As he prayed a great storm came suddenly upon them, and the paddlers
were afraid.
Then they awoke him: "O you fellow asleep, wake up, there! We thought
perhaps your coming on board would be a good thing for us. Not so! The
man sleeps as if he were ashore."
When the seer arose, the canoe was making for Oahu.
Then he asked the paddlers: "What are you doing to me to take the canoe
back again? What have I done?"
Then the men said: "We two wearied of your constant sleeping and the
pig's squealing and the cock's crowing; there was such a noise; from the
time we left until now the noise has kept up. You ought to have taken
hold and helped paddle. Not so! Sleep was the only thing for you!"
The seer said: "You two are wrong, I think, if you say the reason for
your returning to Oahu was my idleness; for I tell you the trouble was
with the man above on the seat, for he sat still and did nothing."
As he spoke, the seer sprang to the stern of the canoe, took charge of
the steering, and they sailed and came to Haleolono, on Molokai.
When they reached there, lo! the rainbow arched over Koolau, as he saw
it from Kuamooakane; he left the paddlers, for he wished to see the sign
which he was following.
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