Hoʻopili i kāu pipi
Aia kekahi mau lā e like wau me kahi kahu hānai: Kū wau i mua o ka lā, ma mua o ke kū ʻana o ke koko i nā lobes o mua, a ʻo ka mea mua aʻu e hana ai, ʻo ka hānai ʻana i ka pua. Mālama nā pōpoki i kaʻu hāʻawi lima ʻana i ka mauʻu a me nā pelele i ʻeiwa mau puaʻa guinea a laila ka lāpaki. Ma hope o kahi kū wikiwiki e hana i kahi kīʻaha o ka kope koke ʻole, hāʻawi wau i nā pōpoki i kā lākou pēpē mua o ka meaʻai pulu a nānā iā lākou e hōʻoia ʻaʻole nui ka ʻaihue. Holo koʻu hale i ka papa kuhikuhi o ka hānai ʻana i hoʻopau me ka meaʻai māmā pulu no nā pōpoki a me nā mauʻu hou aku no nā mea critters ma mua o koʻu hiamoe ʻana. Lōʻihi ma mua o ka maʻi ahulau a me ka lōʻihi ma hope, ua hāʻawi kēia mau loina i kahi papa o ka maʻamau no ka lā holoʻokoʻa. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻoi aku nā mea hou aʻe ma mua o kēlā.
ʻAʻole wau e ala aʻe no ka walaʻau o ka pipi, a i ʻole ka pōpoki pōloli e ʻūʻū mau ana i koʻu alo. Kū wau i luna no ka mea ua paʻa wau i ka mālama ʻana i kēia mau mea ola e hilinaʻi nei iaʻu no ka hale, ka meaʻai, ka wai… nā mea āpau. Eia kekahi, he ʻohana lākou; Makemake wau e ulu a hauʻoli lākou i nā ola. He mau lā kūpikipiki loa kahi a mākou e ʻōlelo ai i ka mea like a nā mākua a pau i ʻōlelo ai i kā lākou poʻe keiki, "He mea maikaʻi maikaʻi ʻoe!" akā i nā lā kūpilikiʻi, e ʻike ʻoe i ka pā e kīʻē ana i waho e hāʻawi i kahi mea. ʻIke nā pōpoki ke kaumaha a maʻi paha kekahi (a ʻaʻohe maʻi maʻi) a hoʻāʻo lākou e kōkua. ʻAʻole maopopo ka pōpoki ua hoʻohaʻahaʻa lākou i kou kaomi koko kokoke koke, akā manaʻo wau ʻike lākou inā pili lākou i kou ʻūhā a me ka purr, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka nui o kāu mau pilikia.
Pono wau e ʻōlelo i kēia makahiki i hala iho nei, ʻoiai mākou e noho nei i ka home e noho nei me ka makaʻu, ka maopopo ʻole, a me ka weliweli weliweli o ka pau ʻana o ka pepa kaukau, hauʻoli loa wau i kaʻana like ʻana i koʻu home me 13 mau holoholona a me ʻelima mau kānaka ʻē aʻe. Ma hea wau e hele ai i ka hale, ʻaʻole wau hoʻokahi wale nō. Hiki iā ʻoe ke haʻi i kahi lāpaki i kāu mea huna; ʻaʻole lākou e hōʻino iā ʻoe. Hiki iā ʻoe ke hāwanawana i kāu mau moeʻuhane i kahi puaʻa guinea a e nānā lākou iā ʻoe me ke kahaha o ka maka ākea. A e noho mālie kahi pōpoki me ʻoe inā ʻaʻohe āu mea e ʻōlelo ai. ʻAe, i kekahi manawa hiki i nā pōpoki ke lilo i jerks a hāʻawi iā ʻoe i kahi luna kānāwai-y akā e hoʻāʻo e hoʻopakele iā ʻoe mai ka ʻauʻau. ʻAʻole wau e koi aku i kekahi e ʻākoakoa i ko lākou hale e like me aʻu. ʻAʻole ia koʻu manaʻo. ʻAʻole hiki iā mākou ke ʻōlelo ʻaʻole i nā mea pakele i kahi ʻē aʻe e hele ai.
I ka pae ʻana o kekahi mau puaʻa guinea ʻelemakule i loko o koʻu lumiʻaina i ka hapalua o luna o kahi mea lawe kaʻa kiʻekiʻe mai nā '70s, ua hoʻohuli wau i kuʻu lae i ka hoʻāʻo e nānā hope. Ua like lākou me he mea lā a ke keiki liʻiliʻi e huki ai, e like me ka uala me nā maka ʻeleʻele nunui a me ʻelua set o nā wāwae manu. ʻIke wau ua ʻelemakule lākou a ʻano ʻinoʻino. ʻO ko lākou mau inoa ʻo Caramel a me PFU –short no Pink Fluffy Unicorn, ʻo ia ka mea e loaʻa iā mākou ke kū mai kahi kōmike o ka papa ʻehā, 4th a me ka papa ʻeono me kahi inoa. A manaʻo lākou he kaikamahine ʻo ia (hiki iaʻu ke pili, akā he moʻolelo ʻokoʻa kēlā). ʻAʻole wau he moʻo nui, no laila ʻo ka mea ʻoi loa aʻu i ʻōlelo ai, ʻo ia ke kahu o ke keiki. ʻO ia ʻelua makahiki i hala. Manaʻo wau ʻaʻole lākou e hoʻi i ka papa. ʻO kaʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻaʻole wau i ʻike i ka mea e ʻōlelo ai, no ka mea ua manaʻo wau me kaʻu wahine ua ʻae mākou ua lawa kā mākou mau holoholona.
Ua loaʻa iā mākou ʻekolu mau pōpoki a me kahi lāpaki. ʻO ka hoʻolālā mua e kiʻi i ʻelua pōpoki. ʻO ka mea mua i hele mai iā mākou mai kahi hoanoho nona ka muli loa i ka maʻi āpau. ʻO ka lua o nā pōpoki ʻelua i hele mai i koʻu kāhea ʻana e ʻōlelo ana e kū ana kā mākou kaikamahine i ka wahi hānai a PetCo, e paʻa ana i ka ʻūlū o kahi keiki keiki ʻalani i loko o nā pā kī e ʻōlelo hou ana, "Makemake au i kēia." A he kaikaina ko kēia keiki maka nui me nā pepeiao nunui, e peʻe ana ma hope o kona kaikaina. ʻOiaʻiʻo ua ʻōlelo wau, "Au, e kiʻi wale iā lāua āpau." ʻO ka lāpaki kahi huahana a kā mākou keikikāne e kū nei i ka lumi o ka ʻohana me nā maka wai, e hoʻohiki ana e aloha iā ia, a hoʻomaʻemaʻe ma hope o ia mea a ʻuwī a make loa ia me ka ʻole o kēia lāpaki kikoʻī. Noho pono ʻo Winter i kahi e kū ai, ma lalo o ke kīwī, ma ka ʻaoʻao o ka luaahi.
ʻAʻole loa mākou i minamina i nā holoholona a mākou i hoʻolālā ai a me ka poʻe i pae wale i loko o ko mākou hale. He kumu mau lākou o ke aloha, leʻaleʻa, ke aloha a me nā mea hou aku. Ma ka liʻiliʻi i hoʻokahi manawa i ka pule, ua leka mai kaʻu wahine iaʻu i kahi kiʻi nani o nā hui pū ʻana o nā pōpoki i hoʻopili ʻia me kekahi a i ʻole me kekahi o nā keiki. Mai ka lumi aʻe. He mea hānai paha wau no kahi māmela hemahema e pono ai, akā hiki iaʻu ke kōkua nui iā lākou ma ka hana ʻana i kekahi mea e uku liʻiliʻi iaʻu.
He mau holoholona mau kā māua ʻo kaʻu wahine mai ka wā ma mua o ko kāua male ʻana. ʻO lākou kā mākou poʻe keiki hoʻomaka, a laila hoaaloha mua a kā mākou keiki. I kēia manawa, he poʻe keiki lākou na nā keiki. ʻO nā pēpē āpau nā pēpē huluhulu no ka mea hoʻihoʻi lākou i ke ʻano o ke aloha. Hāʻawi kā mākou mau puaʻa iā mākou i ke aloha –hoʻokahi a me ke ʻano ʻole - a he mea nui kēlā a me kēia no kā mākou nānā, aloha a ʻae, kālā. I ka hapanui o nā lā, makemake wau e hoʻolilo kālā i ka ʻōpoki pōpoki ma mua o kahi pālule akamai ʻē aʻe e pau i ka papahele o kaʻu keiki i hoʻokahi pule. ʻAʻole pono ka lāpaki i nā pale umauma; pono ʻo ia i ka mauʻu a me nā koʻokoʻo e mālama i ke olakino maikaʻi. A e ʻoliʻoli wau me ka ʻoliʻoli i kahi ʻeke 25 paona guinea puaʻa i loko o ka lumi ʻaina no ka mea he popcorn ia nā puaʻa.
ʻO kekahi o nā mea leʻaleʻa e pili ana i ka loaʻa ʻana o nā holoholona he hiki ke hoʻohana i nā huaʻōlelo e like me 'binky' a i ʻole 'popcorn' a i ʻole 'snurgle' i ka hui polite. Ke hōʻiliʻili kahi lāpaki i kahi nui o ka hauʻoli, hoʻokuʻu lākou iā ia ma ka lele lele ʻana i luna - kahi binky! Hiki i kēia ke hana i kēlā me kēia manawa: i ka waena o ka holo, ʻoiai e ʻai ana, i kēlā me kēia manawa. He mea like ia iā lākou. Hana like nā puaʻa Guinea, akā ʻokoʻa ia i ka semantically: popcorn. He mea kupaianaha ka ʻike ʻana i ka hoʻonui ʻana o ka hauʻoli e like me kēlā, no ka mea ʻike ʻoe he ʻoiaʻiʻo. Pīpī nā pōpoki a i 'hana i nā biscuits' iā ʻoe ke manaʻo lākou i ka hilinaʻi piha a me ka hauʻoli.
No ka poʻe o ʻoukou e mālama nei i ka helu i ka home, helu wale ia no ʻeono mau holoholona. Ua pae aku kekahi puaʻa papa i ka lumi ʻaina i hoʻokahi makahiki ma hope. ʻO Cookie kona inoa a ʻano like ʻo ia me kahi pēpē pēpē pūʻiwa mau. ʻAʻole ʻo ia i noho lōʻihi i ke keiki hou ma ke kaona.
ʻAʻole i liʻuliʻu, neʻe aku kekahi mau kānaka mahuka i loko o ko mākou hale. ʻAʻole mākou e helu iā lākou i ka kolamu holoholona no ka mea ʻaʻole au e uku no kā lākou pila vet. He moʻolelo lōʻihi ia, akā ua kipaku ʻia ʻelua mau hoaaloha a kaʻu keiki mai ko lākou hale a pono kahi e pale ai mai ka maʻi ahulau. E like me kaʻu e haʻi nei i kēlā me kēia; inā koho ʻoe i ʻelua mau ʻōpio e noho i kou hale, ʻo ia kēia mau mea.
He kāne kāne kā kekahi o nā keiki hou ʻelua. He keiki maikaʻi ʻo ia, akā ʻai nui ʻo ia. A lawe mai ʻo ia i ka hale hele hewa! I ke aumoe loa o kekahi pō, ua lohe au i kahi lepe i lalo. ʻAʻole hiki iaʻu ke wehewehe pono i ka ruckus no ka mea ʻaʻole ia i kani mai kahi maʻamau. Manaʻoʻiʻo wau ua kapa ʻia kahi hui o nā ʻōpio he ruckus, e like me ka hui ʻana o nā nalo meli a i kahi pūʻulu o ka mōʻī. Ua hiamoe wau ma waena o ia, me kahi pōpoki a ʻelua paha e kau ana ma koʻu mau kuli.
I ke kakahiaka, ua loaʻa hou iaʻu kekahi puaʻa guinea i loko o ka lumi ʻaina, i kēia manawa i hoʻokomo ʻia i loko o kahi hīnaʻi a mākou i hoʻohana ai no kahi hamster i haʻalele aku nei. Ua loaʻa ʻo ia i ke kāne aloha e wehe wale ana i loko o kahi pāka ʻoiai e hele ana i kāna ʻīlio. Ua lawe ʻo ia iā ia i kahi mua i hiki iā ia ke noʻonoʻo me nā pono hana e hānai iā ia. I kēia kiko, ua oki wau i ka hoʻāʻo ʻana e waiho i koʻu wāwae i lalo. ʻOi aku ka pīni a poepoe loa. He ʻelima āna pēpē, ʻekolu pule ma hope. Pono wau e hōʻoia he kupaianaha ka hānau ʻana. Ua ʻike wau i ka hānau ʻia ʻana o nā kānaka a nui. ʻAʻole kani ʻo Peanut i ke kaʻina holoʻokoʻa. ʻO kāna hoʻokele waiwai o ka neʻe ʻana ua like ia me kahi ʻaha kī. Lohe kaʻu wahine i ka pule pule pēpē (ʻo ia kekahi o nā kani a nā puaʻa guinea) a ʻākoakoa mākou a pau e nānā. ʻElima mau manawa i loaʻa iā ia kahi ʻano ʻē i kona alo, a kū i lalo, a huki i kahi pēpē me kāna mau niho. Ua hoʻomaʻemaʻe koke ʻo ia i kēlā me kēia pēpē a laila noho ʻo ia me he mea lā aia he ʻelima mau pepa kope a walaʻau ʻo ia e lele ana. Ua like ia me kahi hōʻike kilokilo. Ta-da! Umikumākolu!
ʻAʻole paʻa ʻo Magic, akā pili nā pilina inā ʻoe e hana iā lākou. Ua hoʻolilo mākou i manawa he nui i kēia makahiki i hala e aʻo nei i nā pilikino a me nā idiosyncrasies o kā mākou holoholona holoholona. E hoʻopōmaikaʻi mai hoʻokahi pōpoki iaʻu ke uʻuʻu. E pāʻani kekahi i kekahi a ʻoi aku ka makemake o ke kolu e hiamoe i kahi moe e like me ke kanaka. I ke awakea ma mua pono o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka salakeke, hoʻomaka ka puaʻa i kahi kani e like me ke kolone penguin. Koi ka lāpaki (a loaʻa) nā holoholona mai kēlā me kēia mea hele i ka lumi o ka ʻohana, akā panics ke kiʻi ʻia ʻo ia. Ma hope o ke aʻo ʻana i kēia a me nā mea hou aʻe e pili ana i kēlā me kēia holoholona hānai i maʻalahi ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻia no nā kānaka āpau i ka hale. Inā ʻoe e sila iā ʻoe iho i loko o ka hale, sila iho iā ʻoe iho me kahi pipi, a i ʻole 13. He kumu lākou e hele ai i waho o kahi moe i ke kakahiaka, hauʻoli e loaʻa kou manawa a me kou aloha a hoʻihoʻi me ka hoihoi. He mea hana maikaʻi ke kelepona wikiō inā ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke noho me kahi hoaaloha, akā ʻo ka hānai ʻana i ka ʻōpū pumehana lā o ka pōpoki kahi waiwai hou. Hoʻopili i kāu pipi a mahalo nui lākou i kou ola. ʻIke wau mahalo lākou iā ʻoe i kā lākou.
