Wā whakahaere: 115 meneti
He maha nga tau i haere atu ai taku wahine, a, he maha nga tau i noho ai ahau me taku tama me tana wahine. Nō nā tata nei, kaore i taea e au te āwhina, engari kai te māharahara ki te hunaonga o taku tama. He kore ārai rawa ōna kākahu, a, ko ōna tohu ā-ringa me te mea kai te pōwhiri a ia. A i te po, i ahau taku tama, a tata tonu toku manawanui ki te tepe. I tētahi rā, i te ngarotanga o te huihuinga, a, ka hoki ahau ki te kāinga, i te whakahāngai taku wahine i te taikaha. I whakaaro ahau e kore ahau e kite, engari i kite ahau, a, i kitea e taku wahine. No muri iho, ka kōrero mai taku hunaonga ki a au. Ko te āhua nei, he pai ki a au te mātakitaki, ā, e hiahia ana ahau kia kite anō koe ...