Kare a mama i hoatu he taonga nui ki a raua. Aita râ te taeae e te mau tuahine i oto maoro. I whai hua te kotiro Ahia i taua wa, ka akiaki i tana tuahine ki te korero i tana tuakana ki te takaro tokotoru. Ki te whakaaro he iti te tinana o te kotiro Ahia, he rite ki te arewhana me te moose ki te tiihi nui a tona tuakana.
He tika katoa: ka tangohia e ia te paraikete, ka tangohia e ia ona tarau, ka mahi ia tangata ki o raatau mahi. Ko te kotiro, i te ara, ka haere ki tawhiti i roto i te pakihi whakatauira, kei reira te kaha ki te horomia rawatia te tikaokao nui, i te wa e ataata ana ki a ia, ka tino whakanuihia. Homai he pupuhi hohonu me te kanohi hoa, he mea maumahara tenei, a ka kowhiria e koe he tauira, ka eke aunoa ia ki runga o te rarangi!
Ehara i te kino tokotoru. E mohio ana nga kotiro kakaho ki ta ratou mahi, ka moe i a ratou, kare he whakama ki te aroaro o to ratou papa. No reira kua mutu te raruraru o te whanau, kei te pai nga mea katoa.