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He wahine ʻōpio maikaʻi loa, akā he aha kēlā peʻa ʻē ma kona ʻōpū - he pū? He aha ia manaʻo? Maopopo iaʻu nā pūkuʻu ma kona mau wāwae - he ʻano leʻaleʻa haʻahaʻa, e like me ke kapa ʻole. Akā, no ke aha nā kāma'a ki'eki'e ma kahi moe? He hōʻailona mamao o sado-maso? Akā ʻaʻohe hōʻailona o ia mea ma kēia wikiō! Hiki paha i nā mea keaka ke huikau, ua pana ʻia ka pahu mua ma kēia ʻano a ʻaʻole i waho o ke kiʻi?
ʻĀnō, ʻo ia kekahi mau kaikamahine waha! ʻAʻole au i ʻike i kahi hoki i palu ʻia, ua hoʻohuli iaʻu i ka manawa hoʻokahi. A ʻo ka ʻai ʻana i ka moa me ka hohonu a me ke kuko, ʻaʻole hiki i nā mea a pau. I kēia manawa, hauʻoli nui ia no kahi pro! Laki maoli ke kanaka, i ka leʻaleʻa me ia mau hoaaloha holomua i ka manawa like. ʻAe, ʻo kēia ka hana ʻoi loa aʻu i ʻike ai, hana nui lākou a hana maikaʻi loa.
ʻO "Ran" he wahi waha. Ke hōʻike nei ʻo ia i nā hōʻailona o ka nānā ʻana i kāna keikikāne mai nā kekona mua loa o ke wikiō. ʻO ka ʻōlelo maʻamau, ʻo nā makuahine hānai ka mea maʻalahi loa o ka hemo ʻana, ʻaʻole lākou e noʻonoʻo e lele i luna o ke kāne ʻōpio iā lākou iho, ʻoiai e noho pū ana me kona makuakāne (he kanaka waiwai).