Ā, koe, kei te whakahau koe i ngā haere i runga i rua roa ā, ā, āmio atu hoki i te toru? Ki te mea koe ko tēnā, he mea nui tērā he traike hiko mō te hunga tāngata e pai ana! He mea nui hoki he traike hiko hei whakahaere i te haere kia kore ai koe i te mate. Kia whanaunga ai te whakamahana o te pakipaki me te hiko hiko e āhei ai koutou katoa kia mōhio i a ia.
Ka taea e koe te haere i te traike me te hiko hiko kāore i te itinga nui. Ko tēnā ka hurihia he wā e haere ai, he wā e tae mai ai ngā wā i mua, me ngā ara nui rawe karekau koe e mahara nei i te mea koe e mate nei. Ka kite koe i tētahi mea matihiko ā-tangata e āhei ai koe ki te haere i te wā e tū tonu ana.
Ko te whakamahi i te waka tekau ā-matua hei haere i runga anō he huarahi e taea ai e koe te whakaputu tonu i tō whakangungu. Ka kite nei au he pai tēnei, nō reira, ahakoa he āwhina i a koe mai i te motokā i te wa i te haere atu, engari kia kore ai te papahekeka hei whakarerekē i ngā momo mate puku*, ko ngā waewae mauī e hiahiatia ana ki te mahi. Nō reira, ka whai koe i te oranga pai hoki. Ko tēnei te whanonga pai rawa i te ao.
He whakapapa hiko i te kaihāpai ka taea e koe i roto i tētahi tāone nui. Ka taea e koe te haere wawe, kaua e mōhio ki ngā mahi whakanui o te rīhi tūpūtahi, heoi pea ka kitea he wāhi tukutuku i a koe i te wa e haere ana. Ki ēnei wā, ka taea e koe te piki i te oneone me te noho waimarie i runga i ngā ara.
Ka taea e koe te whakaaro i a koe e noho ana i runga i tō kaihāpai hiko i te rangi raumati? Ka taepa mai ki runga i ō ringaringa te hau karu, ka tuhituhi atu ki a koe te rā. He mea nui tēnei hei whakamahara i tō kāinga rānei, heoi pea kei waho tonu i te ao, ka kitea e koe te huarahi pai o te ao nei.
Ka whakamahia e ngā kaihāpai hiko ngā paunu hokiwhakahou e kore ana i te whakatere i ngā hā o te whenua. Nā tēnei, ka tiakina e koe te taiao, kaua e whai mana ki te whakatupu hika. Ko tēnei he tūtohu pai mō ēnei nā e hiahia ana ki te whai mana me te whakanui i ngā mahi pai ki te whenua.
Ko tēnā, ka rite ngā whakapapa hiko i te kōwhiringa ki runga i tētahi āpure heke noa, hei one, hei pakiaka nui anō hoki, ā, hoki atu ki te one. He mea nui tonu inahea kia mohio e koe i te mea ka haere koe ki ngā wāhi pūmau pērā i ngā pātiki auahi rānei, ngā tahataha wai rānei (rānei mā tātou, ngā ara pakipaki waewae motokara tuawhakatōpū o mua) kāore koe e ngaro nei i te hāpai kino. Haere noa iho koe i runga i ngā whenua rawe.