Old time Hawaiians and their work . d. I dressed a calabashin tapa and put it in the bow of theboat. They think that I am , I shall soon have their secret!(One alae brings a burning stick whichhe has lighted and sets fire to the they begin to roast their bananas.) Maui (leaping from his hiding place and seizing one curly-tailed alae as the others scatter in haste). Now I will kill you, you scamp of an alae. Behold, it is you who are keeping the secret of fire from us. I will be the death of you for this. Alae. If you kill me, the secret dies with me and you will not g
Old time Hawaiians and their work . d. I dressed a calabashin tapa and put it in the bow of theboat. They think that I am , I shall soon have their secret!(One alae brings a burning stick whichhe has lighted and sets fire to the they begin to roast their bananas.) Maui (leaping from his hiding place and seizing one curly-tailed alae as the others scatter in haste). Now I will kill you, you scamp of an alae. Behold, it is you who are keeping the secret of fire from us. I will be the death of you for this. Alae. If you kill me, the secret dies with me and you will not getthe fire. Maui. Tell me, whereis the fire . Alae. It is in the leafof the ape. Maui (rubbing the leafvigorously with a stick).\\here is the fire thatyou are hiding from me ?Alae. It is in a greenstick. Maui (rubbing a greenstick with his stick). I will never let you go untilyou tell me the truth. Alae. Have mercy!It is surely in that dryhau stick. J^2/2 (rubbing, the stickuntil sparks come). Nowthere is one thing more Fire Sticks. ^mg FIRE AND COOKING 39 to do. I will rub the top of your head until it is red with blood, andthe spot will always remain. (He rubs the alaes head vigorously as it struggles to get away.) The Hawaiians made fireby friction. They made agroove in a small .stick ofsoft dry wood, usually fromthe hc-ni tree. Inserting thepoint of a small sharpenedstick of hard wood intothe groove, they rubbed itquickly back and forth. Ina short time the wood wascharred, and in about a min-ute smoke began to comeand a tiny flame appeared,it set fire to the end of a roll of
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