Lumahai Beach is on the northern part of Kauai Island in Hawaii.
THE GIANT’S TONGUE
Here’s how the story goes:
A mean and grouchy giant once lived on a beach in Hawaii. He frightened
people with his bellowing and hollering. He even used to stick out his
long tongue at people. But one day a good giant killed the grouchy giant
and flung him to the sharks. The sharks ate all of the grouchy giant
except his tongue—it was too tough even for their sharp teeth. So they
left the tongue of the grouchy giant on the beach where it turned into
black rock. Today a long tongue of black rock— all that’s left of the
grouchy giant— juts into the water along the beach.
Everybody knows that there aren’t any giants. But the story of the giant
is a story you might hear if you visit Lumahai Beach (you say:
[loo]{.smallcaps} mah HAH ee) on the Hawaiian island of Kauai (you say:
KOW ah ee).
Hawaii is famous for its many beaches. Perhaps Waikiki Beach in Honolulu
is the best known beach of all. But some say that Lumahai Beach in Kauai
is the most beautiful beach of all.
