Punia and the King of Sharks: A Hawaiian FolktaleClever Punia, a Hawaiian fisherman's son, finds different ways to trick the King of Sharks and take his tasty lobsters away from him. |
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angered the king awoke back to shore beware bite blazing red eyes boy's breakers cave forever chuckled clever cliff cliff's edge cloth cove cruel mouth dance dare day Punia fast asleep fat lobster father fish flailed Flat Nose Flee gazed gourds Gray Belly Hawaiian Terms heard hula Instantly jaws kahuna kapa King of Sharks kukui lobster cave Manō mother feasted necklace night nipped Oh-ho papa he'enalu Pronunciation Punia called Punia cried Punia dived Punia laughed Punia smiled Punia was right Punia's mother punishment I banish rock safely back safely into shore sand scoop a fat scrambled Shark God shark king sharks raced Sharks snapped sharp teeth shouted shrimp snout sorcerer Splunk stalk steamed stone surfboard swam swim tail and chased taro plant tasty dinner tasty lobster thick paste thrashed told Traitors Tricked tumbled villagers volcano waves whispered words the King