In Hawaii by London

Author:London [London]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Travel, United States, West, Pacific (AK; CA; HI; OR; WA)
ISBN: 9781906393083
Google: rOSOuAAACAAJ
Publisher: Trotamundas Press
Published: 2008-02-15T04:44:58+00:00

THE WATER BABY

I LENT a weary ear to old Kohokumu's interminable chanting of the deeds and adventures of Maui, the Promethean demigod of Polynesia who fished up dry land from ocean depths with hooks made fast to heaven, who lifted up the sky where-under previously men had gone on all fours, not having space to stand erect, and who made the sun with its sixteen snared legs stand still and agree thereafter to traverse the sky more slowly — the sun being evidently a trade-unionist and believing in the six-hour day, while Maui stood for the open shop and the twelve-hour day.

“Now this,” said Kohokumu, “is from Queen Liliuokalani's own family mele :

“‘Maui became restless and fought the sun

With a noose that he laid.

And winter won the sun,

And summer was won by Maui….’”

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