ʻO kēlā me kēia kanaka kona manaʻo pono'ī. Akā, he nani ka mea iʻikeʻia e nā mea like,ʻo ka nani o ka pua. ʻO ia ka mea liʻiliʻi loa, i kaʻike muaʻana, i ke akamai, hiki iā ia ke hāʻawi i ke kāne,ʻaʻole waleʻo keʻano maikaʻi wale nō, akā, heʻano piha nō hoʻi o ke ola.
Aia kekahi mea likeʻole ma waena o ka pua a me ka hōkū, a ua loaʻa kēia "mea" i loko o ka pūpū ulu nui maʻEulopa Hema - "Starlight Cash and Carry". ʻO ka laweʻana i ke kumu no ka "meaʻai" o ka mea haʻi moʻolelo nui, ua like kēia hui e hoʻohui i nā hihi iʻikeʻia o ka hōkū - ka lā a me nā hōkū - me nā kukui o ka hauʻoli e kahe mai ana i ka pua,ʻaʻoleʻikeʻia e ka maka. ʻO ka mea i hanaʻia, koe
ʻO ka mālamalama o ka hōʻailona maikaʻi a me kahi koho nui. Ma hope o ke kūʻaiʻana i Holland, e komo nā pua i loko o ka hui ma hope o nā lāʻehā, e mālama i ko lākouʻano hou a me ka maikaʻi.
Ma ke alo e hiki ai iāʻoe keʻike i nāʻano o nāʻano rosesesa he 1000, 1.5,000 tulips, 200 paha mai nāʻano chrysanthemum, a me ka nui o nāʻano exotic a me nā lau.
Ua hanaʻia ka hauʻoli ma ka'ōpuʻu'ōmaʻomaʻo o ka tulip āmeʻe. Akā,ʻaʻole i hiki i kekahi ke hiki i mua ona, no ka mea,ʻaʻohe ikaika e hiki ai ke wehe i ka pua. Akā, i kekahi lā, hele kahi wahine a me ke keiki i ke kula. Ua pakele ke keiki mai ka lima o kona makuahine, me kaʻakaʻaka nui
holo i ka pua ... A he mea kupaianaha! Ua weheʻia ka'ōpuʻu gula. ʻO kaʻakaʻaka o nā keiki alohaʻole ka mea hikiʻole ke hana. Mai ia manawa, ua lilo i mea maʻamau ke hāʻawi i nā tulip i ka poʻe iʻike i ka hauʻoli.
Hāʻawi i nā tulip. Hāʻawi i nā Roses. E hāʻawi i nā pua.
ʻAʻoleʻoe i hāʻawi mai iaʻu i nā pua pua no ka lōʻihi,
ʻO nā manawa a pau e pono ai lākou e hāʻawi.
ʻO kahi pua pua nani e haʻi mai iaʻu me kaʻole o nā hua'ōlelo,
Ke aloha nei au iāʻoe.
ʻO Irina Barkova Starlight Company http://www.starlight.ru/ no ka Gracia Award