ia ma ka palekana o kona mau pā ʻehā, e loaʻa ana i ka meaʻai a me ka ʻohi ikaika no ka huakaʻi nui e hiki mai ana.
Eia nō naʻe, ma ke ʻano he mea nona ka pōpoki, loaʻa iā ʻoe ka leʻaleʻa nui mai nā holoholona i ka wā e hoʻopili ai lākou i kahi pāʻani liʻiliʻi me mākou, a i ʻole e kiʻi i nā "zoomies", ʻo ia hoʻi ka pupule ʻelima mau minuke.
ʻO ka mea kūikawā e pili ana i ka pōpoki, ʻoiai ʻo ia e kaʻana like i kona ola me nā kānaka, hana a hoʻokō ʻo ia i kāna mau hoʻolālā ponoʻī i kēlā me kēia lā.
"ʻAʻole ʻoe he mea ʻē aʻe ma mua o kahi hiki ke wehe i ka pōpoki."
Inā ʻaʻole ʻoe kamaʻāina i nā pōpoki, ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i ka nui o nā hōʻailona liʻiliʻi o ke aloha i loaʻa i ka pōpoki. ʻAʻole ʻo ia i ʻike i ka wā e haʻi aku ai ʻo Miezi i kāna aloha me ka lohi lohi.
He mea maʻamau wale nō ka lilo ʻana o ka holoholona i mea e pono ai e like me ka meaʻai, a no laila, pili pū nā pōpoki me mākou i ka manawa hānai. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo ʻo ka ʻike wale ʻana o nā pōpoki iā mākou he mea hoʻolako meaʻai he hewa wale nō.