Hoʻomaka ka moʻolelo o ka hānauʻana o ka pēpena Tonkin i ka hopena o ka XIX mau haneli, i ka wā i laweʻia mai ai iʻEnelani ma lalo o keʻano o kahiʻano kanikani siamese cat. Eia naʻe,ʻokoʻa ka laula o kēia nani hikina i ka poʻe Siamese. He'ōmaʻomaʻo ke kapa komo, a he melemele nā maka a he'ōmaʻomaʻo.
ʻO kaʻikeʻana i loko o ka'ākau o'Amerika o ka momona o nā pōpoki o nā pōhaku maikaʻi loa, ua kākau pololeiʻia. Aia kekahi hōʻike piha o kaʻili a me keʻano o nā pōpoki o ka lāhui Tonkin. ʻO kēia mau holoholona heʻano pale huluhulu keʻokeʻo o ka hulu, ka liʻiliʻi, ka puʻupuʻu ikaika a me ka pōkole, ka huele haʻukiʻu, ka'ōwili'ōwili. ʻO ke poʻo o ka pēpena Tonkin, nā manaʻo hoʻomanaʻo, uaʻikeʻia e kahi kīpoko pōkole, he mau lehelele ākea a he laulā, a he maupoe likeʻole nā maka. ʻO kēiaʻano e pili ana i nā lālā hou o kēia hanauna kahiko o nā pōpoki.
ʻO ka moʻaukala o ka pua
I loko o ka papahana hoʻolaha, ua hoʻokumu a hoʻonui ka poʻe kumu i kaʻano holoholona Wong Mau, a lilo ia i kumu no ka weheʻiaʻana o ka pōpō Burmese. Ua hoʻohana ka papahana i nā pōpoki o Siamese, a ma muli o ka hānauʻana, koe wale nā holoholona me kaʻeleʻeleʻeleʻele ma mua o Wong Mau, ua hānauʻia nā pēpē. ʻO lākou he kikowaena waena ma waena o nā pīpī Burmese a me Siamese. He mau māmā a me ke kapa'ahuʻula o kēia mau holoholona - kahi i kapaʻia. He manamana uliuli ko lākou mau maka me ka'ōmaʻomaʻo. ʻO kēia ka'ōpani'ōpiopio mua loa, akā, no ka lōʻihi o ka manawa, ua manaʻoʻia he mauʻano kāpili, a no laila,ʻaʻohe kuleana e hoʻopaʻa inoa.
Aʻoiai i kēia lā i loaʻa i nā kāpena Tonkin, i loaʻa ma o ka hoʻohuihuiʻana, kahi kūlana a me ka kūlana kūlana, akā, uaʻikeʻia wale nō e nā mea hoʻokele Amerika. ʻAʻole kā lākou mau hoahana mai nā'āina'Eulani i hoʻoholo i ka pilikia o ke kūlana o kēiaʻano. Ma keʻano maʻamau,ʻo kaʻano o ka pēpena Tonkin he mea nui o nā hiʻohiʻona i loaʻa iā Siamese a me Burmans. ʻO kēia mau'ōpiopio liʻiliʻi, a me ka nui o nā holoholona, he kino a me ke kino ikaika. ʻO ka huluhulu o kaʻili-lahilahi, ka lōʻihi-lōʻihi, ke'alaʻula, a me ka uila. Ma muli o kaʻoluʻolu aloha a me kaʻoluʻolu kupaianaha, e lilo nā pōpoki Tonkin i mau hoa maikaʻi. Eia kekahi, ua nui nā akamai o nā nakaka-maikaʻi a heʻikeʻikeʻole.
ʻO ka helu o ka'īlio Tonkin
He maʻalahi ka mālama a mālamaʻana i ka'īlio Tonkinsky. Inā mai nā lā mua i ka maʻa mauʻana i ka pipi i nāʻano meaʻai likeʻole, a laila,ʻaʻole e hoʻopilikia nā meaʻai o ka pēke Tonkin. He mea maikaʻi loa no ka holoholona e hāʻawi i nā greens, ka meaʻai a me nā meaʻai. Inā paha he makemake nui ka pipi no ka mea kanu,ʻo ka pī a me ka kāpena,ʻaʻole pono e hānai i kēia mau huahana, no ka mea hoʻonāukiuki lākou i ka pōʻino i loko o ka'ōpū. No ke akepaʻa, a laila heʻehā manawa o ka malama e hana ai i kāna pipi. Hikiʻole i kaʻai o ka turkey kikokikona,
He mama loaʻo Tonkinskaya kopa, kokoke i ka hoʻokaheʻoleʻia. ʻO ka wool thoughtineza i nā manawa he nui i ka hebedoma e hui pū ana i ke kuʻi a me ka palapalaha. ʻO kēia ka hoʻonuiʻia o ke koko. Inā paumaʻa ka pipi, hiki ke hoʻomaʻemaʻeʻia i kaʻili i kahi kāwele. Inā hiki ke holoiʻia ka lepo nui o kahi puaʻa. E mālama i ka maʻemaʻe o nā pepeiao, nā maka a me nā niho.
E paʻa mau pono kāu mau mea me nā manamana maikaʻi, inā i ka manawa, e maʻa mau i ka holoholona i ka hōʻiliʻiliʻana. Inā he makemake, e hele i kahi wahineʻeleʻele i ke alanui ma kahi leke.