Long ago there lived a fisherman couple on the coast of Hawaii. They had a son named Kianaro. The fisherman and his wife loved their son more than anything else in the world. They used to work hard for the whole day to provide Kianaro with all the comforts. Kianaro was a well grown youth and a good fisherman. In the whole village there was not a single sailor who can match up to the skills of Kianaro. Kianaro was a brave man and dared to sail even when the sea was furious and dangerous enough to sail. The people in the village used to warn Kianaro not to take risks as it may also cost him to death but Kianaro never listened to them as he knew what he was capable of.
It happened that one day while Kianaro was hauling his well filled nets he saw a turtle among the fishes. The turtle was too small so Kianaro thought of taking the tiny turtle with him to his home and keep it as his pet. Thinking so Kianaro caught the turtle with his hands when suddenly the turtle cried and begged for it's life. The turtle said " Please leave me back into the sea as I am too tiny to play with you, be merciful and set me free". Kinaro who was good natured boy felt pity on the turtle and so he put the turtle back into the sea. The turtle thanked Kianaro and swam back into the sea.
Years flew by, and every morning Kianaro sailed his boat into the deep sea to catch fish. One fine morning when Kianaro sailed into the sea to catch fish there arose a fierce tide which shattered Kianaro's boat into pieces and threw him hard into the sea. Kianaro being a swimmer tried hard to swim but failed to do so as the tide was forcing him back. While Kianaro was struggling hard for survival suddenly he noticed a big turtle coming towards him. The turtle came close to Kianaro and shouted "I am the turtle whose life you saved once. Time has come to pay off my debt and so please come and sit on my back and I will take you safely from here. Kianaro quickly sat on the turtle's back and they both sailed for few miles when the turtle said "Kianaro please come with me as I want to show you something". Kianaro agreed and so the turtle took Kianaro deep inside the sea. They sailed inside the sea for five days and at last they stopped before a beautiful palace shining with precious stones and gold.
Kianaro was stunned to see the richness of the palace and was even amazed when he went inside the palace along with the turtle. The palace was filled with gold and precious stones. Kianaro asked the turtle "Where have you brought me my dear friend?". The turtle replied, this is our king "The Great Binzo's Palace." The turtle further said "I am Sara and I am the first maid of the King's daughter Gia". Kianaro was still puzzled with the adventures which he came across. The turtle said to Kianaro "I have some work to do so you please stay here for a while and I will be back",and saying the turtle left. Kianaro was amazed by the beauty of the palace when he suddenly saw a group of maids coming in the direction where he was standing. The maids rushed towards Kianaro and said "Please come along with us to our princesses chamber as she wishes to see you". Kianaro accompanied by the maids went to the princesses chamber and he was stunned to see a beautiful lady sitting inside. The maids left after leaving Kianaro there. The princesses too was stunned by seeing the handsome Kianaro and immediately fell in love with him.
The princesses begged Kianaro to stay with her forever as her husband and in return she promised Kianaro that he will remain young forever and his beauty will not fade with time. Kianaro was pleased to hear this and so he stayed with the princesses in the kingdom. Years passed by and one day Kianaro wished to see his old parents and so he went to the princesses and expressed his desire. The princesses was terrified to hear this and requested him to stay with her, else something dreadful would be sure to happen. She said to Kianaro "You will never come back if you go from here". Kianaro promised the princesses that he will come back after seeing his parents and that it would be his last visit to his parents. The princesses agreed sadly and said "I know very well that once you go you may not come back but there is one way that can bring you safely back but I fear you may not agree to the conditions". Kianaro said "I can do anything you want me to do so that I can come back". The Princesses went to her shelf and from there bought a tiny golden box and gave it to Kianaro saying "Kianaro keep this golden box with you carefully and never open this golden box until you return". "If you can do this then the turtle will come to the shore and bring you back here". Kianaro agreed to the princesses conditions and bade her farewell.
Kianaro hid the golden box safely in his robe and sat on the back of the turtle and vanished in the ocean path. Kianaro and the turtle sailed for five days and at last arrived at the beach where lay his old home. The turtle bade farewell to Kianro and left. Kianro was overjoyed to see his village but was surprised to see that everything was new in the village. The houses have changed and even the people he saw were not the same he once knew. After wandering for a while he went to his house and knocked the door. An old woman came from inside and when Kianaro asked her about his parents the old woman was unable to give any news of them. Kianaro sadly went away from there and while he was wandering he came across a graveyard and so Kianro went inside the graveyard and was stunned to see the name of his parents on the grave and the date and year of their death. He was even surprised that they died on the same day when Kianaro went missing in the sea. It was almost three hundred years back. Kianaro was shattered after discovering this and he wandered like a mad man in the village streets for a while when he came across a villager.
Kianaro went to the villager and told him his whole story and the villager thought that Kianaro lost his senses. The villager shouted at Kianro saying that he was a mad man with evil intention. Kianaro ran towrads the beach frightened and sat there thinking about his olden days. He cursed the princesses, his wife thinking that because of her he had to stay away from his parents. He suddenly remembered about the golden box which the princesses gave and so he thought of opening it thinking that the princesses would have given the golden box with some evil intention and thinking so he took the golden box from his robes and opened it. Suddenly a pink vapour came out and Kianaro's hands and legs turned like the hands and legs of an old man. He rushed to the beach to see his face in the water and was stunned to see that he has become old and his skin had shrivelled.
Kianaro cried for long time and sat sadly on a rock near the beach and called loudly for the turtle but the turtle never came back, instead death came soon. Kianaro died after few days. Even now in Hawaii when children become restless their parents tell them the story of Kianaro who had given up his parents for the sake of splendours in the sea.
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