Inu, inu, inu ... a make?

Hoʻopili nā pōwā alanui i nā pū mīkini i ka puka aniani o kāu kaʻa a, inā lākou i hopu ʻia, pepehi ʻia lākou ma ke kahakai, nakinaki ʻia i nā pahu aila. I mea e hoʻonāwaliwali ai i ka hana o ka ʻaihue alanui, ua kīwī ʻia nā hoʻopaʻi ʻana. Ike aku la au i kekahi kanaka e hulahula ana a e peahi ana i kona ala e puhi ʻia ai; ua hauʻoli loa ʻo ia e lilo ma luna o T.V. I nā panakō, kali ʻoe i ka lālani no nā hola ke ʻole ʻoe e hāʻawi i ka "dash" -o ke kīpē pono i hamo ʻia nā huila a holo wikiwiki nā mea. I hoʻokahi manawa, i ka manawa a kahi mea haʻi kālā i hāʻawi mai ai iaʻu i ke aniani o ka wai hau, hāʻule au i ka weliweli: ʻaʻole wau i makemake e make i ka lumi o kahi panakō.

ʻOiai ʻo Lagos e hoʻoweliweli a ʻoi aku ka kiʻekiʻe o koʻu hopohopo ma mua o kaʻu mau helu SAT, aloha wau i ka poʻe. Pālua nā wahine i kuʻu lauoho lahilahi a lauoho i loko o nā ʻūlina. ʻO ke kāne i hiamoe ma ka honua ma waho o ka hale noho kahi aʻu e noho ana i aʻo ai iaʻu i nā ʻōlelo kūloko e like me, "ʻAʻole ʻo ia e like me he lā lā," ʻo ia hoʻi, "aia ʻo ia ma laila me he mea ʻole aia ma laila." Ua wehewehe pono ʻia i ka ʻike o ke kamaʻilio ʻana me kekahi mea i hele ʻole, hoʻoluhi, a i kāna honua ponoʻī, i hoʻonele ʻia a i hailuku ʻia paha.

I ka wā aʻu i haʻi aku ai i kahi kumu kula ʻōpio ʻoluʻolu a haʻahaʻa, ua holo wau i kahi hui keaka hoʻokolohua ma Switzerland, ua hāʻawi ʻo ia i kahi ʻapo nui a kono iaʻu e ʻike i kahi hana keaka keaka. Ua ʻae wau ma mua o kona hoʻopau ʻana i ke kono. Ma waho ia, a ua hana nā mea hana keaka ma kahi papa hana, ʻoiai e noho ana nā mea hoʻolohe ma nā noho ma nā papa lāʻau, e kauoha ana i nā mea inu a kamaʻilio pū. Ua pioloke ka pāʻani, ʻāpana ʻāpana ʻia, hoʻomaikaʻi nui ʻia. Ua maopopo iaʻu kahi hapa iki o ia mea, akā ua loaʻa wau i ka exuberance ʻole o nā mea hana keaka, me kā lākou mau hihiu hihiu, a hoʻowahāwahā a hoʻonui i nā hopena i kēlā me kēia.

Noho au i ka papa ʻaina me nā kamaʻāina, e ʻūlū nui nei. Ua kauoha kekahi o lākou i ka waina pāma, a ua inu mākou i ke kīʻaha ma hope o ke kīʻaha, e ulu ana me ka nui aʻe o ka uninhibit. I hoʻokahi manawa, kū aʻe ke kumu i mālama ʻia me he mea lā i luna o ka pā ma kahi a mākou e noho ana, a hoʻomaka e lele i luna a i lalo. Ua paʻa wau i ka noho me he mea lā ma luna o ka buckco bronco.

Ua hōʻea hou kahi ʻōmole o ka waina pāma i ka papaʻaina, a, i loko o ka haze o ka waiʻona, ua noi wau i ka mea lawelawe inā ua hui ʻia ka waina pāma me kekahi mea, no ka mea ua ikaika loa ia. "ʻAe," pane ʻo ia, "ua kāwili ʻia me ka wai."

“ʻO ka wai paipa?” Ua nīnau wau.

"ʻAe, miss," pane ʻo ia.

ʻO ia kēlā. E make ana wau i ke kolera ma Lagos. Ua ʻike wau he ʻelima mau lā e hōʻike ai, a he aha kaʻu e hana ai i kēlā mau lā hope o koʻu ola? Ua hele au i waho o ka hale keaka, a no kekahi mea e hoʻokele iaʻu i ka home. Ua kākau wau i nā leka o ke aloha i nā hoa aloha, a haʻi aku iā lākou i ka manawa e loaʻa ai kaʻu mau mea i hala iaʻu, ua hala lōʻihi wau. Ua kū wau i ka hele i waho. Ua ʻai au i ka paw paw (papaya) a me ka mango a uē nui. He ʻōpio loa wau e make.

Ua hala ʻelima mau lā. A laila ʻeono. Ma waho o ka momona o nā hua, ʻaʻole au i make.

E noho ana wau ma ka papa ʻaina hoʻokahi ma ka hale ʻaina Lebanona a ua hōʻike ʻia ke kanaka kālepa like. I ko mākou huki ʻana i ka hummus, haʻi aku wau iā ia ua pau wau i ka waina pāma me ka wai piula. Ua haʻi ʻo ia iaʻu ua hoʻopunipuni maoli wau i ka make, a he mea paha e alakaʻi wau i kahi ola leʻaleʻa.

Pololei ʻo ia. A ʻaiʻē wau i nā wai āpau i Lagos.

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ʻO Judith Fein he mea kākau moʻolelo huakaʻi lanakila a me ka mea kākau o KE OLA HE HUI: The Transformative Magic of Travel. ʻO kēia pou e pili ana i kāna ʻike mua, i nā makahiki i hala aku nei, me ka wai inu i ke ala.