The young chief sprinkled water as before, and then said to the king, “Perhaps your rooster has strength and perhaps he has no power.”
The king said: “Ah! We see that this tabu rooster has no strength for this conflict. He closes his eyes. His enemy is very strong and very quick. We shall be defeated and belong to the king of Maui.” [[232]]
Then Kauilani said, “Perhaps I can find a bird of very great powers who can save us.”
The king said: “If you defeat Ke-au-hele-moa, the magic rooster of the king of Maui, you shall become my son. My daughter shall be your wife.”
Kauilani requested the king to have the place closed where the chickens were kept, so that no spy could watch them. He told the king he had a kupua chicken still in an egg, which would kill the great bird of the king of Maui, but that before the time came for the festival in which the cock-fighting occurred his chicken would be hatched and have power to save the king and his kingdom. The king was filled with delight, and took the handsome young chief at once to his house and sent for his daughter.
He said to her: “I have set you free from the tabu which I placed upon you as the promised wife of the chief of Kauai. It is better that you should take this young chief as your husband.”
So they were married and lived together a few days. Then the young chief told the king he must go at once to obtain the chicken egg. He told his wife not to be jealous about anything she might hear among the people, and not to be angry in any way whatever at the time of his [[233]]return, or he would not continue to have her as his wife.
He went back to his sister, Lepe-a-moa. She saw him, and leaped to meet him, calling: “Come! Come! Come! I have waited and waited for you.”
He told her all about his visit and the great need of the king, saying, “I have come back for this day only and for your help.”
Then they went to the bathing-pool, and were swimming, diving and bathing when they heard the sweet voice of the mischievous elepaio bird over them, around them, and at last from the bank of the pool, calling out: “Ono ka ia! Ono ka ia!” (“The fish is sweet! The fish is sweet!”) This bird was also Lea, the goddess of canoe-cutters.