Water of Life… from the Grimms, 1862.

WAI O KE OLA.

E MAI ANA KEKAHI MOI I KEKAhi manawa, a manao iho la na mea a pau loa e make ana oia; a hele aku la na keiki ana iloko o ka pa mea kanu e uwe ai. Ilaila lakou i halawai ai me kekahi kanaka elemakule, ka mea nana i ninau aku i ke kumu o ko lakou kaumaha; a olelo aku lakou, ua kokoke loa ko lakou makuakane e make, aole ona mea e ola ai…

[This is one of many stories from the Grimms' Fairy Tales which was translated into Hawaiian by someone calling himself J. W.]

(Kuokoa, 11/29/1862, 1–2)

Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Buke I, Helu 53, Aoao 1. Novemaba 29, 1862.

Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Buke I, Helu 53, Aoao 2. Novemaba 29, 1862.