[?]Lower Is Called

Why Fiji's Lake

Tagimaucia

By Winifred McHugh

T the village of Drano, on Taveuni, in the olden days, a Son s born to Tui Drano, and was led “Ravouvou ni Drano” (Prince Drano). His plaything was thing but the “flower of the lake”. 3ne day Tui Drano and his wife, di ni Drano, quarrelled and the ter ran away with her son to her her, Tui Vione. They stayed there some time, when the son began miss his plaything, the flower of lake, as it did not exist at Vione.

Phe mother brought him all the vers she could think of, but no icrs would satisfy him.

Eventually, after the child had :n restless and had been crying for ne time, the mother said: “My son i are crying in vain. There are no vers here which resemble the vers by the lake, which were your ythings at Drano. Climb on my :k and we will return to Drano ere your favourite flowers grow.”

Vlother and son then returned to i Drano who said: “I did not send i away. You went of your own ord.” iadi ni Drano then explained that ir son was very unhappy at Vione, :ause of the absence of his favourite ythings, whereupon Tui Drano t for some of the flowers, and soon as the boy saw them he pped crying.

Yom that day the name kau ni mo was changed to tagimaucia, ich is made up of three words— i (cry), maumau (in vain), and a (resemble) —the words uttered Radi ni Drano just before return to her husband.