Ranger Kalehua gave a good talk. He told a good story, and he kept his audience involved in the telling of it. In fact, Kalehua had a knack for spotting people in the audience who might make good targets and pointing to them and saying, “Quick, what’s the name of this place?”
Pu‘uhonua O Honaunau
He picked on the kids, who relished it. He picked on dads standing off to the side. And he picked on…
“Are you going to embarrass me?” Trudy asks.
“No,” I say.
Let’s say that Kalehua had this knack for calling on people whom he must have been certain would tie their tongues in knots trying to speak the name of that place. And well, since I promised not to embarrass the fair and industrious Trudy, let’s just say that she got a fine braided Ti-leaf as a prize.