CHAPTER 9: THE AFTERPARTY
That evening, Molayne invited his friends over to the party. Sun, Moon, and Hau decided to keep Molayne company. The other Trial Captains and Kahunas all attended the party. There was music, dancing, food, and of course, limbo.
Molayne's parents Rod and Rosie came over to the race to congratulate him.
"Congratulations on beating your first race, son!" said Rod.
"We knew you could do it," said Rosie.
Molayne hugged his parents.
"Thanks, Mom and Dad," said Molayne.
"So," said Rosie, "you going to dance?"
"Nah," said Molayne. "I'm too tired."
While everyone was in Molayne's backyard, Molayne lay down on a beach chair, gazing up at the sky.
"This party is so awesome!" said Hau. "Molayne's got great taste in music."
"I'd beg to differ," said Moon.
"It's got great food too," said Sun, taking a bite out of his slice of coconut pineapple cake.
"Too bad Molayne's too tired to enjoy the fun," said Acerola.
"That's okay," said Sophocles. "After completing a long, grueling race, I think all Big Mo wants to do is rest."
Professor Kukui brought Molayne a piece of cake.
"Thanks, Kukui," said Molayne.
"You're welcome," said Professor Kukui. "It's okay if you don't want to dance. You've earned a whole night of rest."
"I sure did," said Molayne, yawning.
"I'm going to play limbo," said Professor Kukui. "Want to watch?"
"Sure," said Molayne.
Professor Kukui went on line to do the limbo dance. People were singing and calypso music was playing.
"How low, can you go, Kukui! How low, can you go?"
Professor Kukui went as low as he could. After he was done, Lana went to congratulate him.
"That was great, Kukui!" said Lana.
"Who's next?" asked Professor Kukui.
"Hapu," said Lana.
"Oh great," said Professor Kukui. "Hapu always wins."
"How low, can you go, Hapu! How low, can you go?"
Hapu went under the limbo bar really, really low.
"I think we have a winner," said Lana.
"Awesome sauce!" said Hapu.
Moon looked at Hapu.
"I knew she'd win," said Moon.
"I always win at limbo," said Hapu, "just like Kukui said."
Sun, Moon, and Hau walked over to Molayne.
"Hi, Molayne," said Sun.
"Hi," said Molayne. "I want to thank you for helping me train for the triathlon. You all did a really good job. I couldn't have done it without you!"
Sun and Hau took turns hugging Molayne. Moon decided not to hug Molayne.
"Do you like the party?" asked Molayne.
"It's really fun," said Sun.
"And I can see that Nanu can't have enough of your grandparents' dumplings!" said Hau, pointing to Nanu.
Molayne laughed.
"We're really glad to have helped," said Sun.
"Even I admit that I had fun with it," said Moon.
"I agree," said Molayne. "I don't care about winning. I just care about having fun."
"And I think you had a lot of fun," said Hau.
"Right you are," said Molayne.
Sun, Moon, and Hau all gave Molayne a high-five.
"We're going to go dance," said Sun. "Care to watch us?"
"Sure!" said Molayne.
And so, everyone enjoyed the party, even if Molayne was too tired to dance.
THE END