Te kata a Tipuna ki a Toro
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I tētahi rangi, i a Tipuna rāua ko Toro e parakuihi ana, ka tīmata te kōrero a Toro mō tōna hōiho, mō Wera. Ka mea, "E Kui, mōhio koe, ko te hōiho rā, a Wera, kātahi te hōiho mārama ko tērā. Ki te mea koe i tētahi kōrero ki a ia, tere tonu tana mōhio he aha o kōrero. Inā koa, i taenehi nei, i a māua e haere ana ki te tiki i ngā kau hei miraka, ka mea au ki a Wera, "E Wera, mutu ana tēnei mahi a tāua, tukuna ana koe e au". Nā wai rā, tū mai ōna taringa, rewa mai tōna upoko, hikitia ana ōna waewae, ā, tere rawa tana haere hāngai tonu ki te pātiki i reira ngā kau. Mehemea kāre i pai ake taku mōhio, kua kī kē au i haere tērā hoiho ki te kura."
Ka kata a Tipuna ki a Toro, ka mea, "E Toro, Kai te mōhio rawa koe he hōiho koretake te Wera nā. He roro hipi hoki. I tērā rangi i mahue ake nei, i rongo anō ēnei taringa ki tōu waha e hāmama ana, e kangakanga ana ki tō hōiho, he upoko mārō koe ka tahi, he upoko kōhua koe ka rua!" Ka kata a Tipuna.
Ka whakahoki a Toro,"Nā te mahi kino a ngā kurī au i whakatakariri ai. I pai noa iho te mahi a Wera. Ko ngā kurī kē ngā mea rorokore."
Ka puta ia ki waho ki te hopu i tōna hōiho, me te kata a Tipuna e whai ana i muri i a ia. Ka tīmata a Tipuna ki te whakatikatika i te whare ki te horoi i ngā taonga o te parakuihi, me te tahitahi i te papa o te kīhini. Mutu ana ērā mahi ka tahuri atu ia ki te horoi i ō rāua kākahu paruparu.
Rokohanga, e rua haora kē pea te kuia nei e pukumahi ana, ā, ka puta mai a Toro me te reo hāparangi, me te kupu kangakanga.
Ko tā Tipuna, "Eeii! He aha tōu mate?"
Ko Toro, "Ko te pōkokohua hōiho rā, a Wera. Pai kare! Mea i a au taku pū, kua oti kē ia te whakawhata hei mīti mā ngā kuri."
Tā Tipuna, "E hika! He aha te mahi a Wera i kōrero pēnā rawa koe mōna? Nā noa nei koe e waiata ana i ōna painga." Ko Toro, "Kāre te taurekareka hoiho nā e tū kia mau taku paraire ki runga ki a ia. E rua haora nei au e omaoma ana i muri i a ia, huri rauna, huri rauna, hoki atu, hoki mai. Nā wai rā, tukuna e au ngā kuri kia ngaua ōna waewae. Takahia e ia tētahi, whanaia anō tētahi, ka mataku te mea tuatoru, ka oma. Kātahi te hoiho tino kino!"
Ka mea a Tipuna, "E Toro e! Te āhua nei i tika tō kōrero mō Wera, he hoiho tino mārama ia. Me haere koe ka mea ki a ia, "E Wera! Ko ahau tēnei, ko Toro Te Reo.
Ko tōu rangatira. "E tū! Ākuni pea ka whakarongo a ia ki a koe, nō te mea, ki taku titiro, kāre a Wera i haere ki te kura noa iho, i puta kē mai i te whare wānanga." Ka pakaru mai te kata i a Tipuna.
Ka titiro mākutu a Toro ki a Tipuna. Tata tonu tana kohete ki tōna kuia, engari nō tana kitenga atu i te reka o te kata o Tipuna, me tana mōhio anō ki te tikanga o ngā kupu a te kuia, me te maumahara hoki ki ana ake kōrero mō Wera i te parakuihi, ka puta mai tētahi mingaminga kata ki tōna kanohi. Nā wai rā, ka pakaru mai te kata i a Toro. Ka hemo rāua i te kata.
Nā, i te kaha me te reka o tō rāua kata, ka puta katoa ngā riri o Toro ki tōna hoiho. Kāre hoki rāua i kite i a Wera e tū mai ana i te kēti, e mātakitaki ana i a rāua. Ka whakatītaha mai tōna upoko me te mea kei te pātai, "Eeii! He aha kē te mate o ngā tōkorua nei?"