Mokie stared at Johnny Lingo, sure that he must’ve said, “eight cows” by mistake. “But three cows are not enough for Mahana. “It is true, threes cows are many,” he said. “He must be crazy, thinking he can get three cows for Mahana!!!” Johnny Lingo called for silence. Mokie had said many times that he would “take one cow that gave sour milk just to get rid of Mahana.” But greed got a hold of him and he shouted out, “THREE COWS!” Mokie knew that Johnny Lingo drove hard bargains, so when Johnny asked how many cows it will take to gain Mahana’s hand, Mokie didn’t answer right away. The crowd was silent as Johnny began the negotiation for Mahana’s hand in marriage. Mahana was too shy to make herself visible, so she hid in a nearby cluster of trees, close enough to hear the humiliating ceremony. Johnny Lingo sat opposite Mahana’s father, surrounded by the people of the village.
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“That Johnny Lingo is so is shrewd! He will buy ‘Mahana Ugly’ and he will have free labor the rest of his life.” “He wants a woman he can get for nothing,” they said.
People began to come to their own conclusions about what Johnny was up to. Johnny could have had any woman on the island, but something about Mahana had caught his eye.
Word got around that Johnny Lingo was choosing “Mahana Ugly” Her nickname was “Mahana Ugly.” In fact her father, Mokie, had given up hope that Mahana would ever find a husband. She lurked in the shadows, she was dirty, and she never combed her hair, nor put flowers in it like the other girls on the island. She was scrawny, walked stooped over, and never smiled. On this island was a 19-year-old woman named Mahana. He and her father would then negotiate a suitable payment for her hand. On the Samoan islands, if a man wanted to marry a woman he would go to the woman’s family and ask for the woman’s hand in marriage. He always got the very lowest price for what he wanted and would bring back to his home island, the most beautiful, rare and valuable things in the world. It was said that he was one of the shrewdest traders that ever lived.
There’s a great story about a man named Johnny Lingo who lived in the Samoan islands.
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