Letao, brother of the god Jebro , found himself walking along the beach of Majuro in the Marshall Islands. Out in the waves of the South Pacific he saw the Island's chief in a canoe.

"Chief" he yelled out over the water, "give me your canoe".
The chief replied, "No Letao. I need this canoe to catch fish and feed my people."

Letao walks away frustrated. After a while he has the idea to cut down an ironwood tree and fashion a canoe. Only ironwood does not float in water. After Letao finishes carving the canoe he places it on a rock in the ocean and calls to the Chief.

"Here, I'll trade this new canoe for your old one."

The chief agrees and gives his canoe to Letao, who sails away quickly. When the chief gets into the new canoe it immediately sinks. He is furious and calls to the other Islanders to chase Letao.

The Islanders almost catch up with Letao, when he kicks up some sand and coral from the ocean floor. This creates the rest of the atoll and prevents the Islanders from following Letao any further. They all watch from inside the lagoon as Letao sails to America, where he helps discover the atomic bomb.

 

 

 

Komeni: Erro ar—juôn bwebwenato rar jeke—jekjek wa.
Phillip: Ia? Majuro?
K: Majuro. Emoj Jemeluit ekomman juon wa, hukkun wa, komman jen wokje mâ.
P: uh huh
K: Aka Letao hukkun kaktôto in arij. Kommane juon wan kone.
P: Kone?
K: Wa kone men en me ejaje bebebe.
P: Bebebe.
K: Ejjab bebebe, ejjab bed ion dren, elane kilikti nae il dren etulok.
P: OK
K: Ej itok ebok lok wa eo wan im likiti ion juon wod ilowan nam en Majuro.
Letao. Kio Kwoj lo mona ko ie? Ewor Juon mona etan jenkwon.
Rej komman jen ma im bôb, ne ejjab ma, bôb. Im konnan maan nae ie lukoje. Bwe
en jab wor, etan? Men in, men in mour en maron delon ie—emoj. Aer kabini bwe
en jab delon men in mour
P: Uh huh
K: En jab delon lon im lan im—
Ekwe, ekommane juon, Etao. Kommane nae ion wa eo wan.
Ak ejjab mona men eo. Kowj lo ke bôb kane? Ran
Bôb kane emoj an jodbene juõn, kõmmane juõn bôb im lukoje im. Kommañane,
dor nae ion wa eo.
Jemmeluit elak lo wa eo wa Etao, eba, "MMMMmmnn EJJELOK MOMMAN IN
WA NE WA".
Ke men en elane, ejab—einwôt ne kwôj kômmane in men en einwôt emoj jan-
pepaki im elukkun rbolbôl.
K: Emoj eba "EKWE KOJRO EN JANIJ".
Emoj Jemeluit eba, "Inna, emman." Kio…etal Jemeluit im jerake wa eo wan, len
jerake. Ak Etao ebaj jerak e wa eo wan Jemeluit. Elôn mona,
jenkwon ion, lukkun mona. Lak jolok jen—bwiloke jen ran wod en, emôj an
ektake kora eo ibben.
P: Kora eo ibben wôn.
K: Jemeluit.
P: Ekwe.
K: Ejjab etto ekanuij aurok kôa. Ke?
Im ektake jinen. Lak kôtlok wa jen ion wôd eo, tal wa eo im la lok. Im ao ane lok
P: Etulok.
K: Etulok im bed ijuweo lal ebeb kora ro, wa eo, im armij ro. Im ao ane lok.
P: Im ewi Letao?
K: Ebed ibbam.
P: Jab ilo ien eo?
K: Oh! Ilo ein eo. Ejerak wôt. Jerak wôt im tottor. Etal, etal…armij ro woj reb, "Ekwe
lukwarkwar e!" Ejerak wa jen Majuro…lukwarkwar e.
P: Lukwarkwar e?
K: Mmm, tottor ibben lok. Jerak in kebol en mane. Etal im lan can. Tue an ijo.
Ediak im tobtob re ean. Tartok ijene iar tok. Relak baj riak im kotobar tok. Ke?
Ewôr juon boke aetoktok ebed iar in ene en. Juôn wod aetoktok. Emoj im komane
wôd eo. Juri, Bwe en aetok lok.