Note 7 — Introductory material (continued 5)

When she arrived in the presence of the old women she followed according to the instruction of Hina. At the conclusion the old women said: “There is a roadway; here it is, a bambu stalk. You climb to the top of it and when it leans over it will reach Kuaihelani.” Laukiamanuikahiki then climbed to the top of the bambu stalk and sat there. The bambu then began to shoot up and when it had reached a great distance it leaned over until the end reached Kuaihelani. Laukiamanuikahiki stepped off the bambu and proceeded along the road until she met a girl whom she took as a friend. They then went along until they came to a flower garden. The flowers of this garden were all kapu; none were to string them into wreaths until they shall have been picked by the daughter of Makiioeoe; the flowers of the ilima,7 the marigold and other flowers and also the maile vine. There were guards in the garden who were watching the flowers. Laukiamanuikahiki, however, reached out and picked the flowers, took the maile vines and broke them off. When they came to the pool of water, which had been kapued until it was first used by the daughter of Makiioeoe, Laukiamanuikahiki uncovered herself and plunged into the pool of water, when a turtle came up to her and began rubbing her back. After she finished bathing she went up on the bank. When the guards saw what she had done, they said: “You are indeed a strange girl bathing in the pool of water which is kapued and reserved only for the king’s daughter. You will indeed die.”