Pounamu. Pounamu.
Tuhia he whakamutunga mō ngā kōrero mō ngā taitama nei.
E rua aua taitama nei. Ko Hone rāua ko Rine ngā ingoa. Te kaha wera o te rā, ka pā mai te mate inu ki a rāua. Ka kī a Hone ki a Rine, "E hoa, . . . ." Ka whakahoki a Rine, ". . . ." Ka haere ngā taitama nei ki. . . . Ka tae, ka. . . .
Kātahi a Hone ka kī, ". . ."
Ka riro mai tā rāua pounamu, ka oma rāua. Ka pātai a Hone, "Me oma tāua ki hea inu ai i tā tāua pounamu?" Whakahoki tonu a Rine, "Me . . . ." Ka tae, ka inu rāua i tā rāua pounamu. I a Rine e inu ana i te pounamu, ka kī atu a Hone ki a ia, "Te roroa hoki o tō korokoro. Kia tere, kei pau katoa i a koe."
Ka inu, ka inu, nāwai rā kua ora o rāua mate inu wai.