So Koni-konia the King sent the best of his divers to go down to Lalo-hana, the Country under the Sea, and bring up the calabash that had Hina’s precious things in it. The diver went down, and found the house of red and white coral, and went within and took the calabash that was there. He brought it back without opening it and gave it to Hina. [[197]]
After some days Hina opened the calabash. Within it was the moon. It flew up to the heavens, and there it shone clear and bright. When it shone in the heavens it was called Kena. But it shone down on the sea too, and shining on the sea it was called Ana.
And then, seeing Ana in the sea, the Woman of Lalo-hana was frightened. “My brothers will come searching for me,” she said. And the next day she said, “My brothers will bring a great flood of waters upon this land when they come searching for me.” And after that she said, “My brothers will seek me in the forms of pa-o’o fishes, and the Ocean will lift them up so that they can go seeking me.” When the King heard her say this he said, “We will go far from where the Ocean is, and we will seek refuge on the tops of the mountains.”
So the King with Hina, with all his people, went to the mountains. As they went they saw the Ocean lifting up. Hina’s brothers in the forms of pa-o’o fishes were there, and the Ocean lifted them up that they might go seeking her.
Over the land and up to the mountains the Ocean went, bearing the pa-o’o fishes along. Koni-konia and his people climbed to the tops of the mountains. To the tops of the mountains the Ocean went, bearing the pa-o’o fishes that were Hina’s brothers. Koni-konia and Hina and all the people climbed to the tops of the trees that were on the tops of the [[198]]mountains. And then the Ocean, having covered the tops of the mountains, went back again, drawing back the pa-o’o fishes that were Hina’s brothers. And it was in this way that the Great Flood came to Hawaii.
“Koni-konia and Hina … climbed to the tops of the trees that were on the tops of the mountains.”
And after the waters of the Ocean had gone back to their own place, Koni-konia the King, with Hina and his people, went back to the place where their houses had been. All was washed away; there were mud and sand where their houses and fields had been. Soon the sun dried up the puddles and the wetness in the ground; growth came again; they built their houses and cultivated their fields; and Koni-konia, with Hina and with his people, lived once again in a wide land beside the great ocean. [[199]]