Wā whakahaere: 126 meneti
Kāore i taea e te wahine mārena e mahi ana hei tīwae i te kāinga te whakamahi hiko mai i te ahiahi o te rā o mua, a, ka tono a ia ki tētahi kaimahi hiko kia haere mai, engari he kaha te taupoki o te tangata pakeke. "I a koe e haere mai ana ki te toa o to koutou tuahine, ka inu koe, ka mea, mehemea he tangata anō, e hiahia ana koe kia tore ināianei tonu, e kore e taea e koe tēnei?!" "Kāore anō ahau kia kaukau, nā reira ka whāranu te kakara wai me te pee" "Kaua e titiro pērā! Ahakoa rā, ina kōkuhutia te nui o te kaimahi hiko, ka mōrearea noa iho a ia i te reo parai ... I tino whara taku tāne i roto i te aituā tūkino ki te motokā o te kamupene. Ko te wahine i karangatia ki te whare o te kaiwhakahaere whakahaere, arā ko te pāhi o tana tāne, e uiuia ana mo te utu mo nga tūkinotanga, engari tērā anō tētahi atu whāinga ... "I kī mai te perehitini ki a au he pai ki te ahi i a ia," "Te Tumuaki Whakahaere, me whakawātea koa ahau!" Ko te wahine mārena e whakahaua ana ki te kihi i te kihi taonga i roto i te whakaaro mārire, i te māngere. "Ka puta atu tō arero ... Me haehae, ka ngongo ..." "Kāore e taea e au te mahi ināianei ..., kāore e taea e au te mahi ināianei ..." He wahine mārena e pōraru ana, e pōraruraru ana, engari ka whakatapua tōna tinana māoa ki te kaiwhakahaere whakahaere. E rua nga wā e whakapūketetia ana.