He could not understand what had been done to them until one day he came upon a group of little Alae birds cooking bananas over a fire.
"Legends of Wailuku"
Charlotte Hapai
In the days that followed he devised many cunning schemes to trap one of the Alae birds, but they, too, were cunning and carefully refrained from building any fire when Maui was near.
"Legends of Wailuku"
Charlotte Hapai
Soon the Alae birds came circling overhead and Maui heard them say, "At last we can make our fire and have a good feast.
"Legends of Wailuku"
Charlotte Hapai