“Pea Kapau ʻe ʻIkai,” Ki Hono Fakamālohia ʻo e Toʻu Tupú, ʻOkatopa 2022.
Pea Kapau ʻe ʻIkai
“ʻOku faingataʻa ʻa e ʻalu ki ha ʻapiako foʻoú. ʻOku ou ʻamanaki pē te u lava ʻo maʻu ha ngaahi kaungāmeʻa.”
“ʻEi, ʻokú ke fie tangutu mo kimautolu?”
“ʻIo!”
“Mani, ʻoku ou fiefia he ʻikai ke u tuenoa he ʻahó ni.”
ʻI he ngaahi ʻuluaki ʻahó, naʻe fakaʻofoʻofa e ngaahi meʻá ʻo aʻu ki he …
“Naʻá ke sio ki hono louʻulú?”
“Sio ki hono suú; ʻoku fuʻu palakū!”
“ʻEi! Sio ki ho halá!”
“ʻOku ʻikai ongo tonu ʻeni.”
“ʻOku ʻikai ke u tui ʻoku totonu ke u toe feohi mo e kau talavou ko iá, ka ʻo kapau te u mavahe, ko hai te mau ʻalu holó?”
“ʻOku ou tui ʻoku fie maʻu ke taʻofi ʻeku feohi mo kinautolú. ʻOku ou ʻamanaki pē te u maʻu ha ngaahi kaungāmeʻa foʻou. Ka ʻo kapau ʻe ʻikai, ʻoku ou kei fie fai pē ʻa e meʻa ʻoku totonú.”
ʻOku faingataʻa ʻi ha kiʻi taimi siʻi, ka ʻokú ne kei ʻamanaki pē te ne maʻu ha kaungāmeʻa foʻou.
“ʻEi, ke fēfē hake? Ko hoku hingoá ko ʻAnitoniō. Fēfē koe?”