Pono kēlā me kēia wahine e loaʻa iā ia kekahi pale silki ʻeleʻele. Ke kaha aku wau i kūkulu ai ua hiki iho ka palapala ma mua mai ka ʻelua makahiki, no ka mea he mea kūkū kēlā e hui hiki i nā mea he nui. Aia i kekahi lālā kūkū a i ʻole e hoʻokani pū me nā hoaaloha, he mea kūkū ka pale silki ʻeleʻele i kēlā me kēia manawa.
Hiki i kekahi pale silki ʻeleʻele e hana i kēlā me kēia hula e like me ka mea kūkū. Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻano he lālā a i ʻole me nā mākaʻu e like me ka hana maikaʻi, a i ʻole e hoʻopili pū me nā kālākaua a i ʻole nā pālā jeans (ʻAe, hana maikaʻi kēlā!). Hana maikaʻi ka silki hana maikaʻi a i ʻole hana maikaʻi, e like me ka lōʻiʻi o ka hana maikaʻi e hana ai i kāu e like me ka maikaʻi i kēlā me kēia manawa e loaʻa ai iā ʻoe.
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ʻO ka paleka uli i loko o ka māmā he maikaʻi a he maluhia. ʻO ka pāhuki he limu a he limu paha— a he hoʻokele maikaʻi. ʻAʻo hea paha ʻoe i kou pōkai a i ʻole i waho, ʻo ka paleka uli he kī i kou hōʻike he hanauna a maluhia i kou noho i kēlā me kēia manawa.

ʻO ka mea maikaʻi loa e pili ana i kahi paleka uli ʻo ia hiki ke ʻike ʻia ma kahi kūikawā. Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i kahi paleka uli i kou hana, i kahi pāʻani, a i ʻole i kahi ʻōkole hana me kāu mau hoaaloha. Hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻolālā iā ia me kahi kiʻi kiʻekiʻe a me kahi lipika kiʻekiʻe no kahi pō hanauna a i ʻole noho i loko me kahi mea hoʻohui no kahi hōʻike maluhia. ʻO kahi ala hanauna hou, ʻo ka paleka uli he mea hanauna no kahi wahi ʻaʻo hea ʻoe.

Make kākou e hoʻomaha aku i ke ʻano e like me ka mea kālākaua i kēlā me kēia pike hōʻike houkūkū kau maikaʻi e like me kāu e pili ana? E koho i kekahi pale pālā hana silki ʻeleʻele: ʻo kahi me nā mea kūikawā — nā pōpoki, pāpale, moʻolelo kūkū, etc. E like me nā mea hana kēia e hoʻoheheʻe ai i kāu hula ʻoiaʻi a i ʻole pākī. E koho i kekahi pale silki ʻeleʻele kūikawā me nā mea kāpī a me nā mea hoʻohui e like me nā mea e hōʻike ai i kāu hula a me kāu hoʻi.