Te kihikihi rāua ko te pōpoporiki
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I tētahi rā, e mahi ana tētahi pōpoporiki, ka rongo ia i tētahi kihikihi e waiata ana i runga i tētahi rākau. Ka tū ia, ka whakarongo.
'He pai rawa atu taku mahi
He noho noa, piri ake
ki te peka o te rākau.
He pāingainga i te whiti
o te rā
Me te whakatangitangi kau
i aku parihau.'
Ka kī atu te pōpoporiki ki te kihikihi, "E hoa, haere mai tāua ki te kohikohi kai mō ngā wā tūpuhi." Ka whakahoki mai te kihikihi. "E ta! Hei aha. Haere mai tāua ki te pāingainga rā, ki te waiata hoki." Ka haere te pōpoporiki ki te mahi kai. Ka waiata anō hoki ia.
'Hohoro mai e te hoa
Kaua e whakaroa.
He kari i te rua
Kei mau i te ua o te rangi
I te wero a te makariri
o te pō.
Me kohi ngā kākano e
Hei oranga.'
Ka kata atu te kihikihi ki te pōpoporiki, ka whakatoi atu hoki. "Auē, te mahana hoki o te rā."
Ēngari, i te koretanga o te rā me te raumati, ka mate te kihikihi i te makariri o te takarua. Ko te pōpoporiki, mahana ana i te kai me te mahana o tōna rua.
Hei mahi
Kimihia he rangi mō ngā waiata a te kihikihi rāua ko te pōpoporiki i roto i ngā kōrero nei.