THE ORIGIN OF OHANA: A long time ago, the god Kanaloa was on the island of Sawaiki. He got his ku'i 'ai pohako and prepared to make poi. He threw the kalo into the stone bowl and chanted "Hana, hana, hana!" But when he pounded the kala, it turned into a maiden. "Who are you?" he asked. "You said Hana and I appeared, " said the maiden. "But I want poi to eat!" cried the god. Hana ran away and met Maui on the beach. The two became betrothed and promised each other to exchange vows soon. Now Hana could sing sweeter than any bird. One day she was in the forest singing when an evil kahuna came up to her. He said "Hana, you sing as sweetly as kalo, as a 'ukeke. Come, let me play you like a 'ukeke." "Nay!" cried the maiden. "For only Maui can play me thus!" The evil kahuna became angry, and transformed her into a 'ukeke. "Now I shall play you all that I please!" said the kahuna. He played the 'ukeke, but it played nothing but sad songs. The King of the Menehune came along and listened. The kahuna grew impatient, and prepared to smash the 'ukeke. "Nay!" shouted the dwarf. "Give it to me instead! The misery of others makes me happy. It will warm my heart when I play it on the shores of Makelamoku in the Far West." "What will you give me for it?" asked the kahuna. "I will give this liliko'i in my hand," said the King. So the two made the exchange; the Menehune went bounding away through the clouds, bearing the 'ukeke. Maui searched for Hana, but could not find her. He heard the evil kahuna bragging to a Moli about what he had done. He grabbed the kahuna and shook him as a mongoose shakes a snake. "What have you done with Hana?" he cried. "I traded her away to a Menehune who took her to the land of Makelamoku!" gasped the kahuna. Maui threw the kahuna into a volcano, and began to cry. "Do not cry, Maui," said the Moli. "Hop on my back and I will carry you to my home on Mauna Pua'a. It is in the Far West. Perhaps someone there will know where Makelamoku is." The Moli took Maui to Mauna Pua'a. Maui met a Wild Man in the forest who said "Go north and east over the Empty Sea; Makelamoku is there." The Moli took Maui to Makelamoku, a dark land full of cherry trees. On the shore, Maui saw the King of the Menehune playing the 'ukeke. "Give me that 'ukeke at once!" shouted Maui. The Menehune King drew a wicked steel sword and cried "My dogs shall have food tonight!" But Maui changed the sword into a huge snake, which swallowed the King whole. The other dwarves ran up screaming and struck the snake with sticks, trying to get it to disgorge their king. But Maui went back to Sawaiki with the 'ukeke. "O Hana! O Hana!" wept Maui, but the 'ukeke answered not. In despair, Maui dashed it against the ground, and it broke into four pieces. Up sprang a man, a woman, a boy, and a girl. "Who are you?" asked Maui. "You said Ohana and we appeared," said the people. "You are a family," said Maui. "Now go populate the island." This the people did; they were the first family on the island. They came from a 'ukeke that came from a maiden that came from a piece of kalo. And this is the origin of the family.