e King and said:
"O King, as for this man's wish, it is an ambition which will bring
victory to the government. Now, then, send all your people and fetch
house-timber and awa."

As soon as the wise man had given this opinion, the King commanded
his chief marshal, Maliuhaaino, to set every one to work to carry
out the directions of this counsellor. This was done, and before
break of day every man, woman, and child in the district of Ewa,
a great multitude, was on the move.

Now, when the Sloven awoke in the morning and went out of doors,
he found the stone hatchet (_pahoa_) of the King, with his spear,
standing outside of the house. On seeing this he rushed back into
the house and exclaimed to his comrades, "Alas! our wishes have been
overheard by the King; here are his hatchet and his spear. I said
that if the King heard us we should die, and he has indeed heard
us. But yours was the fatal ambition; mine was only an innocent wish."

Even while they were talking, the babble of the multitude drew near,
and the Sloven exclaimed, "Our death approaches!"

Kalelealuaka replied, "That is not for our death; it is the people
coming to get timber for our houses." But the fear of the Sloven
would not be quieted.

The multitude pressed on, and by the time the last of them had reached
the mountain the foremost had returned to the sea-coast and had begun
to prepare the foundations for the houses, to dig the holes for the
posts, to bind on the rafters and the small poles on which they tied
the thatch, until the houses were done.

Meantime, some were busy baking the pigs and the poi-fed dogs in ovens;
some in bringing the eels of Kanaloa and cooking them with potatoes
in an oven by themselves.

The houses are completed, everything is ready, the grand marshal,
Maliuhaaino, has just arrived in front of the house of the ambitious
youth Kalelealuaka, and calls out "Keinohoomanawanui, come out!" and
he comes out, trembling. "Kalelealuaka, come out!" and he first sends
out the boy Kaluhe and then comes forth himself and stands outside,
a splendid youth. The marshal stands gazing at him in bewilderment
and admiration. When he has regained his equanimity he says to him,
"Mount on my back and let us go down."

"No," said Kalelealuaka, "I will go by myself, and do you walk ahead. I
will follow after; but do not look behind you, lest you die."

As soon as they had started down, Kalelealuaka was transported to
Kuaikua, in Helemano. The