Mary Allen
ʻO ka nūnū lawe lawe he manu nūnū nāna e hoʻouna i nā leka. Aia ka leka ma kahi ʻāpana pepa liʻiliʻi i nakinaki ʻia i ka wāwae o ka nūnū. A i ʻole, kau ʻoe i ka memo i loko o kahi lima liʻiliʻi e kau ai ka nūnū lawe ma ka wāwae hoʻokahi. Manaʻo ʻia ka manu nūnū lawe i ka hōʻailona o ka hale leka a no laila e hoʻonani i nā peʻa ma nā ʻāina he nui.
Hiki i nā nūnū ke ʻimi maʻalahi i ko lākou wahi i ka home. Lawe mua ʻoe i kahi nūnū lawe i kahi āu e makemake ai e hoʻouna i ka leka. A laila ʻae ʻoe iā lākou e lele i ka home. Ke kali nei ka mea i loaʻa iā ʻoe ma laila.
A hiki i ka makahiki 1800, hoʻohana nui ʻia nā nūnū halihali e kamaʻilio i kekahi mea koʻikoʻi i kahi mamao. Mai ka hoʻokumu ʻana o ka telegraph, ua manaʻo ʻia he mea kahiko. Ua hoʻohana wale ʻia nā nūnū lawe i ka Kaua Honua Mua a me ʻElua. Ua koho ʻia kēia ala kahiko no ka mea ʻaʻole hiki i nā koa ʻenemi ke lohe i kēia mau leka e like me nā leka uila.
ʻOiai i kēia lā, nui ka poʻe e aʻo i nā nūnū e hoʻouna i nā leka. Hana lākou no ka leʻaleʻa, ʻo ia hoʻi, he leʻaleʻa a no ka mea hiki iā lākou ke komo i nā hoʻokūkū. Ma kēia mau hoʻokūkū, lanakila ka manu nūnū i hiki i ka home me ka ʻōlelo. Hoʻokomo pū ʻia nā pili kālā ma luna.