He mea kākau e pili ana i kekahi mea kākau. Palapala ʻike. He hana palapala maʻalahi no ka maikaʻi o ʻO Michael Innes, nāna i haʻalele iā mākou i ka makahiki 1994.
ʻAʻaka hoʻomākeʻaka, he aha ka puke Kāohi i nā mīkini! makana iā mākou kahi hui hoihoi o ka hoʻomākeʻaka a me ka hauʻoli. Hoʻohui paʻakikī, ʻaʻole ʻoe e noʻonoʻo? ʻO kaʻeleʻele, hoʻomākeʻaka waikawa ka mea iā ia, hele maikaʻi me nā mea āpau.
Noho ʻoluʻolu kahi mea kākau i kapa ʻia ʻo Richard Eliot mahalo i kāna mau puke moʻolelo mākaʻikaʻi kahi kanaka i kapa ʻia ʻo Spider, he lawehala sophisticated kahi e noho ai lākou, i puka makaʻu ʻole ʻia mai kahi hoʻohālua tausani i hoʻomākaukau nā pūʻali koa e hopu iā ia. Aia wale nō a hiki i ka Punawelewele ke hoʻoponopono i kāna hana aelike ʻae ʻo ia me nā mākaʻi e hoʻohui iā ia i ke kaiāulu, me ka uku i ʻaelike ʻia.
Akā, i hoʻokahi manawa, lele kēlā fiction i kahi mea kokoke loa o ka mea kākau ʻo Richard Eliot e hoʻonāukiuki i nā mea āpau. Me ka modus operandi o ka Punawelewele, i kanalua i nā mea āpau e pili ana i ka hoʻohālike a i ʻole ka lele kūpono paha mai ka fiction, hele ke ʻano i ke ʻano maoli e hōʻike i kēlā me kēia o kāna hana i kahi kaiāulu decadent e kia ana i ka helehelena. He lawehala ka Spider ma hope o kāna alahele e lawe ai i ka mea ʻoi loa o kēlā mau papa i manaʻo ʻia he kiʻekiʻe.
ʻO nā hanana i kahi ala surreal e hana nei a puni kēia hihia kū hoʻokahi o ke kope ʻana i kahi ʻano fiction. I kēlā me kēia manawa ʻike ʻia nā mea ʻano ʻē loa e hoʻāla i ka hoʻomākeʻaka a me ka hoʻopili ʻana i ka mea heluhelu e hauʻoli nei e neʻe ma waena o ka mea pohihihi a me nā mea hoʻopūʻiwa me kēlā ʻano mea hoʻomākeʻaka hoʻomākeʻaka. ʻO kahi hana palapala i lilo i mea hoʻomāʻewaʻewa mau i ka pono i manaʻo ʻia e kahi mau ʻuhane kolohe, nā kāne a me nā wahine nui e hele wāwae i ka honua, hūnā i ko lākou kiʻekiʻe.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke kūʻai i ka puke Stop the Machines !, ka moʻolelo nui na Michael Innes, maanei: