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 the trees Tawha began to recite charms, by the aid of which he became like a decrepit old man. He was soon spied by a party of young men, and taken off as a slave to a neighbouring village, where he saw Hapai and his little daughter placed in positions of honour. He stepped forward to the side of his wife, and his disguise fell from him like an old garment; the lightnings flashed about his form, and he became himself a deity, ever beneficent and kind to human beings.



 

Two little girls were playing together under the shade of the palm trees, and having grown tired of their games they proceeded to tell each other of all the things they dearly wished for. When they had exhausted all the usual subjects 