– ʻAʻole, i koʻu wā i noho ai a hiki i ka manawa hope aʻu i lawelawe ai, ua loli nā māka o ka wahi e like me nā polima.
– A no ke aha?
– Ua ʻokoʻa nā kumu: ua inu nui lākou, a laila ʻaihue lākou ma ke ana ana.
– ʻAʻohe, ʻaʻole ia e hoʻoweliweli mai iaʻu. Ua kaloka ʻia au ma waena o kaʻu mau ʻoihana me ka mea inu ʻole a me ka mea kūʻai. E haʻi iaʻu, hiki iaʻu ke hoʻopau i ka kūkulu hale hale hale ma mua o ka hāʻule?
Nānā ka ʻelemakule i ka hale, kahi hapalua i hana ʻia i ka piliki. ʻO nā ʻupena i hāʻule ʻia i loko o nā paia ua kālai ʻia: ʻo ia ka pōpō ʻoki poʻa, a laila he uhi ʻia.
– Hiki iā ʻoe. Pau wale nō kēia mea e pono ke hoʻololi ʻia. ʻAe, ua mākaʻikaʻi kou mau paia.
– Ehia makahiki?
– Ohhh! E ke alakaʻi, ʻae, ma kahi aʻu e hoʻomanaʻo ai, kū kēia hale. Maanei ua lilo i kahua o ka kekahi mea kūʻai. I ka kuli hou, ua ʻōlelo lākou, ua hopu lākou i kahi lele mai nā hulu ʻulaʻula, a ma laila lākou i pau ai me ka ʻohana āpau.
– ʻAu?
– Ma, i hea?
– ʻAe, hana.
– ʻAu, no laila ma ka hale lāʻau. A laila he hale kaua hoʻi, a ma hope o ke kaua – he pā paʻa.
– Hauʻoli. Hiki iā ʻoe ke hana? ʻO kaʻoiaʻiʻo, mai haʻalele i ka hopena. ʻO ka mākeke nā māla, he pōhaku nō hoʻi lākou. E hoʻopau wale iā lākou.
– ʻAʻole pono ke kiaʻi nānā. Eia kekahi, pono ʻoe i kahi kōkua a ʻaʻole i hoʻokahi, ma ka liʻiliʻi ʻelua. A ʻo, he hoʻomaʻamaʻa mua, a laila loaʻa kahi ʻano.
– Ma, e mau ana ka ʻalani maikaʻi i kahi mua, akā ʻike mākou. Akā wau e uku inā he mea kūpono ia. E like me – Hāʻawi au i nā chervonets, akā ināʻa ʻole – e hāʻawi ka luna kānāwai i nā chervonets. No laila mākou i ʻae aku ai. A ma ka ʻatikala, e haʻi wau iā Idot. ʻIke anei ʻoe i kēia?
– ʻAe. He hoʻohanohano kēia mai Kyzikhston. – ʻaʻī ke kanaka kahiko i ka wai.
– A he?
– ʻAe, he mea hoʻohālikelike ia, e kuʻaka wau. – Hoʻokani ke kanaka ʻelemakule i ka ʻeneka Adamu me kona mau manamana.
– A ʻo ʻoe?
– Me? E hōʻino iā ia, ʻo ia ka mea nui i mālama ʻia e kēia morona.
– A, he aha lākou e kamaʻilio maoli ai e? ua maikaʻi ʻo ia iā ia.
– ʻAe, ua hāʻawi aku ʻo ia i kona loaʻa kālā ʻokoʻa. Ma ka inu ʻana, ʻoiaʻiʻo.
– Ma ka ʻaha, ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻaʻole ʻoe e hōʻike i kēia mau ʻōlelo kūʻē iā Idot.
– E kāohi ʻoe iaʻu no kekahi, nona. ʻAʻole au he ʻoka. ʻAʻole wau i ka neʻe a ʻaʻole wau i hula i kāu pipe. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o kahi pahu freehand.
– E haki i lalo. ʻO wau nō kēia. Pehea ka?!
– Maopopo, ke kime.
– A e hiki paha iā Baba Klava?
– ʻAe. ʻOiai ʻo ia he 65, ua ʻuwī ʻo ia e like me ka palakō. Akā ʻo Idot?! E loaʻa nā pilikia.
– ʻAʻole lākou. E hoihoi pū wau iā ia.
– A o ke kālā no na mea a pau?
– Ua ʻoi aku ʻoe, akā ma hope o nā hola maikaʻi.
– A inā hana mākou, ʻaʻole hiki iā mākou ke hana i kahi wati maikaʻi?
– Loaʻa i kahi Chirp mai iaʻu, ʻaʻole i hāʻawi ʻia ka hoʻopaʻi. Nui kahi hana.
– Eia kahi e kūkulu ai?
– E hoʻonui i ka pigsty. Makemake au e loaʻa nā puaʻa. Ka mea, eia, lima lima?
Koi a ka ʻelemakule.
– ʻAe, inā ma lalo o kēia mau ʻano, ʻekolu ʻāpana.
– ʻEhā ʻoe ʻehā, a mai poina e pili ana i kēia ʻōlelo.
«ʻO kēlā a,» kuʻu ʻo ia i ke poʻo i ka lepa, «ʻoiaʻiʻo ke ʻae wau.»
– Ua ʻae mākou. E uku ʻoe. Hāʻawi au iā ʻoe i ke kālā, akā nau hoʻi ʻoe i ke koi, ʻokiʻī ʻoe, Toad?
– Oooo, me?! Shit nīnau, pule, e hana kākou!! – Hana ihola ka ʻelemakule i ka hanu hohonu a hoʻoiho i ka lāʻau sika. – ʻ kind, i like wau me ka mea i mua no ka pelemane?!
– Loaʻa.
– A i ka manawa e hoʻomaka ai?
– A i kēia manawa, wahi wau iā Arutun e lawe mai ana ʻo Idota a me Grandma Klavka. A eia ʻo Idot.
– E hoʻomanaʻo i ka moron, e hōʻike ʻo ia.
ʻIke ʻia ʻo Idot ma ka puka.
– Eia, he aha kāu i lawe mai ai? – Huli mai ʻo Bedbug i ka Kid.
– Ma nā kālā.
– Ehia?
– Ua lawa kekahi mau ʻāpana?
– Ua lawa, akā ʻaʻole wale nō. E kōkua ʻoe i ka mea kahiko, e wehewehe ʻo ia i nā mea a pau iā ʻoe.
– I ko? ʻAe, maikaʻika ʻōpō, he leaky ia.
– E hāleʻa aku au i kou maka i kēia manawa, pane no ka bazaar, kiʻi? – ua holo koke aku la o Toad me ka Pitchfork, i kahi i hele mamao ’ia, ma Idot.
– E kali! – Ua loaʻa iaʻu i ka pū ka lewa o Idot. – ʻĀnō wau e pana i nā hua.
– Ohhh? He pū paha ʻoe?
– Loaʻa nā mea āpau, poʻo. Ua hāʻawi mai ʻo Pāpā. Eia mai nā ʻōpū.
– ʻAʻole ʻoe makaʻu? Aneʻi ʻoe i ka hopu ʻia. Hiki iaʻu ke kelepona i koʻu makuakāne? ʻAʻole ia e hoʻolilo iā ʻoe, akā, e hāʻawi iā ia i nā pipets, e hoʻomanaʻo ʻoe no ke ola. A i hea ʻoe i hea ai ʻo Toi piha me nā piha?
– ʻAe, ʻōlelo ʻia nā poʻe a pau ma ke kauhale.
– ʻO ka mea āu e hoʻopipi nei, na Kalbit alo. No ke aha lākou e ʻōlelo ʻole ai e ʻoki i koʻu mau maka?
– No laila, mālie a hana hoʻi, inā ʻaʻole makemake ʻoe i nā pilikia… ʻO nā mea āpau… Kakaha! ʻLelo aku: e hana ʻoe ma kahi, he manawa!!! – ke kāhea nui o ka moku ʻo Klop Ottila Aligadzhievich ma ka pā hale.
– Wai yazh? – pīhoihoi Idot.
– ʻAole. E hoʻomaka kākou mai ka hoʻomaka: He aha ke ʻano o ka ʻōpala?
– ʻO kaʻu. ʻO ia, ua hāʻawi ka makuakāne.
– Aia i ʻae?
– Eia nā.
– E nānā iā ia. ʻAʻole naʻe ʻoe i huhū no ka mokuʻāina, no laila ua hoʻolimalima ʻoe i kahi mea hoʻokani trak a e hoʻopili i kēia peʻe. A e hana paha ʻoe i ka huaʻōlelo me ia.
– A ma ʻaneʻi ʻaʻole wau. ʻAʻole ʻoe e hōʻoia.
– ʻAʻole au e hōʻoia? I kēia manawa, ma ka Pūnaewele, hoʻouna wau i ke