Whilst the maiden was thus warming herself in the hot spring, Tutanekai
happened to feel thirsty and said to his servant, 'Bring me a little
water.' So his servant went to fetch water for him, and drew it from the
lake in a calabash, close to the spot where Hine-Moa was sitting.
The maiden, who was frightened, called out to him in a gruff voice like
that of a man: 'Whom is that water for?
He replied, 'It's for Tutanekai.'
'Give it here then,' said Hine-Moa. And he gave her the water and she
drank, and, having finished drinking, she purposely threw down the
calabash and broke it.
Then the servant asked her, 'What business had you to break the calabash
of Tutanekai?' but Hine-Moa did not say a word in answer.
The servant then went back, and Tutanekai said to him, 'Where is the
water I told you to bring me?'
So he answered, 'Your calabash was broken.'
And his master asked him, 'Who broke it?' And he answered, 'The man who
is in the bath.'
And Tutanekai said to him, 'Go back again, then, and fetch me some
water.'
He therefore took a second calabash and went back and drew water in the
calabash from the lake and Hine-Moa again said to him, 'Whom is that:
water for?' So the slave answered as before, 'For Tutanekai.' And the
maiden again said, 'Give it to me, for I am thirsty.
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