Te tamaiti ngaro.
I era tau kua pahure, ka ngaro noa tetahi tamaiti kite ngaherehere o Marikena. No te ao i rapua ai ka rokohanga te po, haere ana te matua kite tiki i ctahi tangata hei hoa mona. Kn rapua nei, a — tac noa kite iwa o nga haora, a kilini kitea; no konci ka whakatangihia tc perc o tatia kaingn, olio katoa mai nga tangata c hua kua tovo te pa. No tc potonga mai o nga tangata ki nga hnaralii, ka rangona, cliara i te alii, i whakntangihia ai te pevc, otiia, he ugaronga no tclahi tamaiti. Olio katon nga ngaUau o ana liunga i mine mai ra; kiliai i roa ka kilca tc mano c piki aria itc maunga i pahaki atn o (ana kaingn, c aim ana kite rapu. I'o noa, no noa, kaliorc kau lie rongo oto tamaiij. Tc manga ote ra, kannpannpa kan ana te toto i rnnga i tc rau-rekau, a, aliua pai ana tc mata ole whemta. Otira, he kainga niahuc tana pa. Horc lie kiki—horc lie men tano i kitea kite main. Hocre kononolii nna nga waliinc katoa n tcra kainga :—kotnhi wliakaaro o taua ia—kuiliea ra tc tamaiti V I te iiva o nga haora o tc ata, ka rangona te pakutanga o te 'pu ; ko tc tohn tera i karangatia ita kitea tc tamaiti. Ano tc taliu o te ate i reira! I ora ranci ite kitcngn ai, i mate ranei 1 Kiliai laro ka rangona te icaranga—e ora ana tc tamaiti. Uanga ana kite kauhoa te tnkotoranga mo taua tamaiti, whariki rawa kite rau-rekau, amohia mai ana ki tc kainga. No te taenga mai kite kahiwi ote puke, ka okioki tc kai kauhoa, whakakitca ana to ratou liari ki nga huro e toru. Tukituki kau ana tc manawa o te matua wahine ; " Ringiringi a-wai" ana " te roimata i ana kamo."— Oma whakarcre ana kite huarahi—awhi ana ki tc tamaiti. I taua wahi kaliorc kau lie kiki; heoi nei te mea i rangona, ko tc rco o te matua e tangi nna ! a, heke kau ana tc roimata i nga kanohi otc mnno. Ka hapainga i konei te reo o taua mca, u —roa noa, rangona ana tc haruru ki tawhiti. No te mutunga o tenei liari, lioki katoa ana nga tangata ki nga whare, ki (e malii.—No nga korcro o /Ijpola, ■
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Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume 1, Issue 24, 22 November 1849, Page 4
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394Te tamaiti ngaro. Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume 1, Issue 24, 22 November 1849, Page 4
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