“Wicked owl, wicked owl!
You are bad indeed,
Thus to reveal me:
Lau-kia-manu, Lau-kia-manu,
Daughter of Maki-i.”
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The call of the owl and the answer of the girl came twice before the guards heard them. Then they stood up and they listened. They heard the call again, and they heard the answer of the girl within the pig-pen. Then one of the guards said, “This must be Lau-kia-manu, the King’s own daughter; we must tell him about it all.” But the other guard said: “No. Lau-kia-manu, the King’s daughter, was to come in a red canoe, having red sails, red cords, and red bailing-cups, with men in red in charge, and with a large canoe, a small canoe, big men, and little men accompanying it. This is a low-class girl; she has come with none of these things.” The owl spoke again, and the girl made answer, and when they heard what was said the guards agreed that they should go to the King and tell him all that they had heard.
The King went back with the two guards. The owl was still above the pig-pen, and the girl still within it. The owl called out:
“Say, Lau-kia-manu,
Daughter of Maki-i!