Scrub Till The Counters Shine

The young girl seems content to help and the offered reward seems to put more enthusiasm in her work. Once the tools are done and back in place, Andy takes it upon herself to clean the wooden top. With a nod of satisfaction, Keahi says, “Very good Andy. Let’s sweep out the areas and call it a day!” The pair take the buckets outside of the cave where they collect a couple of brooms and step back inside. Looking to Andy she says, “You want to take the kitchen and I will get the food storage areas?”

Once the girl agrees, the red woman chuckles lightly and moves off down the small hallway that leads to the area. With short, practiced strokes, Keahi collects all the dirt and fur that has gathered in the corners and pushes them out into the hallway. Moving into the other storage area, she repeats the process before sweeping her dirt pile into the kitchen. There, they combine their dirt piles before pushing them outside to be taken away by the wind.

Looking back to the girl, Keahi offer a smile as she places her broom aside and says, “So, ready to learn?” With that, they duck back into the kitchen to prepare some true, Hawai’ian food.


"Keahi Mogotsi"