Old time Hawaiians and their work . to visittheir friends. In four or five months they would returnto find that the crop was ripe and ready for eating. Thenit was their turn to entertain visitors. REVIEW Name five articles of food whicli the Hawaiians raised. What is thedifference between wet taro and upland taro ? How did the farmer pre-pare his taro patch ? How did he irrigate it ? How did he plant thesprout ? How did he care for it ? How could he tell when it was ripe ?Tell of the harvestinsf. 36 OLD-TIME HAWAIIANS AND THEIR WORK What was the principal food of the people who lived away from
Old time Hawaiians and their work . to visittheir friends. In four or five months they would returnto find that the crop was ripe and ready for eating. Thenit was their turn to entertain visitors. REVIEW Name five articles of food whicli the Hawaiians raised. What is thedifference between wet taro and upland taro ? How did the farmer pre-pare his taro patch ? How did he irrigate it ? How did he plant thesprout ? How did he care for it ? How could he tell when it was ripe ?Tell of the harvestinsf. 36 OLD-TIME HAWAIIANS AND THEIR WORK What was the principal food of the people who lived away from streams?How did the upland taro grow ? What was the only farming tool ? Howwere sweet potatoes raised ? Visit a taro patch and compare it with one of long ago. Can you tellfrom the looks of the taro how nearly ripe it is ? FIRE AND COOKING The secret of making fire was supposed to have beenlearned by the hero Maui. The following play, based uponthe legend by ReverendO. A. Forbes in Hawaiian Folktales, tells howdiscovered it. M aui. THE ORIGIN OF FIRE Scene. On the seasho?-e. Characters. Maui, and Jive alae,or mud he?ts. (The alae are on the beach gath-ering firewood. Maui is near by, hid-ing behind some bushes.) First Alae. Just as soon asthose four brothers go fishing wecan build our fire and cook ourbananas. Second Alae. Yes, but one ofus must watch them. You re-member how only the other daywe had to stamp out our fireand scamper away because they saw us. Maui almost caught us. Third Alae (pointing out to sea). I can see the boat. There are fourmen in it, so we are safe. 37 , OR Mud IIe.\ 3S OLD-TIME HAWAIIANS AND THEIR WORK
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