Ka Pūnaewele o Charlotte

I kēlā manawa, ua noʻonoʻo wau, pehea lā e hoʻomohala ai ka pilina o nā nananana a me nā puaʻa?

Ua hoʻopaʻi ʻia kahi puaʻa i ka make i ka wā hānau, me ka manaʻo ʻaʻole e ola kahi puaʻa lahilahi, a ua manaʻo ʻia e pepehi ʻia i kekahi lā. Akā, ʻo ka mea pōmaikaʻi, ua hālāwai ʻo ia me ke kaikamahine a ka mea nona: ʻo Fern, a ua hana pū ʻo ia i hoaaloha maikaʻi, ʻo ka nananana ʻo Charlotte.

Ua ulu wikiwiki ʻo Wilbur, momona, a aloha ʻia. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Duck Caizi: "ʻAʻole ia i ʻike e hiki mai ana kona make. Ua piha loa ia i kēlā me kēia lā a makemake ka mea nona e pepehi iā ia no kahi ʻahaʻaina i ka Kalikimaka."

ʻAʻole hiki iā Wilbur ka puaʻa ke ʻai hou ma hope o ka hoʻolohe ʻana i ke kākā, ʻaʻole hiki ke hiamoe maikaʻi, hopohopo i ka lā a pau, he ola kupaianaha kēlā...

A laila ua hoʻoikaika ʻo Charlotte iā ia, e kōkua ʻo ia iā ia, pono wale nō ʻo ia e inu a hiamoe. Ua hoʻomaha ʻia ka puaʻa. Ua peʻe ʻo Charlotte ma hope o ka puaʻa liʻiliʻi. I kēlā me kēia lā, ua noho ʻo Charlotte ma ka Pūnaewele a noʻonoʻo mālie, a ua loaʻa iā ia kahi ala kupanaha e hoʻopakele ai i ka puaʻa liʻiliʻi. Ua ulana ʻo Charlotte i ka huaʻōlelo "puaʻa ace" ma kāna pūnaewele, a ua hoʻopunipuni maikaʻi i nā kānaka. Ua loli ka hopena o Wilbur, a ua lilo ʻo ia i puaʻa kaulana. Ma hope mai, ua ulana ʻo Charlotte i nā huaʻōlelo ʻē aʻe ma ka pūnaewele, e hoʻolilo ana iā Wilbur i "puaʻa ace", he puaʻa "kupaianaha", he puaʻa "hanohano", a he puaʻa "haʻahaʻa". Ua kahaha ka poʻe iā Wilbur, ka puaʻa liʻiliʻi. Ua lawe ka mea nona ʻo Wilbur e komo i ka hoʻokūkū, a lanakila i ka mekala kiʻekiʻe loa e lawe mai i ka haʻaheo a me ka hanohano i ka mea nona. ʻAʻole ʻo Wilbur he puaʻa hiki ke hana wale i ka ʻaina Kalikimaka o nā puaʻa. Ua aloha nui nā mea a pau i kēia puaʻa liʻiliʻi a ua haʻaheo i ka puaʻa liʻiliʻi. ʻAʻole loa e noʻonoʻo ka mea nona e pepehi hou iā Wilbur. E hoʻomau ʻo ia i ka hānai ʻana iā Wilbur a hiki i kona wā ʻelemakule.

Makemake au i ke ʻano palekana a Charlotte e lawe mai ai iā Wilbur. He nui ka ikaika o ka liʻiliʻi. I ka wā i hālāwai mua ai ʻo Wilbur me Charlotte, ua manaʻo ʻo Wilbur he kanaka loko ʻino a makewai koko ʻo Charlotte. Pehea e manaʻo ai he hoaaloha kūpaʻa, aloha a akamai ʻo Charlotte. Hoʻomanaʻo mai kēia iaʻu i kaʻu hoaaloha maikaʻi loa mai ke kula kiʻekiʻe, ʻaʻole wau ka puaʻa e kokoke ana e pepehi ʻia, akā ʻo wau nō hoʻi ka mea i hoʻopakele ʻia! E hoʻomanaʻo mau wau i koʻu mau manawa paʻakikī loa a loaʻa mau iaʻu kahi hoaaloha ma koʻu ʻaoʻao e kū mau ana ma koʻu ʻaoʻao.