Hawaiian


                                                                                                                  Lono

Hawaiian Tiki Idol

The next day  Noah awoke to find that the sprinkle of yesterday were over and that the onslaught of precipitation had begun.  Noah gathered his troupe together and told them that the time had come to seal the great door that all had entered through.  Noah's sons began the task of first closing and then waterproofing the entire girth of the door.  This was no easy task and many of the family helped in the task. 

Noah meandered to the upper decks of his vessel and was worried about the masses that still clung to the hope that Noah could save them.  He reached his perch and looked across the now puddled earth.  He felt pity on the poor people of the earth.  And he knew that all but him and his people would live on.  He tried to reach the people once more in hope that there was time for them to do as he had done.  Noah lifted his voice to the heavens and said:

"Kane saw that the people had turned evil, so he punished their sins with a flood.  Nu'u and his people built a great canoe and they entered it when the flood began.  As the waters rose up Nu'u's wicked and evil brother-in-law was indulging himself in pleasure and he ran to the great door of the canoe and banged his fists against the side.  He requested entry and his calls went unheard by the canoe's occupants.  The evil brother-in-law became angry and called upon the god Lono in the name of his sister but did not escape Kane's fury.  He cursed the first pair of people who had brought wickedness into this world and he prayed to Lono that the earth be totally destroyed and that the first pair of evil doers be brought back to life to see the trouble they had brought upon their ancestors.  This large canoe had a roof over the top like a floating house.  This canoe was given to Nu'u and his people by Kane.  The canoe held a myriad of items, and while the flood covered the earth Nu'u ruled the canoe with an iron fist.  When the flood waters receded Nu'u and his people repopulated the islands.  "

Noah being an old gray headed man could bear the sight of the doomed people no more and with a sigh he returned to the cozy confines of his great vessel.  He needed to lend a hand in the preparing for the long voyage ahead, and his sons still needed instruction on finishing the door.



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