Do you know what will befall you?
Die you will, die you must!”
And to that the girl made answer:
“Wicked owl, wicked owl!
You are bad indeed, [[123]]
Thus to reveal me:
Lau-kia-manu, Lau-kia-manu,
Daughter of Maki-i.”
When the King heard this he went into the pig-pen.
Now, after the guards had gone to inform the King of what they had heard the owl flew down upon Lau-kia-manu; it clapped its wings over the girl; it placed the necklace of whales’ teeth around her neck, it placed the bracelet upon her arm, it put the cloak of bright feathers around her. For this owl was really her grand-aunt, and it was to her that Lau-kia-manu’s mother had given the tokens by which the girl was to be recognized when she came into Maki-i’s kingdom.