Mary Allen
ʻO ka loko wai he wahi wai liʻiliʻi i kahe ʻole ka wai. ʻAʻole ʻoi aku ma mua o 15 mika ka hohonu. Hana ʻia nā loko e nā kānaka. ʻEli ʻoe i lua iā ʻoe iho a hoʻohana paha i kahi hohonu. E hoʻopiha i ka lua a i ʻole kahi hohonu me ka wai.
Hana ʻia nā loko i mea e loaʻa ai ka wai maʻemaʻe a i ʻole e hānai i nā iʻa a laila ʻai. Hoʻohana ka pūʻali ahi i ka loko iʻa ahi e kiʻi koke i ka wai no kā lākou mau pamu. I kēia mau lā, ʻoi aku ka nani o ka hapa nui o nā loko iʻa: ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka māla. Eia kekahi, hoihoi nā loko i nā mea kanu a me nā holoholona.
Ke noʻonoʻo ʻoe i nā mea kanu loko iʻa, noʻonoʻo ʻoe i nā līlia wai, nā rushes, marsh marigolds, a me nā cattails. ʻO nā iʻa maʻamau i loko o ka loko iʻa ʻo ka carp a me ka trout a ma ka loko loko iʻa iʻa gula a me koi. ʻO nā holoholona ʻē aʻe ma luna a ma loko o ka loko iʻa he mau rana a me nā dragonflies a me nā mea he nui aku.
I loko o ka loko iʻa, hiki ke ulu ka nui o nā mea kanu a me nā limu. E hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻo ia iā ia. Inā nui ka lepo i komo i loko o ka loko iʻa, e paʻa ka lepo. ʻO ia ke kumu e pono ai ka loko iʻa e mālama ʻia i mau ka wai a ʻaʻole pilau.