Ki te kite i tetahi kotiro taikaha e noho tahanga ana i roto i te kaukau ka haere atu, he hara. Kaore te tangata i pouri i tana haere ki te wharepaku. Ka mitimiti i tana Topanga, ka whiwhi i te pupuhi nui hei utu. I puta te ahiahi mo te kororia.
He kaihe iti te kotiro iti. He roa te wa ki te mahi. Engari karekau he taima a te niger ki te tatari. Whai muri i tana pupuhi, ka werohia e ia tana raka ki roto tonu i te kaihe o te pipi. Kare au i te mohio he aha tana mahi, engari ki taku whakaaro he pai tana mahi. I muri mai i taua sledgehammer i roto i te kaihe, ko te pupuhi ki roto i tana putea he rite ki te hararei. A he aha te take i pai ai taua kotiro kirikiri ki nga taane pango? He tio reka ake, he parāoa reka ake ranei?
He tino ataahua, he harakore tona kanohi, engari e kore e taea e ia te ngote tike! A ehara i te mea kaore ia e eke ki a ia, engari he kore wheako! A, mo te taha o mua - he tino pai te whakawhanaketanga, he pai noa iho tana mahi! He wahine wera ia, e aroha ana ahau ki tera momo kotiro.