Wā whakahaere: 127 meneti
Ka āhei ahau ki te whakaara i a rātau. I roto i tētahi whare rēti tahito e tata ana ki te tiango, ka noho tētahi tangata kāore i te pai ki te pāpori hei kaihoko rāpeti. Ko te manawanui me te papā e kore e taea te pā pai ki te iwi, he whakaaro mokemoke e roimata ana i a ia anō, te hiahia tōkai kāore i te makona... Ka haere tonu taua tangata ki te mahi i nga mahinga e kore e taea i roto i tona ngakau marama, a ka whakaaro ia ki te rapu i te whakaoranga "E karanga ana... Ko Momo-chan, he rāpeti reka e aroha ana ki a au anake. E hiahia ana ahau he tangata koe. Kātahi ka taea e au te mahi i taku tino pai." He hiahia kia kore e taea te whakaoti. Engari i pono. No te tirohanga ake o taua tangata, ka kite ia i a Momo, nāna i huri hei kōtiro paihere, e tū ana i reira me te menemene i runga i tōna kanohi. He rapi reka e aroha ana ki a ia anake. Ko te tikanga kia whakaorangia te māriretanga. Heoi anō, i te mutunga, ka hokona e te tangata a Momo mo te moni. He tangata e mate ana i te hara, i te pouri, i te makitaunu kore ... Engari i pā mai anō te merekara. I puta mai he moka i mua i a au. Ko te tamāhine whakamutunga tērā a Momo, ko Monaka. Ka toro atu te ringa o te tangata ki te rāpeti e aroha ana. He moemoeā tēnei, he whakaaro whakaaro rānei? Hei aha tēnā. E hiahia ana ahau ki te moe ki a koe i roto i ōku ringa kia ngenge rā anō ahau. E noho ana i waenganui i te rangirua me te pōhēhētanga. He rangi e hiahiatia ana e te tangata mokemoke. He pūkete mo tōna tāuri me tōna wāhanga.