llages and get some awa roots for drink, while
he would remain there and put up a shelter for them.

On their way the two companions of Kalelealuaka encountered a number
of women washing kalo in a stream, and on asking them if they had
seen their arrow flying that way they received an impertinent answer;
whereupon they called out the name of the arrow, "Pua-ne, Pua-ne,"
and it came to their hands at once. At this the women ran away,
frightened at the marvel.

The two boys then set to gathering awa roots, as they had been
bidden. Seeing them picking up worthless fragments, a kind-hearted
old man, who turned out to be the konohiki of the land, sent by his
servants an abundance of good food to Kalelealuaka.

On their return the boys found, to their astonishment, that during
their absence Kalelealuaka had put up a fine, large house, which
was all complete but the mats to cover the floors. The kind-hearted
_konohili_ remarked this, and immediately sent her servants to
fetch mats for the floors and sets of kapa for bedding, adding the
command, "And with them bring along some _malos_" (girdles used by
the males). Soon all their wants were supplied, and the three youths
were set up in housekeeping. To these services the konohiki, through
his attendants, added still others; some chewed and strained the awa,
while others cooked and spread for them a bountiful repast. The three
youths ate and drank, and under the drowsy influence of the awa they
slept until the little birds that peopled the wilderness about them
waked them with their morning songs; then they roused and found the
sun already climbing the heavens.

Now, Kalelealuaka called to his comrades, and said, "Rouse up and let
us go to cultivating." To this they agreed, and each one set to work in
his own way, working his own piece of ground. The ground prepared by
Kalelealuaka was a strip of great length, reaching from the mountain
down toward the ocean. This he cleared and planted the same day. His
two companions, however, spent several days in clearing their ground,
and then several days more in planting it. While these youths occupied
their mountain home, the people of that region were well supplied
with food. The only lack of Kalelealuaka and his comrades was animal
food (literally, fish), but they supplied its place as well as they
could with such herbs as the tender leaves of the popolo, which they
cooked like spinach, and with inamona made from the roasted nuts of