I kēia mau lā, nui nā ʻano mea no ka hana ʻana i nā lako lāʻau paʻa, e like me: rosewood melemele, rosewood ʻulaʻula, wenge, ebony, lehu. ʻO nā mea ʻelua: sapwood, pine, cypress. Ke kūʻai ʻana i nā lako, nā lāʻau kiʻekiʻe, ʻoiai ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ke ʻano a me ka nani, akā kiʻekiʻe loa ke kumukūʻai, ʻaʻole makemake ka hapa nui o nā mea kūʻai aku e ʻae! ʻOiai he maʻalahi ka lāʻau haʻahaʻa, ʻaʻole hana maikaʻi ka lāʻau ponoʻī.

No laila, i kēia lā, e hōʻike aku mākou iā ʻoe i kahi ʻano lāʻau—oak, ʻo ia ke kumu kūʻai, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ke ʻano a me ka nani i ka helehelena.

1. kala

ʻAʻole maopopo maoli ke kala ʻoka! ʻŌlelo: ʻAʻole ʻulaʻula ka ʻoka ʻulaʻula, ʻaʻole keʻokeʻo keʻokeʻo ʻoka. ʻO kēia ka ʻoiaʻiʻo! ʻO ka lāʻau kohu o ka ʻoka ʻulaʻula keʻokeʻo a ʻulaʻula paha! He ʻulaʻula ʻulaʻula ka puʻuwai! No laila hiki i nā mea a pau ke kūʻai aku i nā mea mai ka hale hana e hiki ai ke ʻike! ʻOiaʻiʻo, ke kūʻai ʻoe i nā lako, ʻaʻole ʻoe e ʻike, ʻaʻole maʻalahi ke ʻike! A laila e nānā kākou mai nā ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe!
2. Ka Pauku
Hiki ke hoʻokaʻawale ʻia ka ʻoka mai ka ʻāpana keʻa. No ka laʻana, inā kūʻai ʻoe i kahi papa ʻoka, hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i ka ʻāpana lāʻau mai lalo o ka papaʻaina! I kēia manawa e haʻi i nā mea a pau pehea e hoʻokaʻawale ai!

Akaka ka laau oka ulaula, ike oe i ka nui o ka paipu i nele ke nana pono oe, a ua nele ka paipu! ʻAʻole maʻalahi ka ʻoki ʻana i ka ʻāpana me kou manamana lima e nalowale i nā ʻāpana lāʻau! Kūkulu ʻia! E like me ka hōʻike ʻana! ʻOiaʻiʻo, nui nā hoaaloha ʻaʻole maopopo a ʻaʻole maʻalahi ke ʻike! E kamaʻilio kākou e pili ana i kahi ʻano hoʻonā kūpono!

3. Ka Manaʻo o ka pā

He paʻakikī ke ʻano o ka ʻoka, a no ka ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi, ʻaʻole maʻalahi ka maloʻo! ʻO kēia ke kumu e pohō ai ka ʻoka! Ke ʻike mākou, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻohana i kou mau manamana lima e ʻoki māmā i ka maka me ka pena ʻole! Inā hiki iā ia ke waiho i nā meheu, ʻaʻole ia he ʻoka. Inā ʻaʻole hiki, he ʻoka paha. ʻOi aku ka paʻakikī o ka lāʻau waena a haʻahaʻa a like paha me ka lāʻau ʻoka. ʻAʻohe mea ʻē aʻe wale nō ke kedera, eucalyptus, lāʻau lapaʻau, a pēlā aku! Nui nā ʻahaʻaina lāʻau kaʻa, a maikaʻi loa ka manaʻo o kēlā me kēia kanaka! ʻAʻole lawa ka kikoʻī o ke ʻano eucalyptus! He ʻeleʻele iki ka ʻili lāʻau lāʻau! Hiki ke hōʻoia ʻia kēia!

Hiki i ke ala maʻalahi ke hoʻokaʻawale i ka ʻokoʻa ma waena o ka lāʻau ʻoka a me nā lāʻau ʻē aʻe! Inā he mea ʻaʻole ʻoe i maopopo a makemake paha e ʻike e pili ana i nā lako ʻē aʻe, hiki iā ʻoe ke hilinaʻi iaʻu! Hiki iā ʻoe ke hele mai i Linhai North Road Kuixin nā lako lāʻau paʻa, ma kahi e wehewehe ai i nā mea a pau!