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Kaeloikamalama flew down with Mokukelekahiki from the heights of
Nuumealani, the land in the air.

As Mokukelekahiki and his companion approached the house where the
lizard was sleeping, then said Kihanuilulumoku to Kahalaomapuana, "When
those men get here who are flying toward us, then I will throw you out
and land you on Kaeloikamalama's neck, and when he questions you, then
tell him you are a child of theirs, and when he asks what our journey is
for, then tell him."

Not long after, Mokukelekahiki and Kaeloikamalama thundered at the door
of the house.

When the lizard looked, there stood Kaeloikamalama with the digging
spade called Kapahaelihonua, The Knife-that-cuts-the-earth, twenty
fathoms its length, four men to span it. Thought the lizard, "A
slaughterer this." There was Kaeloikamalama swinging the digging spade
in his fingers.

Then Kihanuilulumoku lifted his tail out of the water, the sea swelled,
the waves overwhelmed the cliffs from their foundations as high waves
sweep the coast in February; the spume of the sea rose high, the sun was
darkened, white sand was flung on the shore.

Then fear fell upon Kaeloikamalama and his companion, and they started
to run away from before the face of the lizard.

Then Kihanuilulumoku threw out Kahalaomapuana, and she fell upon
Kaeloikamalama's neck.[71]

Kaeloikamalama asked, "Whose child are you?"

Said Kahalaomapuana, "The child of Mokuekelekahiki, of Kaeloikamalama,
of the magicians who guard the taboo house on the borders of
Tahiti."[72]

The two asked, "On what journey, my child, do you come hither?"

Kahalaomapuana answered, "A journey to seek one from the heavens."

Again they asked, "To seek what one from the heavens?"

"Kaonohiokala," replied Kahalaomapuana, "the high taboo one of
Kaeloikamalama and Mokukelekahiki."

Again they asked, "Kaonohiokala found, what is he to do?"

Said Kahalaomapuana, "To be husband to the princess of broad Hawaii, to
Laieikawai, our mistress."

Again they asked, "Who are you?"

She told them, "Kahalaomapuana, the youngest daughter of
Moanalihaikawaokele and Laukieleula."[73]

When Mokukelekahiki and Kaeloikamalama heard she was their own child,
then they released her from Kaeloikamalama's neck and kissed their
daughter.

For Mokukelekahiki and Kaeloikamalama were brothers of Laukieleula,
Aiwohikupua's mother.

Said Kaeloikamalama, "We will show you the road, then you shall ascend."

For ten days they journ