Lijakwe

                A longtime ago there was a beautiful woman name Lijakwe, Lijakwe live in Ebon atoll. There were two men fighting for her. The man from Arno called Lolot; Lolot always came to Ebon to visit Lijakwe because he likes her. The other man from Ebon called Lobo lap; Lobo lap likes Lijakwe because he said Lijakwe is so pretty woman in the world.

      One day king Lolot tell to his entire worker to prepare the canoe because he wants to go to Ebon to visit her, and he told all his man to bring food to the canoe, and he said, all the food are going to Lijakwe’s Island. After that he goes and visits Lijakwe. When he saw Lijakwe he says to his man, bring all food to my lover, and Lijakwe tell all Lolot man, I don’t like all your foods, tell king Lolot I don’t like him anymore, he is a bad man.

                Few years later the man name king Lobo lap, he hears the story about king Lolot, and he tried to go to visit Lerooj Lijakwe. Before he goes he tells all entire workers to bring all the good Marshallese food because he wants to see Lijakwe face. And he says all the food going to my girlfriend’s village. After that he tell one of his man, go and tell Lijakwe I’m here, Lijakwe get out from his house and see Lobolap outside her house, and Lobolap said, here is all your foods my dear. And Lijakwe said, shame on you I don’t like your food and I don’t like you, you are very big stomach. Lijakwe is a beautiful woman in Ebon, but she didn’t want to get a husband. She likes a single woman.