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He pai te āhua o te huarere i tēnei rā, he tino mahana.
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Engari, inanahi, kua makariri! Kāore e taea e rāua te tākaro i waho i taua wā.
E tino pai ana ki a Hēmi rāua ko Mere ki te tākaro,
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ka tākaro tonu rāua i te mara i mua i te whare rahi.
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He tamaiti nohi a Hēmi, e ono ōna tau.
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Ko te tamāhine nohi ko tōna tuahine.
He kurī riki tā Hēmi, kei runga hoki i te mara te kurī ināianei.
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E pai ana ki te kurī ki te tākaro ki ngā tamariki. Ka koa rawa te kurī ināianei.
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Kāore, kāore ā Mere kurī, he ngeru kē tāna
Otīra, kei roto i te whare te ngeru, e moe ana te ngeru.
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Kei roto tō rāua whaea i te whare me te ngeru,
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ā, ka titiro a ia mā te matapihi, ā, ka kite a ia i a Hēmi rāua ko Mere e tākaro ana
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Ka oma horo a Hēmi ki te rākau tawhito nui, e huna atu ana a ia i a Mere. E mōhio ana koe i te take?
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E noho ana a Mere, ā, kei mua i tōna karu tōna ringa.
Kāore e taea e ia te kite, ā, e tatau ana a ia.
ā, he aha a Hēmi e tū tata ana ki te rākau?
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I tō Mere whakamutunga ki te tatau, ka kimi noa atu ia.
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E kimi atu ana a ia ki a Hēmi: kua haere atu a ia ki whea?
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Kua kitea a ia e koe?
Kāore a Mere e mōhio ana kei whea a Hēmi.
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Ka pātai atu a ia ki te kurī: \
berba egin!
Otīra, kāore e taea kētia e te kurī te kōrero
Nā reira, kāore ia i whakawhiwhi i tētahi whakautunga ki tāna pātai.
E kore ngā tāngata e whakawhiwhi i ngā whakautunga ina pātai atu rātou ki ngā kurī!
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Ka titiro atu a Mere ki tōna whaea i muri i te matapihi,
Kua puta te whakaaro ki a Mere kua kitea pea e ia ki whea i haere atu ra a Hēmi:
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Tēnā pea, ka mōhio pea ia kei whea ia, kāore ia e hiahia ana ki te whāki atu.
Ka āta hīkoi a Mere i te māra.
Ka whakamātau tonu ia kia kite i a Hēmi.
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Ka titiro iho ia i te tēpu, ā, i raro i ngā nohoanga hoki,
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Ka kimi atu ia i ngā wāhi katoa, engari, kāore e āhei ana i a ia te kite atu ra i a Hēmei.
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Ā, ka rongo ia i tētahi tangi,
e haere mai ana i muri i te rākau tawhito nui
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Ka āta whakarongo atu ia.
Ehara i te manu, i tētahi atu kararehe rānei.
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Ko Hēmi pea!
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Ā ka kite atu hoki ia i tētahi ringa iti
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ka whakatata atu ia ā ka kite hoki ia i tōna ūpoko!
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Ka kata a ia, ā, ka kī \
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Kua koa rāua ā ka hoki atu ki te whare,
ko tēnei te wā ki te kai i tētahi mea, ā, inumia he wai!
(by Proycon@Unilang)