A he pai ake te ahua o te whaea i tana tamahine, he pai te ahua o te maakete. Ahakoa he ahua whakamere, he whakahihiri hoki to raua ahua. Ko te matotoru o te ure o te hoa he tino whakamiharo, tera pea kaore e taea e te katoa te tu penei. Ma nga hoa penei, ka mutu te kotiro ki te kore mohio.
Kua roa te whaea nohinohi e titiro ana ki te tiihi a tana tama, a ka whai hua ia. I te mea karekau he tangata ke atu i roto i te whare ka ngawari tana tinihanga i a ia ki te moepuku. A, i taku kitenga, kare te wahine hiakai nei i aro ki te tuku i a ia ki te kite i ana mahi aahua. Ko ia anake karekau ia i whakaaro ka tata tere atu ia ki tana kaihe. Engari he utu mo tona hiahia.
Aue, enei tamahine pohehe, me te whai ki te moe ki tetahi, katahi me etahi atu taangata, kaore i te whakama ki o ratau papa, engari i te nuinga o te waa ka pai ia ki a ia, na te mea e whakawhirinaki ana, ki te korero.