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And on the morrow, before the elepaio bird had called, the two little Menehunes sat upon the rock. The wind came swinging down the canyon, rustling the kukui leaves into the sound of running water, and the calls of the night birds flicked the air here and there, and the soft confusion of their wings now and then swept close—and was gone:

"What have you brought?" one little Menehune asked.

"Here," said his brother, "I have it written on my memory: "

"It is for us, and truly it is wise," the other said. "It comes from one who has love, 'not for one or two, but for them all.