Meri Allen
Ko te kurī kaikemekemeke he tino hoa, he paimi. E aro nui ana ia ki tona whanau me tona rangatira, he mohio, he ngawari, he ahua rangatira, he marie, he manawanui. He nui te kaha o te momo nei, he korikori, he maha nga momo mahi, tae atu ki te whakangungu, te hikoi i roto i te taiao, te takaro ki etahi atu kuri me nga tangata.
A, i te wa ano, kaua te kaimekemeke e noho ki waho mo te wa roa, kaua i te takurua i te wa e makariri ana, i te raumati ranei ina wera rawa. Anei tetahi mea hanga whakahē. Ko te mea i te raumati, na te poto o te ngutu, karekau e whakamatao te tinana o te kuri, a, i te takurua, na te poto o te koti, kare e mahana. Na reira, ki te mea he roa to hikoi ki tetahi waahi i te takurua, he pai ake te whakakakahu i te kuri ki tetahi waahanga motuhake.
I te ara, ki te mea he whare motuhake koe me to ake iari, a ka hiahia koe kia nui ake te kuri ki waho, me whakarite he marumaru matotoru, kaua hoki e mangere ki te whakamakuku i te mokai ki te ngongo. I te ra wera, ka koa ia mo taua mea. Engari i te takurua me noho ia i roto i te whare, i konei kaore he whiringa.
