Te Tukutuku a Charlotte

I taua wā i whakaaro ahau, me pēhea te whakawhanake i te whakahoahoa i waenganui i ngā pūngāwerewere me ngā poaka?

I whiua he poaka ki te mate i te whānautanga, i whakaaro ia kāore e ora tētahi poaka kikokore pēnei, ā, kua whakaritea kia patua i tētahi rā. Engari, i waimarie, i tūtaki ia ki te tamāhine a te rangatira: a Fern, ā, i whiwhi hoki i tētahi hoa pai, a Charlotte, te pungawerewere.

I tino tere te tipu o Wilbur, i momona, ā, i arohaina. I mea a Caizi, he pārera: "Kāore ia e mōhio kei te haere mai tōna matenga. E kī ana ia i ia rā, ā, e hiahia ana te rangatira ki te patu i a ia hei hakari i te Kirihimete."

Kāore e taea e Wilbur te poaka te kai i muri i tana whakarongo ki te parera, kāore e taea te moe pai, e manukanuka ana i te rā roa, he oranga whakamiharo...

Kātahi ka whakatenatena a Charlotte i a ia, ka āwhina i a ia, ko te hiahia noa he inu me te moe. I marino te poaka. Kei te huna a Charlotte i muri i te poaka iti. I ia rā, i ia rā, ka noho a Charlotte ki te Ipurangi me te whakaaroaro marie, ā, i te mutunga ka puta he huarahi whakamiharo hei whakaora i te poaka iti. I whatu a Charlotte i te kupu "poaka toa" ki tana tukutuku, ā, i angitu tana tinihanga i ngā tāngata. I rerekē te mutunga o Wilbur, ā, ka noho ia hei poaka rongonui. Muri iho, ka whatu a Charlotte i ētahi atu kupu ki te ipurangi, ka huri a Wilbur hei "poaka toa", hei poaka "whakamiharo", hei poaka "whakakororia", hei poaka "ngāwari". Ka miharo te iwi ki a Wilbur, te poaka iti. I haria a Wilbur e te rangatira ki te whakataetae, ā, i toa i te mētara teitei hei kawe mai i te whakapehapeha me te honore ki te rangatira. Ehara a Wilbur i te poaka e taea anake te kai poaka Kirihimete. I aroha te katoa ki tēnei poaka iti, ā, i whakahīhī ki te poaka iti. Kāore te rangatira e whakaaro ki te patu anō i a Wilbur. Ka whāngai tonu ia i a Wilbur tae noa ki tōna koroheketanga.

He pai ki ahau te wairua haumaru e kawea mai ana e Charlotte ki a Wilbur. He nui te kaha o te iti. I te wā tuatahi i tūtaki ai a Wilbur ki a Charlotte, i whakaaro a Wilbur he tangata nanakia, he tangata toto a Charlotte. Me pēhea te whakaaro he hoa pono, he aroha, he hoa mohio hoki a Charlotte. He rite tēnei ki taku hoa pai o te kura tuarua, ehara ahau i te poaka e tata ana ki te whakamatea, engari ko ahau anō hoki te mea i whakaorangia! Ka maumahara tonu ahau ki ōku wā tino uaua, ā, kei a au tonu tētahi hoa i tōku taha e tū tonu ana i tōku taha.