ʻO ka Mokupuni: Puerto Rico Tiny, Musical Mascot

Inā ua hele muaʻoe i Puerto Rico a hele i waho i ka wao nahele aiʻole ma kahi'ē aʻe o ke kaona o ke kūlanakauhale, hiki koke iāʻoe ke hōʻailonaʻia e ka mascot kālepa Puerto Rico. ʻAʻole hiki iāʻoe keʻike i ke kumu o kēia mele, akā, hiki iāʻoe ke lohe i kēia mea: he kāleka hōʻailonaʻelua-like e like me kēia: Co-qui.

Aʻo keʻano ia i loaʻa ai kona inoa i kahiʻano lāʻau liʻiliʻi e pili ana i Puerto Rico. ʻO ka puʻu, no ka mea,ʻo wau nei,ʻo kekahi o nā mea kupaianaha maoli o Puerto Rico .

Ke ola nei kēiaʻano ola i ka nahele o ka mokupuni (ʻoiai ua hoʻokomoʻia i ka US a me nā mokupuni'ē aʻe) a heʻuʻuku liʻiliʻi ia: hiki i ka 1 i 2 'īniha ke lōʻihi a kauʻia ma waena o 2 a me 4' auneke. ʻO ka mea kupanaha,ʻo ia ka mea i lilo ai i kekahi o nā rana nui loa ma Puerto Rico. A ke hana nei ia i mea nui loa i ka nui o ka leo ke kani a lākou! ʻOi ke kāhea o ka iwi, he kiʻekiʻe a heʻole. A inā loaʻa iāʻoe kahi pō aʻelua paha ma El Yunque , e loheʻoe i kā lākou mele i ka pō a pau me ke kauʻole. E hoʻokuʻu paha kēia'ūpī iāʻoe i nā hua'ōlelo aiʻole e hoʻomaha iāʻoe e hiamoe.

ʻAʻole kēia mau kānaka liʻiliʻi i ka mea kupaianaha no ko lākou mele. ʻO ka puʻuwai (inoaʻepekema'Eleutherodactylus coqui,ʻo ia hoʻi ka manaʻo o "nā kuʻikuʻi liʻiliʻi") ) heʻokoʻa ia mai nā froka iʻole i loaʻa i nā wāwae; akā, aia i ko lākou manamana wāwae nā pale kūikawā e piʻi lākou a pili i nā lāʻau a me nā lau. ʻO ke mele o ka iwi e hanaʻia e nā kāne o iaʻano e huki ai i nā wāhine a pale aku i nā mea hoʻokūkū i ka wā'ōkō.

(Hiki i ka manawa pinepine āu e lohe ai i kēia leo nui ma loko o ka makahiki,ʻo ia ka nui o ka hoʻoili a hoʻokū!!). A i likeʻole me nā rana,ʻaʻohe kūlana o ka wāwae: puka mai lākou mai kā lākou mau hua e like me nā kiko'ī me nā huelo, kahi kāne e mālama (he mau mea hana maoli ka male kāne,ʻaʻole aneiʻo ia).

Ua hala nā moku i loko o ke kahua o Puerto Rico, a ua lilo i wahi o ka moʻomeheu o ka mokupuni. Hiki iāʻoe keʻike i nā pūʻaiwi, nā puke a me nā kāmera ma kekahi hale kūʻai i San Juan. He nui ka poʻe i kapaʻia ka inoaʻo "Coquí," aʻo ka Puerto Rican o ka hua manu a kapaʻiaʻo ka coquito (he hui me ka lama, ka kinamona, ka cloves, ka niu a me ka hua manu, inā makemakeʻoe e ho'āʻo, hiki iāʻoe ke kūʻai aku i nāʻeke o ma ka mokupuni). Aia kekahi moʻolelo maʻamau (i hoʻopiliʻia e ka USD Service Forest Service, ma ke ala) e "hoʻohālua i nā rana" ma El Yunque. ʻO ka mea iʻikeʻia, uaʻike pinepine nā'ōpiopio i ka puka o ka ululāʻau, ma kahi eʻike nuiʻia ana e lākou i ko lākou mau mea hoʻoweliweli maʻamau. Ma mua o ka hanaʻana i ka'ōwili a me ka manawa e hoʻopauʻia i lalo i ke kalo kahi wahi e peʻe ai, e lele wale ana nāʻale e hikiʻole ke'āhewaʻia i ka lewa.