Ka moe te teina, ahakoa he teina, me tana tuahine i roto i te ruma kotahi, ka tata te moe i waenganui ia raua. Ko te hongi o tona tinana, ona ahua porotaka ka whakapouri i tetahi tangata. Na nga pikitia o ia i roto i tana waea atamai ka huri i tana tuahine. I rite ia ki te whetu moheni pakeke. Na ka hiahia ia ki te mihi ki tona tungane mo te wheako. I roto i tana ake ahua wahine... A he pai ki a raua.
He poto rawa ia! A ehara i te mea he potiki, he kotiro noa te ahua poto. Ka titiro koe ki te kotiro pakira me te kotiro kakaho, he ahua whakamataku ki a ia i te tuatahi. Auaa râ, ua hamani maitai te tane pakira ia ’na ma te here, e ua oaoa mau te tamahine i te ohipa e tupu ra.
Homai ki ahau te nama, i te iti rawa kia moepuku.