you asleep?"

And he replied, "No; have I drunk awa? I am restless. My eyes will
not close."

"Well," said Kalelealuaka, "when you are restless at night, what does
your mind find to do?"

"Nothing," said the Sloven.

"I find something to think about," said Kalelealuaka.

"What is that?" said the Sloven.

"Let us wish" (_kuko_, literally, to lust), said Kalelealuaka.

"What shall we wish?" said the Sloven.

"Whatever our hearts most earnestly desire," said
Kalelealuaka. Thereupon they both wished. The Sloven, in accordance
with his nature, wished for things to eat,--the eels, from the
fish-pond of Hanaloa (in the district of Ewa), to be cooked in an
oven together with sweet potatoes, and a bowl of awa.

"Pshaw, what a beggarly wish!" said Kalelealuaka. "I thought you had
a real wish. I have a genuine wish. Listen: The beautiful daughters
of Kakuhihewa to be my wives; his fatted pigs and dogs to be baked
for us; his choice kalo, sugar cane, and bananas to be served up for
us; that Kakuhihewa himself send and get timber and build a house
for us; that he pull the famous awa of Kahauone; that the King send