- Ko tana tāne e ngaro ana i runga i te haere umanga, a, no te mea ko ia anake me tōna whaea me tana tama, he rite tonu tana whakapau i tōna wā i roto i nga kākahu ātaahua me te kiri tūpono. I te nuinga o te wā kaore ahau i māharahara ki taua mea, engari i āro atu taku tama ki ōna huha mā, mā, ngohengohe hoki! Ina mau ahau i te nap, ka rongo ahau i te hākinakina i tōku tinana hahaka iho ... - Kua tata tētahi tama i rere atu i runga i te hiahia ā-tinana! - E rekareka ana te whaea mārire i runga i te ahuareka me te paraihe!