E te hoê tuahine nehenehe roa te rouru pouri, e te taoto ra oia i roto i te hoê tiaraa hau. Kare i roa tana korero ki tona tungane, te ahua nei he tangata kaingākau ia ki nga mahi moepuku. He kino te toro atu ki taua tuakana, he pai ki te piko mo tetahi mea, katahi ka mau tonu tana piston ki muri. He ataahua tona tuahine, he tangata whai mana, he waimarie tana tuakana ki te whai tuahine pera. A he watea, kei reira tonu ia mo ia.
Kua roa te whaea e tatari ana mo tenei kaupapa. Mo tana tama ehara i te mea he tohu paetahi anake, engari he tiiti hoki ki te pakeketanga. No reira, ua opua te metua vahine e horoa i ta ’na tamaiti i te mau tumu o te ite aivanaa, o ta ’na e hinaaro i te fare haapiiraa tuarua, ia ore oia e mana‘o mai te hoê paretenia e te ereraa.
He ahua reka te pipi - e mohio ana ia, e mohio ana ia ki te whakamahi. A he aha te hiahia o te tane ki a ia? He ahua reka me te kohao piri! Na ko te parakareti me te arahi i tana tiihi ki roto i te kaihe - tukua ia ki te tarai i a ia i roto i te kaihe ka eke ki runga. A ki te hoatu ki roto i tona waha he rite ki te karanga i a ia he uwha. Koira te mihi nui mo te kotiro penei.