A HAWAIIAN FOLKLORE - EVENT ON THE ISLAND OF HAWAII - Part 5
***The fifth episode - THE ACCUMULATION
Meanwhile, back at Ohia's village, Lehua suddenly is about to give birth. She was not expected for another month, but the baby was starting to come out. The warriors have all returned except Ohia, and because Lehua is about to give birth, the chief, her father, told the warriors to go together and bring back Ohia and to say nothing to Lehua of his disappearance. The warriors went to the mountain path where Ohia should be until they too came up to the ugly tree. As Ohia was their main interest, they thought nothing of the ugly tree and went around it not knowing that they were passing Ohia. Their search was hopeless, so they returned to the chief bearing the grim message of their fruitless search. Meanwhile, a woman visits Lehua, feeding her newborn twins.
Hiiaka: "Greetings, lovely Lehua."
Lehua: "Greetings! You are new to our village."
Hiiaka: "Oh, I have been around. I have relations nearby who is a bit touchy if you know what I mean. Well, anyway, I am here, and I need to have words with you, right away."
Lehua: "Well, the twins are asleep, we can go into the main hall nearby, so I can hear them should either of them wake."
Hiiaka: "Oh, you need not worry, they will not wake--not yet that is."
Lehua: "How do you know this?"
Hiiaka: "Because they told me."
Lehua: "Who?"
Hiiaka: "The twins."
Lehua: "You know their thoughts."
Hiiaka: "Of course I do, even if they are as young as those two. Oh, I must not dilly dally, so I will get to the point of my visit."
Lehua: "Yes, please do!"
Hiiaka: "I am the goddess Hiiaka, sister of Pele. That is why I understand children, I am the mother of the harvest, and that list goes onward, but enough of that. Your father, the chief of the village, understandably, that you are in a delicate condition, need not ruffle the waves, for you let alone anybody, could have done anything anyway--except me."
Lehua: "What is this news that you still have not told me, and why is it an exception to you alone."
Hiiaka: "My sister, Pele, has put a curse on your beloved Ohia, for he refuses to love her and leave you, at the same time, ergo, the curse."
Lehua: "What can you do?"
Hiiaka: "Well, it is tricky. I will think more on the matter, while you bring a nurse mother to care for the twins and a runner, quickly!
As Lehua leaves, Hiiaka goes to where the babies were fast asleep.
Hiiaka: "So, little ones, now that you know of your father, what say you on the matter of what I can do."
The sleeping twins turn their bodies, facing each other while asleep--smiles.
Hiiaka: "As I have expected my lovelies, now rest."
Lehua: "I have brought them."
Hiiaka: "Nurse mother, you stay with the twins. And you runner, come with us for there is not much time."
Lehua: "Why must we rush?"
Hiiaka: "I will tell you on the way to Ohia, time is running out."
As the three secretly leave the village, fearing that the warriors will learn of their plans, and her father the chief, may stop them. They dash for the mountain passage trail where Ohia waits.
Hiiaka: "We have what we need--(in a ghostly voice, she utters) He waits!"
Lehua: "Are we near for it has been a long while since we left the village."
Hiiaka: "Yes, just beyond this bend... (Lehua breaks away and runs feverishly that even the young male runner could not keep up with her) ...but you do not know what kind of curse was caused upon him (as she whispered, for they both have left her sight by now)."
***The next episode - THE CONCLUSION
Ohia and the glowing mist.
The glowing mist consumes the forest.
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