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He whare tino ataahua! He maha a matou wahine e pai ana ki te ngote i nga roro o te rangatira o taua whare ma tana tiihi. Engari kei te pohehe ahau ka hoatu e te rangatira te wahine he ware, ka mitimiti ranei i tana nono! Ka kaha ake te whakapouri i a ia ano he uwha iti.
I te tuatahi i whakaaro ahau ka mate te koroua i te mutunga o tera, engari ka puta ke te rereke: i whaaia e ia te kotiro rawakore, ka ringihia he peere parāoa ki roto i tana putea. Ko te tikanga, ko nga mahi katoa i mahia e te kotiro ko ia anake, engari ko te koroua kei runga ake: i tera tau he maha o ratou kaore e kaha ki te whakapau kaha. He mīharo te ngotea o te kotiro: ka horomia katoatia te tikaokao me te kore he raruraru, maku tonu ia e whakapouri!
He kaihe iti te kotiro iti. He roa te wa ki te mahi. Engari karekau he taima a te niger ki te tatari. Whai muri i tana pupuhi, ka werohia e ia tana raka ki roto tonu i te kaihe o te pipi. Kare au i te mohio he aha tana mahi, engari ki taku whakaaro he pai tana mahi. I muri mai i taua sledgehammer i roto i te kaihe, ko te pupuhi ki roto i tana putea he rite ki te hararei. A he aha te take i pai ai taua kotiro kirikiri ki nga taane pango? He tio reka ake, he parāoa reka ake ranei?
Kaore i tino mohio he aha te korero a te kuia ki a ia i te timatanga, engari ma te whakatau i te whakawhanaketanga ake o nga huihuinga, he tino amuamu mo tana rota wahine pakeke - u nui, i roto i tana keehi, he uaua ki te kakahu me te kore mirimiri tonu. Me te mirimiri i ona u, me tona tinana katoa. A koira te korero a tana hoa wahine kiri pouri, i mua i tana haerenga ki a raua ki te moenga, ka marama tonu ahau - ka aroha ia ki tona whaea hoke me tana awhina! Koia tena, e hara?
Aue te ahua o te hoa tane ngawari me te mahi, he waimarie te wahine. I tino angitu nga mirimiri, ehara i te waha noa.