Ko e Faingata‘a ‘i he Vaitafé
ʻOku nofo ʻa e tokotaha naʻá ne faʻú ʻi Kololato, USA.
ʻEi, Fineʻeiki, ʻe lava nai ke u ʻalu ʻo vaʻinga mo ʻEnitī?
ʻIo. Ka ke palōmesi mai he ʻikai te ke ʻalu ʻo ofi ki he vaitafé! ʻOku ʻikai ke malu ia hili ʻa e matangi mālohí.
SAI. ʻOku ou palomesi atu.
Tau ō ki he vaitafé!
ʻIo … ka he ʻikai te u lava ʻo ʻalu ki he vaí.
Sio ki he vave ʻa e ʻau ʻa e vaí!
ʻEi! Te tau lava ʻo fakaʻaongaʻi ʻena ko ha hala fakakavakava!
ʻOku ou poleʻi koe ke ke kamataʻi!
ʻOku ʻikai ke fuʻu ʻuhinga ia ʻokú te hopo ki he loto vaí …
Mani! ʻOku ou fihia!
ʻEnitī, ʻoku ou ilifia! Kumi ha tokoni!
“ʻOua te ke ngaue, Palaieni! Ko Misa Paoa ʻeni ʻoku ʻalu atu kiate koe!
Fakamolemole!
ʻOku ou fiefia lahi ʻokú ke sai pē!
Mālō ʻaupito.
Lelei ʻaupito. ʻOku ou fiefia pē ʻokú ne SAI PĒ.
ʻOku ou kole fakamolemole atu ʻi he ʻikai ke u tauhi ʻeku palōmesí.
Naʻá ke mei lavea! Ka ʻoku ou ʻofa pē ʻiate koe, pea ʻoku ou fiefia ʻokú ke hao.
Te u feinga ke tauhi ʻeku ngaahi palōmesí ʻi he hokohoko atú!
Palōmesi?
Palōmesi.
Tā fakatātā ʻa Stephen Gilpin