"Wait. You'll see more," laughed the whale and loudly came the whale chant... "Hele Mai, Black fins above the sea. Calling all sharks and fish. Come fast to me. From the East, the West, the North, the South, Come faster to me." From the four points of the world, The ocean filled with fins. "More whales, more fish, more than plovers, more, more, more," shouted the clever whale.

"Alia. E nui a'e ana," I 'aka'aka ke kohola a poha akula ka leo oli ona. "E o mai e na kuala 'ele'els o ke kai, e na i'a o ke kai papa'u a hohonu. Ke kahea nei i na mano a na i'a like 'ole. E holo mai. E hui pu mai. E 'akoakoa mai." Mai na kihi 'eha o ka honua, piha a'ela ke kai i na kuala. "He keu ka nui o na kohola. He nui a lehulehu," i 'ua aku ai ke kohola.

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