HE KUPU WHAKARITE.
1. Ko te Manu i Mate Wai.
I mate tetahi manu ite wai. Kua mimiti rawa te wai ote awa, mete wai ote repo, i te ra; he tauraki hoki. Ite kimi noa te manu ra i te wai, kimi noa, kimi noa; te kilea he wai mo tona hiainu. Nawai a, tupekepeke haere ana ka pono kite taha o tetalii poka wai: ko te ijpii kei te taha ote poka; he wai kei roio. Tana mokopekeranga ake, kua tu ki runga kite hiao, e whakamaro ana i te kaki kia taea [ho te wai o roio; kei raro rawa ia te wai, he wai iti hoki kei te takere kau ote ipu. Kahore 1 laea ibo la wai e ia. Aue ! me aha ra? Kahore ia e kaha kite turaki ite ipu. Kahore e laea te kimi ke i tetahi awa, ite ngenge ona. Ka tirotiro noa ia, na, kua kite le manu ra i etahi kirikiri kohatu ririkf nei, e takoto mai ana. Ka mea ake te whakaaro i roto i a ia; " Akuanei ma nga kohatu ririki ra c homai le wai mo taku hiainu : me hapai laki-iahi mai e au, ki aku ngutu ano, whiu ai ki rota kite ipu, a, kale wai akuanei, ka niikunuku ake, ka nukunuku ake, a le wahi ra ano e taea ibo ai e au." Ko lana lahuritanga ki te harihari mai i nga kohatu ra. Mahi ana te manu ra i tana mahi. He mahi roa, he hokiboki; lakikotahi hoki le kohatu. he mea hapai mai ki ona nguiu; ka tae mai, ka hoki; ka lae mai, ka hoiii; nana ka makere iho te kohatu i le rerenga, hcoi ra, me hoki ano kite tiki. He pukaka no te ra tena, he hemo rawa i te wai lena, he ngenge tena, he hohonu rawa no te ipu tena; ifei aha anake mana? ka mahi tonu—mahi tonu; ko te maha a nga kohatu i whiua ki le ipu, ko le nukunuku ake ra hoki ole wai, a, te kinga iki ake ai, ka ki. Ka tahi ka inu taua manu ra, ka ora i lana wai. Te Ritekga. E pakeke tetahi mahiemeinga ana kia maliia, rile tohe tatou, tolie tonu, lohe tonu. E oti te mea e tohea ana i runga i te manawanui. u Tohea! tohea ! kote tohe 1 te kai"
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Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume II, Issue 3, 31 March 1856, Page 12
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395HE KUPU WHAKARITE. Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume II, Issue 3, 31 March 1856, Page 12
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