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From the Ted Talk by Sydney Iaukea: The Hawaiian story of the king's betrayal

Unscramble the Blue Letters


The king’s felet soon set sail. As they passed Molokaʻi, Paka’a’s son, Kuapaka’a, greeted them, wninrag that a storm was brewing. He cenahtd the names of the winds, but kept his identity a secret, as per Paka’a’s plan. The king’s navigators dsiiemssd the young boy’s claims. But as they sailed off, Kuapaka’a unleashed a vcuiios storm and all were forced to slether on Molokaʻi. For four months, Kuapaka’a maintained the storm. With Paka’a’s secret supervision, he earned the king’s trust, and, after clearing the sky, Kuapaka’a agreed to join the king’s search.

At sea, the two navigators continuously discredited Kuapaka’a. Finally, he readied himself for reengve and called the winds. As waves crashed, Kuapaka’a ahrnoecd the canoe and passed provisions to everyone— except the two navigators. They grew cold and weak, eventually falling overboard. But Kuapaka’a’s work wasn’t done. While everyone slept, he brightened the sky and sailed towards haiwai ilnsad instead of Ka’ula. Though the king regretted not finding Paka’a, everyone was glad to be home and forogt about Kuapaka’a— until the day he psoeorpd a canoe race.

Open Cloze


The king’s _____ soon set sail. As they passed Molokaʻi, Paka’a’s son, Kuapaka’a, greeted them, _______ that a storm was brewing. He _______ the names of the winds, but kept his identity a secret, as per Paka’a’s plan. The king’s navigators _________ the young boy’s claims. But as they sailed off, Kuapaka’a unleashed a _______ storm and all were forced to _______ on Molokaʻi. For four months, Kuapaka’a maintained the storm. With Paka’a’s secret supervision, he earned the king’s trust, and, after clearing the sky, Kuapaka’a agreed to join the king’s search.

At sea, the two navigators continuously discredited Kuapaka’a. Finally, he readied himself for _______ and called the winds. As waves crashed, Kuapaka’a ________ the canoe and passed provisions to everyone— except the two navigators. They grew cold and weak, eventually falling overboard. But Kuapaka’a’s work wasn’t done. While everyone slept, he brightened the sky and sailed towards ______ ______ instead of Ka’ula. Though the king regretted not finding Paka’a, everyone was glad to be home and ______ about Kuapaka’a— until the day he ________ a canoe race.

Solution


  1. island
  2. shelter
  3. warning
  4. fleet
  5. dismissed
  6. forgot
  7. proposed
  8. revenge
  9. chanted
  10. hawaii
  11. anchored
  12. vicious

Original Text


The king’s fleet soon set sail. As they passed Molokaʻi, Paka’a’s son, Kuapaka’a, greeted them, warning that a storm was brewing. He chanted the names of the winds, but kept his identity a secret, as per Paka’a’s plan. The king’s navigators dismissed the young boy’s claims. But as they sailed off, Kuapaka’a unleashed a vicious storm and all were forced to shelter on Molokaʻi. For four months, Kuapaka’a maintained the storm. With Paka’a’s secret supervision, he earned the king’s trust, and, after clearing the sky, Kuapaka’a agreed to join the king’s search.

At sea, the two navigators continuously discredited Kuapaka’a. Finally, he readied himself for revenge and called the winds. As waves crashed, Kuapaka’a anchored the canoe and passed provisions to everyone— except the two navigators. They grew cold and weak, eventually falling overboard. But Kuapaka’a’s work wasn’t done. While everyone slept, he brightened the sky and sailed towards Hawaii Island instead of Ka’ula. Though the king regretted not finding Paka’a, everyone was glad to be home and forgot about Kuapaka’a— until the day he proposed a canoe race.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
hawaii island 2


Important Words


  1. agreed
  2. anchored
  3. brewing
  4. brightened
  5. called
  6. canoe
  7. chanted
  8. claims
  9. clearing
  10. cold
  11. continuously
  12. crashed
  13. day
  14. discredited
  15. dismissed
  16. earned
  17. eventually
  18. falling
  19. finally
  20. finding
  21. fleet
  22. forced
  23. forgot
  24. glad
  25. greeted
  26. grew
  27. hawaii
  28. home
  29. identity
  30. island
  31. join
  32. king
  33. maintained
  34. molokaʻi
  35. months
  36. names
  37. navigators
  38. overboard
  39. passed
  40. plan
  41. proposed
  42. provisions
  43. race
  44. readied
  45. regretted
  46. revenge
  47. sail
  48. sailed
  49. sea
  50. search
  51. secret
  52. set
  53. shelter
  54. sky
  55. slept
  56. son
  57. storm
  58. supervision
  59. trust
  60. unleashed
  61. vicious
  62. warning
  63. waves
  64. weak
  65. winds
  66. work
  67. young