He ʻelemakule kēia lede, akā he kino maikaʻi kona! Nui kona ʻike. Manaʻo wau pehea i loaʻa ai kēlā ʻeha ʻokoʻa ma kona ʻūhā. Ua huki ikaika paha kekahi iā ia i kekahi lā a ʻelua paha i hala. ʻIke pinepine ʻia kēlā ʻano ʻeha i hoʻokahi lā a ʻelua paha a pili pono i ka lima o ke kanaka.
ʻAʻole maopopo loa i ka mea a ka stepmother e kamaʻilio nei iā ia i ka hoʻomaka, akā e hoʻoholo ana i ka hoʻomohala hou ʻana o nā hanana, maopopo ka hoʻopiʻi ʻana e pili ana i kāna wahine paʻakikī - nā ū nui, ma kāna hihia, he paʻakikī ke komo ʻole me ka lomi mau. A me ka lomilomi o kona mau u, a me kona kino holookoa. A ʻo ia ka mea a kāna hoaaloha ʻili ʻeleʻele e kamaʻilio nei, ma mua o kona moe ʻana me lākou, ua hoʻomaopopo koke wau - aloha ʻo ia i kona makuahine hānai a hāʻawi i kāna kōkua! Pēlā nō, ʻaʻole anei?
ʻAe, nani ʻo ia.