Kahu ma ke Mālamalama o ka Mahina
He ʻokoʻa ʻo Moon Shadow mai nā mea pāʻani palupalu maʻamau. He huluhulu hina palupalu kona, a he mau pepeiao lōʻihi e kau mālie ana i lalo, me he mea lā e hoʻolohe ana i nā leo o ke ao nei. I ka wā e hāʻule ai ka pō, e ʻālohilohi nā maka o Moon Shadow me ka mālamalama mahana, ʻo ia kona hōʻailona e pale aku iā Xiaoya.
He kaikamahine makaʻu ʻo Xiaoya, a hoʻomakaʻu mau ka pōʻeleʻele o ka pō iā ia. Akā, ʻoiai ke aka o ka mahina, ua ʻokoʻa nā mea a pau. I kēlā me kēia pō, e kolo mālie ke aka o ka mahina i loko o ka ʻahuʻula o Xiaoya a hoʻohana i kona kino e hoʻopuni iā Xiaoya me kahi honua liʻiliʻi palekana. Hōʻike ia i nā moʻolelo kahiko, piha i ka wiwo ʻole a me ke akamai, hiki ke hoʻolilo iā Xiaoya i wiwo ʻole i kāna mau moeʻuhane.
I kekahi manawa, ua loaʻa iā Xiaoya kahi moeʻuhane ʻino, moeʻuhane ua nalowale ʻo ia i loko o ka ululāʻau pouli, i hoʻopuni ʻia e ka makaʻu pau ʻole a me ka mehameha. I kona kokoke ʻana e haʻalele i ka manaʻolana, ua komo kahi mālamalama mālie i loko o ka pouli, a ʻo Moon Shadow ia! Kū ʻo ia i mua o Xiaoya a nānā pono iā ia me kona mau maka ʻālohilohi, me he mea lā e ʻōlelo ana, "Mai makaʻu, eia wau ma ʻaneʻi." I kēlā manawa, ua manaʻo ʻo Xiaoya i ka wiwo ʻole i manaʻo ʻole ʻia, ua ʻūlū ʻo ia i ka lima o Moon Shadow a hele pū akula i waho o ka ululāʻau.
Mai ia manawa mai, ʻoiai ke paʻakikī o kona hālāwai ʻana, e noʻonoʻo ana ʻo Xiaoya i kēlā moeʻuhane a me ka mana a Moon Shadow i hāʻawi ai iā ia. Ua ʻike ʻo ia inā e noho ana ʻo Moon Shadow ma kona ʻaoʻao, ʻaʻohe mea hiki ʻole ke lanakila.
ʻAʻole ʻo Moon Shadow he mea pāʻani palupalu wale nō, ʻo ia ke kahu o Xiaoya a me ke kukui i loko o kona puʻuwai. I kēlā me kēia pō, e noho mālie ana ʻo Moon Shadow ma ka puka makani, e kali ana i ka puka ʻana o ka mahina, no ka mea, ua ʻike ʻo ia ua hiki i ka manawa e pale aku ai iā Xiaoya. A e ʻōlelo mālie aku ʻo Xiaoya iā Moon Shadow, "Mahalo iā ʻoe, e kuʻu kahu."
Ma kēia moʻolelo kupaianaha, ʻaʻole nā mea pāʻani palupalu he mau mea pāʻani wale nō. ʻO lākou ke alo mahana loa i loko o nā puʻuwai o nā keiki a me ke kumu o ko lākou wiwo ʻole e kū i ke ao nei.










