He poto rawa ia! A ehara i te mea he potiki, he kotiro noa te ahua poto. Ka titiro koe ki te kotiro pakira me te kotiro kakaho, he ahua whakamataku ki a ia i te tuatahi. Auaa râ, ua hamani maitai te tane pakira ia ’na ma te here, e ua oaoa mau te tamahine i te ohipa e tupu ra.
Aue kotiro, ataahua noa. He titties nui ratou. E kore ahau e pai kia takoto pera ano ahau. E ngunguru ana te tangata me te harikoa penei i tera ngeru o Maehe.
Ka aha koe, e tama, me te whaea penei? Kua ngote ia i tera! Ka mea ia: Haere mai! - ka wetewetehia, ka piri ki roto. Ina he ahi te uwha i waenganui i ona waewae, kare ia e whakaaro mena ka tupu koe i te putea, kaore ranei. Ka tipu ia i a ia e haere ana.
Mena ka mohio koe, korero mai ki ahau.
Ko wai kei reira?
Ae.
Ko nga ataata e pa ana
Ae ra ehara tenei i te whakaeneene tuatahi o te wahine, i whakawhanakehia nga mea katoa i reira i te wa roa me te tino pono! He pai ki a au ki te moe i roto i te nono, engari kare au e pai ki te whakaatuhia he tunnel i roto i te tata-ake.