ʻIkai Fakaafeʻi

Fai ʻe Aleena Wadsworth

(Makatuʻunga ʻi ha talanoa moʻoni)

ʻOku nofo ʻa e tokotaha naʻá ne faʻú ʻi ʻAitahō, USA.

girls at school handing out invitations

ʻOku fai hoku faiʻahó he uike kahaʻú! ʻOku ou fakaʻamu te ke lava ʻo haʻu ki ai.

two girls talking together

Naʻe talamai ʻe heʻeku faʻeé ʻe lava ke u fakaafeʻi ha kaungāmeʻa pē ʻe toko nima. Fakamolemole.

mom talking to daughter, daughter looking sad

Mālō e lelei, Peki! Naʻe fēfē—

girl crying on couch

Ko e hā e siʻi meʻa naʻe hokó?

ʻOku fai e paati ia ʻa Kilisitī, ka naʻe ʻikai fakaafeʻi au ia.

mom hugging daughter

ʻOku ou ongoʻi liʻekina ʻaupito.

Ko ha meʻa faingataʻa moʻoni ia. Fakamolemole atu siʻo loto-mamahí.

mom and daughter sitting on couch

ʻOku ʻikai totonu ia!

Mahalo pē ʻoku ʻi ai ha ʻuhinga ʻoku ʻikai ke tau ʻilo ki ai.

girl praying at bedside

Tamai Hēvani ʻOfeina, kātaki ʻo tokoniʻi au ke u fakamolemoleʻi ʻa Kilisitī he ʻikai ke ne fakaafeʻi aú.

girls talking at school

ʻI he ʻaho hono hokó …

Mālō e lelei, Kilisitī.

Mālō e lelei, Peki. Fakamolemole he ʻikai ke u lava ʻo fakaafeʻi koe ki heʻeku faiʻahó.

girls playing jump rope

Sai pē ia. ʻOkú ke fie tāfue mo au?

mom and daughter making birthday cards

Hili ha ngaahi māhina siʻi mei ai …

Taimi ke palani hoʻo paati faiʻahó! Ko hai te ke fakaafeʻí?

Keiti mo Seni mo Latisa. Mo …

girl writing birthday cards

Naʻe ʻikai ke fakaafeʻi au ʻe Kilisitī ki hono faiʻahó. Ka ʻokú ne kei hoko pē ko hoku kaungāmeʻa.

girl handing out birthday cards at school

ʻOkú ke fie haʻu ki hoku faiʻahó, Kilisitī?

ʻIo! Mālō hoʻo fakaafeʻi aú!

Tā Fakatātā ʻa Casey Nelson