ʻO nā pāpū ʻo Highland a me nā nahele ma ka hikina o ʻAitiopia kahi wale nō o nā wahi ma ka honua kahi e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke hālāwai me kēia mau kiʻīnū nui.
Maanei, i nā pāpū ākea o nā mea kanu a me nā subtropical, nā kahu mole ʻAitiopa (lat.Tachyoryctes macrocephalus) noho ma ka nui o nā manawa ʻelua a me hoʻokahi hapa kaukani pākahi no kēlā me hoʻokahi kilomita kilomita.
A e hānai iā lākou iho, ʻeli ke kālai ʻia i loko o ka lau palena no ka lā mau lā a pau. I ka manawa pinepine, hoʻokahi mau ʻekahi mika o ka labyrinths i lalo.
Ka ʻokiʻoki ʻana i nā labyrinth no nā mauole molope ʻAmelika he mea nui ia. ʻAʻole like me ka hapanui o nā ʻelele o ka ʻohana mol molole, ʻaʻole wale nō e ola ana, akā e ʻai ana hoʻi ma lalo o ke kai, nā ʻōpala a nā keiki ʻēheu no ʻAsia e ʻai ana i kā lākou mau meaʻai i waho.
Akā i ka hiki ʻana i nā kumu kanu o kā lākou punahele punahele, ʻaʻole lākou e koho i ke ala maʻalahi loa: ʻO nā kiʻi mole Aitiope e ʻeli i ke ala i ka pā i lalo ma lalo. Pae aku lākou i ka ʻalani, ʻai lākou i nā mea a pau e ulu kokoke ana i ka puka i ke kaʻi ʻia (a lawe iā lākou ma kahi o iwakālua mau minuke), a laila hoʻi hou lākou i ko lākou puʻukū a pani mai loko.
ʻOi nui, a hiki i 25 kenimita ka lōʻihi, nā koena hina-hina ka ʻai nui o nā ʻīlio Aitiope. Noho hoʻomanawanui nui kēia poʻe poʻe loea a makemake lākou i kahi kali mālie e kokoke ana i ka puka o ka ana i ka lua me ka ʻimi no ka loaʻa. ʻAʻole mau kēlā mau ʻōnaehana i ka hana, no ka mea ua aʻo ʻia ke ola i nā lālani me ka makaʻala e like me ka hiki, a inā i ka pōpilikia maoli nō lākou, ʻaʻole lākou e pīpī i ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ko lākou mea ikaika, e koi ai.