Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 69
r in advance; and before the crowd of egg-seekers were half-way over he had gainedthe rocky point of Mutu Nui, and amid thethreatening cries of the birds had clambered up*Dozens of speckled eggs were strewn about.Seizing one, Kaitae placed it in his mouth asthe safest place, and, springing again… … KAITAE HELD OUT THE EGG, UNBROKEN, TO THE KING did; he might slip on the rocks in the quickascent; he might be injured, even killed—suchthings had been known. So the contestantsswam on, and soon scores of dark forms couldbe seen crawling out from the water over themoss-covered rocks, slipping,…
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