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Ka moolelo o Jeremy
Ua hānau ʻia ʻo Jeremy me kahi kino hoʻohaumaha, he lohi, a me ka maʻi hoʻomanawanui, a me ka maʻi i hiki ʻole ke hoʻomake me ka make o kona ola ʻōpio. Akā naʻe, ua ho'āʻo kona mau mākua e hāʻawi iā ia i kahi ola maʻamau e like me ka hiki a no laila ua hoʻouna lākou iā ia i ke kula pilikino.
I ka makahiki 12, ua loaʻa iā Jeremy i ka papa lua. ʻO kāna kumu, ʻo Doris Miller i nele pinepine iā ia. Lele nui ʻo ia a hoʻi aʻe i loko o kona noho, e ʻalo ana me ka haunaele. Ua ʻōlelo hou ʻo ia i kekahi manawa, me he mea lā e kūwaho ana kahi mālamalama i ka pouli o kāna lolo. ʻO ka hapa nui o ka manawa, hoʻonāukiuki ʻo Jeremy i kāna kumu kumu. I kekahi lā, ua kāhea ʻo ia i kona mau mākua a noi iā lākou e hele i ke kula no ka hālāwai kūkā ʻana.
I ka wā e noho mālie ana ka poʻe Forresters i ka papa hakahaka, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Doris iā lākou: “ʻO Jeremy kekahi no kahi kula kūikawā. ʻAʻole kūpono iā ia ke noho me nā keiki ʻē aʻe ʻaʻohe o lākou pilikia aʻo. "
E uē mālie ana ʻo Ms. Forrester e like me kā kāna kāne i ʻōlelo ai, "Ms. Miller," i ʻōlelo ʻo ia, "he mea weliweli loa ia iā Jeremy inā pono mākou e lawe iā ia mai ke kula. Maopopo iā mākou ʻoluʻolu maoli ʻo ia i ka noho ʻana ma aneʻi. "
Noho ʻo Doris ma laila no ka manawa lōʻihi ma hope o ka haʻalele ʻana o kona mau mākua, e nānā ana ma ka puka makani i ka hau. ʻAʻole kūpono ka mālama ʻana iā Jeremy i kāna papa. He 18 kāna mau keiki e aʻo ai a he hemahema ʻo Jeremy. ʻAʻole koke, ua lanakila ka hewa iā ia. "E ke Akua," wahi āna me ka leo nui, "eia wau ke ʻōhumu nei, ʻoiai he mea ʻole koʻu mau pilikia e hoʻohālikelike ʻia me kēia ʻohana ʻilihune! E ʻoluʻolu e kōkua mai iaʻu e hoʻomanawanui hou aku iā Jeremy!
Ua hiki mai ka pūnāwai a ua kamaʻilio hauʻoli nā keiki no ka Easter e hiki mai ana. Ua haʻi ʻo Doris i ka moʻolelo o Iesū, a laila, e hoʻoikaika i ka manaʻo o ke ola hou e ulu ana, hāʻawi ʻo ia i kēlā me kēia keiki i kahi hua manu plastik nui. "ʻĀnō," ʻōlelo ʻo ia iā lākou, "makemake wau e lawe ʻoukou i kēia home a hoʻihoʻi mai i ka lā ʻapōpō me kahi mea i loko e hōʻike ana i ke ola hou." Ua maopopo iā ʻoe?"
"ʻAe, e Mrs. Miller!" i pane aku ai nā keiki me ka ʻoliʻoli - koe wale nō ʻo Jeremy. Hoʻolohe wale ʻo ia, ʻo kona mau maka ma luna o kona alo. Ua noʻonoʻo ʻo ia inā maopopo iā ia ka hana. Hiki paha iā ia ke kelepona i kona mau mākua a wehewehe i ka papahana iā lākou.
I ke kakahiaka aʻe, hele mai nā keiki he 19 i ke kula, he ʻakaʻaka a haʻi aku i nā moʻolelo, ʻoiai e waiho ana i kā lākou hua ʻai i ka pā kīʻaha nui ma ka papaʻaina ʻo Māleka. Ma hope o ka pau ʻana o kā lākou haʻawina kula, ʻo ia ka manawa e wehe ai i nā hua.
I ka hua mua, loaʻa iā Doris kahi pua. "ʻAe, he hōʻailona maoli ka pua o ke ola hou," wahi āna. “Ke kupu mai ka meakanu mai ka lepo mai, ua ike kakou eia ka punawai.” Hapai ae la kekahi kaikamahine ma ka lalani mua i kona mau lima. "ʻO kaʻu huaʻai kēlā, e Mrs. Miller," wahi āna.
Aia i loko o ka hua aʻe kekahi pepeke plastik i ʻike maoli ʻia. Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻo Doris iā ia: “Ua ʻike mākou a pau ke hoʻololi ʻia ka anuhe a ulu aʻe a lilo i pepeke nani. ʻAe, ʻo ia hoʻi ke ola hou”. Ua minoʻaka ʻo Judy liʻiliʻi me ka haʻaheo a ʻōlelo ʻo ia, "Ms. Miller, ʻo kaʻu hua kēia."
A laila, loaʻa iā Doris kekahi pōhaku me ka limu ma luna. Ua wehewehe ʻo ia i ke ola o ka mos. Pane mai ʻo Billy mai ka lālani hope. "Ua kōkua koʻu makuakāne iaʻu," i ʻakaʻaka ʻo ia. A laila wehe ʻo Doris i ka hā o ka hua. Ua hakahaka! Na Jeremy paha ia, i manao ai. ʻAʻole paha ʻo ia i hoʻomaopopo i nā kuhikuhi. Inā ʻaʻole ia i poina i ke kelepona ʻana i kona mau mākua. ʻAʻole makemake ʻo ia e hoʻohilahila iā ia, waiho mālie ʻo ia i ka huamoa a loaʻa i kahi hua.
ʻAe koke ʻo Jeremy i ʻōlelo mai. "Mrs. Miller, ʻaʻole ʻoe makemake e kamaʻilio e pili ana i kaʻu hua manu?"
Ua ʻoliʻoli nui ʻo Doris: "Akā, ʻo Jeremy - ʻaʻole kaʻawale kāu hua manu!" Nānā ʻo ia i kona mau maka a ʻōlelo mālie: "Akā, ua kaʻawale ka hale kupapaʻu o Iesū!"
Kū mālie ka manawa. I ka hoʻi hou ʻana o kona ʻoluʻolu, nīnau akula ʻo Doris iā ia, "Ua ʻike anei ʻoe i ke kumu i nele ai ka hale kupapaʻu?"
"ʻAe! Ua pepehi ʻia ʻo Iesū a waiho ʻia i loko. A laila hoʻāla aʻe kona makua kāne iā ia!” Ua kani ka bele hoʻomaha. I ka holo ʻana o nā keiki i waho o ka pā kula, ua uē ʻo Doris. Ua make ʻo Jeremy i ʻekolu mahina ma hope. Pīhoihoi ka poʻe i hāʻawi i ko lākou aloha hope ma ka hale kupapaʻu i ka ʻike ʻana i nā hua he 19 ma luna o kona pahu kupapaʻu, ʻaʻohe o lākou a pau.
Ua maʻalahi ka lono maikaʻi - ua kū aʻe ʻo Iesū! E hoʻopiha kona aloha iā ʻoe me ka hauʻoli i kēia manawa hoʻolauleʻa pae ʻuhane.
na Joseph Tkach
