I roto i tētahi wheketere tā pukumahi, i reira tētahi kaimahi taitamariki, ko Xiao Ming tōna ingoa. He pukumahi ia i ia rā, engari kāore i te pai tana mahi i ngā wā katoa. Ina koa, i ngā wā katoa e hiahia ana ia ki te whakakapi i ngā mea tā, me whakamutu tonu e ia te mīhini, tangohia te pepa tawhito, ka tāpirihia he pepa hou, ehara i te mea he roa te wā e pau ana, engari he nui hoki te moumou pepa.
I tētahi rā, ka rongo a Xiao Ming ka taea e ngā papa tā te whakaoti i te raruraru, nō reira ka whakatau ia ki te whakamātau. I hokona e ia ētahi papa tā, ā, ka whakatakotoria ki te taha o te mīhini tā. I te wā e hiahia ana ia ki te whakawhiti i te pepa, ka whakarite noa ia i te awaawa o te papa ki te tūranga o te pepa i runga i te mīhini tā, kātahi ka whakauru i te pepa ki roto i te awaawa. Kāore e hiahiatia he wā whakatā mō tēnei tukanga, ā, ka tino whakapai ake i te pai o te whakaputa.
Kua kite hoki ngā hoa mahi a Xiao Ming i tēnei huringa, ā, kua pātai atu rātou ki a Xiao Ming he aha te mea e tupu ana. I kī atu a Xiao Ming nā te mea i puta ai tēnei.papa tāI tīmata hoki ngā hoa mahi ki te whakamahingā papa tānga kore-mutuā, i kitea he tino watea, he tino whai hua hoki.
I muri tata mai, ka kitea e Xiao Ming kua tino pai ake te kounga o ngā mea tā. Nā te mea ka taea e te pepa i whakatakotoria ki roto i te papa perehi te noho pumau, ā, e kore e paheke, e neke rānei, ā, ka whakamanahia te tika me te pumau o te mahi tā. I taua wā anō, nā te mea he mea hanga te papa perehi ki ngā rauemi kounga teitei, he pai te ātete ki te makuku, kāore e ngāwari ki te pokepokea, ā, ka taea te pupuri kia maroke, kia ma hoki mō te wā roa, ā, ka whakamanahia hoki te kounga o ngā mea tā.
I kite anō te rangatira o te whare tā i te panonitanga, ā, i tino harikoa ia. I whakaaro ia he taputapu āwhina tino whai hua te papa tā hei whakatairanga, hei whakapai ake i te whai huatanga o te whakaputa, hei whakarite i te kounga o ngā mea tā, hei whakahaere hoki i te mahi. Nō reira, i whakatau ia ki te whakatairanga i tēnei hua ki ētahi atu whare tā, kia nui ake ai te hunga e whai hua ana i ngā painga o te tā papa.
Mā roto i tēnei kōrero, ka kitea ngā painga o te tā i ngā papa tā me ngā painga e kawea mai ana e ia ki ngā whare tā. Ehara i te mea ka taea anake te whakapai ake i te pai o te whakaputa, te whakarite i te kounga o ngā mea tā me te whakahaere watea, engari ka nui ake te uara arumoni ki te whare tā. Nō reira, ki te mea he mema koe nō te whare tā, ka hiahia pea koe ki te whakaaro ki te whakamahi i te papa tā hei taputapu āwhina!
Wā tuku: Whiringa-ā-rangi 11-2023